Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a thermoelectric thick film. The method includes: determining a brittle-to-ductile transition temperature of a thermoelectric material; rolling the blocky thermoelectric material within a temperature range above the brittle-to-ductile transition temperature and below a melting point; parameters of the rolling being as follows: a linear speed of rollers is 0.01 mm/s to 10 mm/s, preferably 0.1 mm/s to 5 mm/s, and an amount of pressing each time of the rollers is controlled at 0.0005 mm to 0.1 mm, preferably 0.001 mm to 0.05 mm; repeating the rolling until a thermoelectric thick film with a specified thickness is obtained; and annealing the obtained thermoelectric thick film; a temperature of the annealing being 100° C. to 800° C., preferably 300° C. to 500° C., and a duration of the annealing being 10 to 500 hours, preferably 100 to 300 hours.

Abstract: A magnetic manipulation system and method for moving and navigating a magnetic device in a body are provided. The system includes a robotic parallel mechanism having at least three electromagnets and at least three electromagnetic coils coupled to the at least three electromagnets, respectively. The electromagnetic coils are actuated to keep the electromagnets in static conditions or move the electromagnets along a desired trajectory, a current control unit supplying currents to the electromagnetic coils which have soft iron cores. The currents supplied by the control unit are configured to generate dynamic magnetic field in the soft iron core's linear region. The current control unit and the robotic parallel mechanism are configured to generate desired dynamic magnetic fields in desired positions within a workspace to control a magnetic device, and a three-dimensional position sensor is configured for performing a close loop control of the robotic parallel mechanism.

Abstract: A magnetic manipulation system and method for moving and navigating a magnetic device in a body are provided. The system includes a robotic parallel mechanism having at least three electromagnets and at least three electromagnetic coils coupled to the at least three electromagnets, respectively. The electromagnetic coils are actuated to keep the electromagnets in static conditions or move the electromagnets along a desired trajectory, a current control unit supplying currents to the electromagnetic coils which have soft iron cores. The currents supplied by the control unit are configured to generate dynamic magnetic field in the soft iron core's linear region. The current control unit and the robotic parallel mechanism are configured to generate desired dynamic magnetic fields in desired positions within a workspace to control a magnetic device, and a three-dimensional position sensor is configured for performing a close loop control of the robotic parallel mechanism.

Abstract: A magnetic manipulation system and method for moving and navigating a magnetic device in a body are provided. The system includes a robotic parallel mechanism having at least three electromagnets and at least three electromagnetic coils coupled to the at least three electromagnets, respectively. The electromagnetic coils are actuated to keep the electromagnets in static conditions or move the electromagnets along a desired trajectory, a current control unit supplying currents to the electromagnetic coils which have soft iron cores. The currents supplied by the control unit are configured to generate dynamic magnetic field in the soft iron core's linear region. The current control unit and the robotic parallel mechanism are configured to generate desired dynamic magnetic fields in desired positions within a workspace to control a magnetic device, and a three-dimensional position sensor is configured for performing a close loop control of the robotic parallel mechanism.

