UMR (unthethered Micro Robots) are small cylindrical robots which can travel through different mediums by rotation, which is induced by a changing magnetic field. They can be applied in different medical procedures, with current research being done into blood clot removal and local treatment of tumours. Since testing on real tissue is difficult, phantoms of different materials are used: e.g. Agar or Gelatine.
Recently, a Master's student at RAM has created a new UMR design, which still needs to be optimised and tested. A model needs to be made and validated, so it can be used to predict the movement of the new design through a phantom.
During this assignment, the goal is to find tunable parameters in the new UMR design, create a model which varies based on these parameters, and validate the model against real-world testing with UMR with different parameters. In the end, we want to be able to optimise the parameters to achieve optimal movement through a phantom.