Magnetic Tentacles

Magnetic tentacle robots have the potential to be thin, extremely soft and scalable, and to conform to curvilinear trajectories by leveraging magnetic control over their entire length. The surgeon needing to access difficult to reach targets such as peripheral nodules in the lungs, deadly diseases in the pancreas and regions deep inside the skull, will be able to design personalised tentacles and fabricate them on demand. At the STORM Lab, we are exploring new robotic architectures, as well as the design and fabrication processes integral to this novel concept.