Advancements in materials, manufacturing, propulsion and localization: propelling soft robotics for medical applications
Soft robotics is an emerging field showing immense potential for biomedical applications. This review summarizes recent advancements in soft robotics for in vitro and in vivo medical contexts. Their inherent flexibility, adaptability, and biocompatibility enable diverse capabilities from surgical as...
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| author | Yunwen Bo Haochen Wang Hui Niu Xinyang He Quhao Xue Zexi Li Hao Yang Fuzhou Niu |
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| description | Soft robotics is an emerging field showing immense potential for biomedical applications. This review summarizes recent advancements in soft robotics for in vitro and in vivo medical contexts. Their inherent flexibility, adaptability, and biocompatibility enable diverse capabilities from surgical assistance to minimally invasive diagnosis and therapy. Intelligent stimuli-responsive materials and bioinspired designs are enhancing functionality while improving biocompatibility. Additive manufacturing techniques facilitate rapid prototyping and customization. Untethered chemical, biological, and wireless propulsion methods are overcoming previous constraints to access new sites. Meanwhile, advances in tracking modalities like computed tomography, fluorescence and ultrasound imaging enable precision localization and control enable in vivo applications. While still maturing, soft robotics promises more intelligent, less invasive technologies to improve patient care. Continuing research into biocompatibility, power supplies, biomimetics, and seamless localization will help translate soft robots into widespread clinical practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f459229dc7894405873ab459259bcf182024-01-08T04:43:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology2296-41852024-01-011110.3389/fbioe.2023.13274411327441Advancements in materials, manufacturing, propulsion and localization: propelling soft robotics for medical applicationsYunwen Bo0Haochen Wang1Hui Niu2Xinyang He3Quhao Xue4Zexi Li5Hao Yang6Fuzhou Niu7School of Mechanical Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, ChinaDepartment of Pathology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, ChinaRobotics and Microsystems Center, School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, ChinaSoft robotics is an emerging field showing immense potential for biomedical applications. This review summarizes recent advancements in soft robotics for in vitro and in vivo medical contexts. Their inherent flexibility, adaptability, and biocompatibility enable diverse capabilities from surgical assistance to minimally invasive diagnosis and therapy. Intelligent stimuli-responsive materials and bioinspired designs are enhancing functionality while improving biocompatibility. Additive manufacturing techniques facilitate rapid prototyping and customization. Untethered chemical, biological, and wireless propulsion methods are overcoming previous constraints to access new sites. Meanwhile, advances in tracking modalities like computed tomography, fluorescence and ultrasound imaging enable precision localization and control enable in vivo applications. While still maturing, soft robotics promises more intelligent, less invasive technologies to improve patient care. Continuing research into biocompatibility, power supplies, biomimetics, and seamless localization will help translate soft robots into widespread clinical practice.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1327441/fullsoft roboticsmedical applicationsintelligent materialsmanufacturing methodslocalization technology |
| spellingShingle | Yunwen Bo Haochen Wang Hui Niu Xinyang He Quhao Xue Zexi Li Hao Yang Fuzhou Niu Advancements in materials, manufacturing, propulsion and localization: propelling soft robotics for medical applications Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology soft robotics medical applications intelligent materials manufacturing methods localization technology |
| title | Advancements in materials, manufacturing, propulsion and localization: propelling soft robotics for medical applications |
| title_full | Advancements in materials, manufacturing, propulsion and localization: propelling soft robotics for medical applications |
| title_fullStr | Advancements in materials, manufacturing, propulsion and localization: propelling soft robotics for medical applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advancements in materials, manufacturing, propulsion and localization: propelling soft robotics for medical applications |
| title_short | Advancements in materials, manufacturing, propulsion and localization: propelling soft robotics for medical applications |
| title_sort | advancements in materials manufacturing propulsion and localization propelling soft robotics for medical applications |
| topic | soft robotics medical applications intelligent materials manufacturing methods localization technology |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2023.1327441/full |
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