High-Efficiency Wireless Power and Force Transfer for a Micro-Robot Using a Multiaxis AC/DC Magnetic Coil
- 1 February 2017
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
- Vol. 53 (6), 1-4
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tmag.2017.2661992
Abstract
In this paper, a high-efficiency wireless power transfer (WPT) and force transfer system for a micro-robot is proposed. Two-coil systems are employed to power the micro-robot. The two-coil parts are ac and dc, and each consists of an external source and a load coil inside the micro-robot. In the ac coil part, the external source coil generates a time-varying magnetic field that is received by the ac load coil in the micro-robot as electrical energy. In the dc coil part, the external source coil is used as an electromagnet, which is used to generate propulsion force for the micro-robot. Through the proposed system, both the efficiency of electrical energy transfer and the generation of propulsion force can be significantly improved. The feasibility of the proposed approach was verified through simulation and experimentation results.Keywords
Funding Information
- Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2014R1A1A1038285)
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