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However, it is challenging to build a precise kinematics model for automatic robotic control because the controlling process is affected by various delays and complex environments.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Method:<\/jats:bold> Here, we propose a learning-based intelligent trajectory planning strategy for automatic navigation of magnetic robots without kinematics modeling. The Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural network is employed to establish a global mapping relationship between the current sequence in the electromagnetic actuation system and the trajectory coordinates.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Result:<\/jats:bold> We manually control the robot to move on a curved path 50 times to form the training database to train the LSTM network. 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