Abstract: Magnetic field has been considered as a safe and promising method for remote control of medical robots in body. Systems that implement electromagnetic coils can provide wide control bandwidth and on-off capability. However, scaling-up the working space of such systems for clinical use and increasing energy efficiency to reduce heat generation have always been a challenging task. The design, modeling and control methods for a magnetic actuation system with multiple mobile electromagnetic coils with decoupled movements are introduced. The high flexibility of such configuration and the proposed real-time control strategy enables the system to enlarge the working space by tracking the locomotion of the robot, deal with the irregularly shaped obstructions inside the working area, work with medical imaging systems for localization of the medical robots, generate various kind of magnetic field for actuation and conduct real-time optimization on coils' positions to enhance energy efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention relates to infrared imaging, providing a multi-purpose infrared imaging device. The multi-purpose infrared imaging device comprises a housing. An optical lens module is mounted at a front end of the housing. The housing has an opening. A power module for blocking the opening is detachably mounted in the housing. An infrared sensor module, an infrared signal processing module and an infrared digital image processing module are further mounted in the housing, and both of the infrared sensor module and the infrared digital image processing module are electrically connected to the infrared signal processing module and all of the three modules are electrically connected to the power module. The power module, the infrared sensor module, the infrared signal processing module and the infrared digital image processing module are integrated in the housing in the imaging device, such that the imaging device has multiple functions to effectively meet the multifunctional needs of users.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for controlling electromagnetic field generation system to generate dynamic magnetic fields. The method can comprise: establishing a dynamic model that describes open-loop dynamics of the electromagnetic field generation system and has an unified state-space form with time delay; configuring a controller based on the dynamic model; applying, by the controller, a control signal to the electromagnetic field generation system; detecting one or more feedback signals from the electromagnetic field generation system; and updating, by the controller, the control signal for controlling the electromagnetic field generation system, according to a reference signal corresponding to a desired dynamic magnetic field, one or more compensated feedback signals, and system states. To address time delay and modeling error and to estimate system states, a Kalman filter and a Smith predictor based compensator can be incorporated.

Abstract: Disclosed are materials, devices, methods and systems for the detection of target molecules in test samples using microrobots. The target molecules may be bacterial toxins. The microrobots may include biohybrid materials such as porous spore core, a middle layer coated on the spore core for the actuation and steering in a fluid and further conjugation with a functional probe, and a sensing probe anchored onto middle layer for attaching to the targeted molecules in a fluid to respond to fluorescent tracking. A system for detecting bacterial toxin, is disclosed and comprises an intelligent motion control system based on automated fluorescent recognition and detection methods, which can propel and guide the microrobots to realize the automated motion in a pre-designed path and perform the real-time monitoring when integrating with an inverted fluorescent microscope or a fluorescent emission multi-reader.

Abstract: Disclosed are materials, devices, methods and systems for the detection of target molecules in test samples using microrobots. The target molecules may be bacterial toxins. The microrobots may include biohybrid materials such as porous spore core, a middle layer coated on the spore core for the actuation and steering in a fluid and further conjugation with a functional probe, and a sensing probe anchored onto middle layer for attaching to the targeted molecules in a fluid to respond to fluorescent tracking. A system for detecting bacterial toxin, is disclosed and comprises an intelligent motion control system based on automated fluorescent recognition and detection methods, which can propel and guide the microrobots to realize the automated motion in a pre-designed path and perform the real-time monitoring when integrating with an inverted fluorescent microscope or a fluorescent emission multi-reader.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for controlling electromagnetic field generation system to generate dynamic magnetic fields. The method can comprise: establishing a dynamic model that describes open-loop dynamics of the electromagnetic field generation system and has an unified state-space form with time delay; configuring a controller based on the dynamic model; applying, by the controller, a control signal to the electromagnetic field generation system; detecting one or more feedback signals from the electromagnetic field generation system; and updating, by the controller, the control signal for controlling the electromagnetic field generation system, according to a reference signal corresponding to a desired dynamic magnetic field, one or more compensated feedback signals, and system states. To address time delay and modeling error and to estimate system states, a Kalman filter and a Smith predictor based compensator can be incorporated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to infrared imaging, providing a multi-purpose infrared imaging device. The multi-purpose infrared imaging device comprises a housing. An optical lens module is mounted at a front end of the housing. The housing has an opening. A power module for blocking the opening is detachably mounted in the housing. An infrared sensor module, an infrared signal processing module and an infrared digital image processing module are further mounted in the housing, and both of the infrared sensor module and the infrared digital image processing module are electrically connected to the infrared signal processing module and all of the three modules are electrically connected to the power module. The power module, the infrared sensor module, the infrared signal processing module and the infrared digital image processing module are integrated in the housing in the imaging device, such that the imaging device has multiple functions to effectively meet the multifunctional needs of users.