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39
Citations
12015
World Ranking
2083
National Ranking
770

Overview

Jake J. Abbott is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields, emphasizing engineering, physics and astronomy, and neuroscience.

The principal subfields of study in their work include cognitive neuroscience, condensed matter physics, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, and astronomy and astrophysics. Their main research topics encompass micro and nano robotics, soft robotics and applications, tactile and sensory interactions, modular robots and swarm intelligence, planetary science and exploration, hearing loss and rehabilitation, and astro and planetary science.

Notable recent publications by Jake J. Abbott cover a range of topics in robotics and medical engineering. These include:

  • Dexterous magnetic manipulation of conductive non-magnetic objects, 2021, Nature
  • Magnetically Steered Robotic Insertion of Cochlear-Implant Electrode Arrays: System Integration and First-In-Cadaver Results, 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Kinematic Model of a Magnetic-Microrobot Swarm in a Rotating Magnetic Dipole Field, 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Soft Endoluminal Robots Propelled by Rotating Magnetic Dipole Fields, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
  • Modeling and Analysis of a Soft Endoluminal Inchworm Robot Propelled by a Rotating Magnetic Dipole Field, 2021, Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Abbott include Adam J. Sperry, Lan N. Pham, Griffin F. Tabor, Ashkan Pourkand, and Tucker Hermans.

Their publications frequently appear in venues such as IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, IEEE Transactions on Haptics, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, Otology & Neurotology, and Science Robotics.

Best Publications

  • Microrobots for Minimally Invasive Medicine

    Bradley J. Nelson;Ioannis K. Kaliakatsos;Jake J. Abbott

  • Artificial bacterial flagella: Fabrication and magnetic control

    Li Zhang;Jake J. Abbott;Lixin Dong;Bradley E. Kratochvil

  • OctoMag: An Electromagnetic System for 5-DOF Wireless Micromanipulation

    M P Kummer;J J Abbott;B E Kratochvil;R Borer

  • How Should Microrobots Swim

    Jake J. Abbott;Kathrin E. Peyer;Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino;Li Zhang

  • Robotics in the Small, Part I: Microbotics

    J.J. Abbott;Z. Nagy;F. Beyeler;B.J. Nelson

  • Haptic virtual fixtures for robot-assisted manipulation

    Jake J. Abbott;Jake J. Abbott;Panadda Marayong;Allison M. Okamura

  • Modeling magnetic torque and force for controlled manipulation of soft-magnetic bodies

    J.J. Abbott;O. Ergeneman;M.P. Kummer;A.M. Hirt

  • Magnetic Methods in Robotics

    Jake J. Abbott;Eric Diller;Andrew J. Petruska

  • Effects of position quantization and sampling rate on virtual-wall passivity

    J.J. Abbott;A.M. Okamura

  • Five-degree-of-freedom manipulation of an untethered magnetic device in fluid using a single permanent magnet with application in stomach capsule endoscopy

    Arthur W. Mahoney;Jake J. Abbott

  • Generating Rotating Magnetic Fields With a Single Permanent Magnet for Propulsion of Untethered Magnetic Devices in a Lumen

    Arthur W. Mahoney;Jake J. Abbott

  • An Avian-Inspired Passive Mechanism for Quadrotor Perching

    C. E. Doyle;J. J. Bird;T. A. Isom;J. C. Kallman

  • Behavior of rotating magnetic microrobots above the step-out frequency with application to control of multi-microrobot systems

    Arthur W. Mahoney;Nathan D. Nelson;Kathrin E. Peyer;Bradley J. Nelson

  • Wireless control of magnetic helical microrobots using a rotating-permanent-magnet manipulator

    Thomas W. R. Fountain;Prem V. Kailat;Jake J. Abbott

  • Velocity Control with Gravity Compensation for Magnetic Helical Microswimmers

    Arthur W. Mahoney;John C. Sarrazin;Eberhard Bamberg;Jake J. Abbott

  • Virtual fixture architectures for telemanipulation

    J.J. Abbott;A.M. Okamura

  • Toward targeted retinal drug delivery with wireless magnetic microrobots

    G. Dogangil;O. Ergeneman;J.J. Abbott;S. Pane

  • Managing magnetic force applied to a magnetic device by a rotating dipole field

    Arthur W. Mahoney;Jake J. Abbott

  • Stable Forbidden-Region Virtual Fixtures for Bilateral Telemanipulation

    Jake J. Abbott;Allison M. Okamura

  • Six-Degree-of-Freedom Localization of an Untethered Magnetic Capsule Using a Single Rotating Magnetic Dipole

    Katie M. Popek;Thomas Schmid;Jake J. Abbott

  • Pseudo-admittance Bilateral Telemanipulation with Guidance Virtual Fixtures

    Jake J. Abbott;Allison M. Okamura

  • OctoMag: An electromagnetic system for 5-DOF wireless micromanipulation

    B. E. Kratochvil;M. P. Kummer;J. J. Abbott;R. Borer

Frequent Co-Authors

Allison M. Okamura
Allison M. Okamura Stanford University
Lixin Dong
Lixin Dong City University of Hong Kong
Kam K. Leang
Kam K. Leang University of Utah
Ann M. Hirt
Ann M. Hirt ETH Zurich
Paul S. Bernstein
Paul S. Bernstein University of Utah
Robert J. Webster
Robert J. Webster Vanderbilt University
John M. Hollerbach
John M. Hollerbach University of Utah
Salvador Pané
Salvador Pané ETH Zurich
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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