Objective:

Microrobots can be operated in many ways, one of them is through magnetic fields. This paper shows a magnetic navigation system to move and direction a microrobot for future medical use, as well as a graphic tool for the simulation.

Material and method:

This article presents at first the fabritation process of the microrobot given by different powder concentrations in a polymer, the experimentation movement by a coil array and the development of a graphic tool to simulate the behavior.

Results:

The built microrobot could move in a small arena, changing its position and orientation depending of the amount of current applied to the coil array Maxwell Helmholtz. The graphic tool, developed in Unity 3D, shows a behavior similar to the real one.

Conclusions:

The graphic tool proved itself to simulate with high accuracy the movement of the real microrobot through the coil array Maxwell - Helmholtz.

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