A Deep Learning-Based Framework for Environment-Adaptive Navigation of Size-Adaptable Microswarms

Jialin Jiang , Lidong Yang , Shihao Yang , Li Zhang

Engineering ›› 2025, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (10) : 130 -138.

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Engineering ›› 2025, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (10) : 130 -138. DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2024.11.020
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A Deep Learning-Based Framework for Environment-Adaptive Navigation of Size-Adaptable Microswarms

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Actively controllable microswarms have been a rapidly developing research field with appealing characteristics. Autonomous collision-free navigation of microswarms in confined environments is suitable for various applications, including targeted therapy and delivery. However, several challenges remain unaddressed. First, microswarms possess varying dimensions, and a path planning method suitable to swarms with different dimensions is essential to avoid obstacles. Second, studies on the environment-adaptive navigation of reconfigurable microswarms are limited. Therefore, the planning of the pattern distribution of microswarms based on the local working environment should be examined. This study proposes a deep learning (DL)-based environment-adaptive navigation scheme for swarms. The controller provides reference moving directions for swarms of different sizes in static and dynamic scenarios. Moreover, a pattern-distribution planner was designed to navigate transformable swarms in unstructured environments. To validate the proposed scheme, we applied Fe3O4 nanoparticles swarms as a case study. The proposed scheme enables motion and pattern planning for microrobots of multiple sizes and reconfigurability in various working environments, which could foster a general navigation system for reconfigurable microswarms of different sizes.

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Microswarms / Automatic navigation / Deep learning (DL)

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Jialin Jiang, Lidong Yang, Shihao Yang, Li Zhang. A Deep Learning-Based Framework for Environment-Adaptive Navigation of Size-Adaptable Microswarms. Engineering, 2025, 53(10): 130-138 DOI:10.1016/j.eng.2024.11.020

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