Publications

Journal Articles
  1. Clancy, K.*, Xie, S.*, & Onaizah, O. (2025). Advances in 3D Printing Technologies for Fabricating Magnetic Soft Microrobots. Advanced Intelligent Systems. (accepted) *equally contributing authors
    https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202500051.
  2. Francescon, V., Murasovs, N., Lloyd, Onaizah, O., Chathuranga, D. S., & Valdastri, P. (2025). Closed-Loop Shape-Forming Control of a Magnetic Soft Continuum Robot. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2025.3565124.
  3. Sholdice, J., Clancy, K., Teresinska, K., Castro, C., Watson, L. and Onaizah, O. (2025), Automated Fabrication of 3D Printed Magnetic Soft Robots With Programmable 3D Magnetizations. Advanced Robotics Research 202400005.  https://doi.org/10.1002/adrr.202400005
  4. Murasovs, N., Francescon, V., Lloyd, P., Lecce, M. di, Chathuranga, D. S., Pittiglio, G., Onaizah, O., Chandler, J. H., & Valdastri, P. (2024). Breathing Compensation in Magnetic Robotic Bronchoscopy via Shape Forming. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2024.3426385
  5. Lloyd, P., Onaizah, O., Pittiglio, G., Vithanage, D. K., Chandler, J. H., & Valdastri, P. (2022). Magnetic Soft Continuum Robots With Braided Reinforcement. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2022.3191552
  6. Pittiglio, G., Lloyd, P., da Veiga, T., Onaizah, O., Pompili, C., Chandler, J. H., & Valdastri, P. (2022). Patient-Specific Magnetic Catheters for Atraumatic Autonomous Endoscopy. Soft Robotics. https://doi.org/10.1089/soro.2021.0090
  7. Lecce, M. di, Onaizah, O., Lloyd, P., Chandler, J. H., & Valdastri, P. (2022). Evolutionary Inverse Material Identification: Bespoke Characterization of Soft Materials Using a Metaheuristic Algorithm. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.790571
  8. Lloyd, P., Koszowska, Z., Lecce, M. di, Onaizah, O., Chandler, J. H., & Valdastri, P. (2021). Feasibility of Fiber Reinforcement Within Magnetically Actuated Soft Continuum Robots. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.715662
  9. Onaizah, O., Koszowska, Z., Winters, C., Subramanian, V., Jayne, D., Arezzo, A., Obstein, K. L., & Valdastri, P. (2021). Guidelines for Robotic Flexible Endoscopy at the Time of COVID-19. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.612852
  10. Onaizah, O., Xu, L., Middleton, K., You, L., & Diller, E. (2020). Local stimulation of osteocytes using a magnetically actuated oscillating beam. PLOS ONE, 15(6), e0235366. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235366
  11. Xu, T., Zhang, J., Salehizadeh, M., Onaizah, O., & Diller, E. (2019). Millimeter-scale flexible robots with programmable three-dimensional magnetization and motions. Science Robotics, 4(29), eaav4494. https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.aav4494
  12. Forbrigger, C., Lim, A., Onaizah, O., Salmanipour, S., Looi, T., Drake, J., & Diller, E. D. (2019). Cable-Less, Magnetically Driven Forceps for Minimally Invasive Surgery. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 4(2), 1202–1207. https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2019.2894504
  13. Zhang, J., Onaizah, O., Sadri, A., & Diller, E. (2017). A generic label-free microfluidic microobject sorter using a magnetic elastic diverter. Biomedical Microdevices, 19(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10544-017-0183-2
  14. Zhang, J., Onaizah, O., Middleton, K., You, L., & Diller, E. (2017). Reliable Grasping of Three-Dimensional Untethered Mobile Magnetic Microgripper for Autonomous Pick-and-Place. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2(2), 835–840. https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2017.2657879
  15. Onaizah, O., Poepping, T. L., & Zamir, M. (2017). A model of blood supply to the brain via the carotid arteries: Effects of obstructive vs. sclerotic changes. Medical Engineering & Physics, 49, 121–130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2017.08.009
Refereed Conference Proceedings
  1. Gupta, S., Palanichamy, V., & Onaizah, O. (2025, July). Magnetically Actuated Capsule Mechanism for Drug Delivery, Sampling and Cargo Transport in the Gastrointestinal Tract. International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS). (to appear) Nominated for Best Student Paper Award.
  2. Xie, S.*, Clancy, K.*, & Onaizah, O. (2025, July). High-Fidelity 3D Printing of Programmable Magnetic Soft Robots. International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS). (to appear) *equally contributing authors Nominated for Best Application Paper Award.
  3. Francescon, V., Murasovs, N., Lloyd, Onaizah, O., Vithanage, D. K., & Valdastri, P. (2025, June). Closed-Loop Shape Control of a Magnetic Soft Continuum Robot. Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics. (to appear)
  4. Gupta, S., & Onaizah, O. (2025, June). Magnetically Actuated Capsule for Targeted Drug Delivery. Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics. (to appear)
  5. Clancy, K., Xie, S., Smith, G., & Onaizah, O. (2025, May). Automated Fabrication of Magnetic Soft Microrobots. Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress. (to appear). Best Student Paper Award (1st place).
  6. Palanichamy, V., Saad, H., Giamou, M., & Onaizah, O. (2025, May). OMASTAR Optimal Magnetic Actuation System Arrangement. International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). (to appear)
  7. Norouziani, F., Palanichamy, V., Gupta, S., & Onaizah, O. (2024, July). Genetic Algorithm to Optimize Design of Micro-Surgical Scissors. International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.15243
  8. Veiga, T. da, Chandler, J. H., Pittiglio, G., Lloyd, P., Holdar, M., Onaizah, O., Alazmani, A., & Valdastri, P. (2021, April). Material Characterization for Magnetic Soft Robots. IEEE 4th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft). https://doi.org/10.1109/robosoft51838.2021.9479189
  9. Onaizah, O., & Diller, E. (2019, May). Tetherless Mobile Micro-Surgical Scissors Using Magnetic Actuation. International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). https://doi.org/10.1109/icra.2019.8793564
  10. Lim, A., and S Salmanipour, Onaizah, O., Forbrigger, C., Looi, T., Drake, J. M., & Diller, E. (2018, June). A Miniature Wirelessly Actuated Magnetic Surgical Tool for Minimally Invasive Grasping. The Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics. https://doi.org/10.31256/hsmr2018.6
  11. Onaizah, O., Poepping, T. L., & Zamir, M. (2015). Obstructive and Sclerotic Disorders affecting Carotid Blood Flow to the Brain. In IFMBE Proceedings (pp. 1739–1742). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19387-8_422
  12. Onaizah, O., Poepping, T. L., & Zamir, M. (2015) Lumped Parameter Model of Flow through the Carotid Bifurcation. Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics Proceedings. 25: 181-184.
  13. Poepping, T.L., DiCarlo, A., Onaizah, O., & Zamir, M. (2015) Evaluating Flow Disturbances in the Carotid Bifurcation. Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics Proceedings. 25: 188-191.