Biomedical applications of soft robotics

M Cianchetti, C Laschi, A Menciassi… - Nature Reviews Materials, 2018 - nature.com
Soft robotics enables the design of soft machines and devices at different scales. The
compliance and mechanical properties of soft robots make them especially interesting for …

Soft robotics: Review of fluid‐driven intrinsically soft devices; manufacturing, sensing, control, and applications in human‐robot interaction

P Polygerinos, N Correll, SA Morin… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The emerging field of soft robotics makes use of many classes of materials including metals,
low glass transition temperature (Tg) plastics, and high Tg elastomers. Dependent on the …

Soft robotics in minimally invasive surgery

M Runciman, A Darzi, GP Mylonas - Soft robotics, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Soft robotic devices have desirable traits for applications in minimally invasive surgery (MIS),
but many interdisciplinary challenges remain unsolved. To understand current technologies …

[PDF][PDF] 软体机器人: 结构, 驱动, 传感与控制

王田苗, 郝雨飞, 杨兴帮, 文力 - 机械工程学报, 2017 - scholar.archive.org
软体机器人由软材料加工而成, 自身可连续变形, 与刚性机器人相比具有更高的柔顺性,
安全性和适应性, 在人机交互, 复杂易碎品抓持和狭小空间作业等方面具有不可比拟的优势 …

[HTML][HTML] Nanomaterials and nanotechnology for biomedical soft robots

Y Yang, P Jiao - Materials Today Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Soft robots have opened an emerging research direction in robotics due to their promising
performance enabled by functional materials and fabrication technology. Recent progress of …

Pneumatic soft robots: Challenges and benefits

H Su, X Hou, X Zhang, W Qi, S Cai, X Xiong, J Guo - Actuators, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the field of robotics, soft robots have been showing great potential in the areas of medical
care, education, service, rescue, exploration, detection, and wearable devices due to their …

Hyperelastic structures: A review on the mechanics and biomechanics

HB Khaniki, MH Ghayesh, R Chin, M Amabili - International Journal of Non …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soft structures are capable of undergoing reversible large strains and deformations when
facing different types of loadings. Due to the limitations of linear elastic models, researchers …

Soft robotic manipulators: Designs, actuation, stiffness tuning, and sensing

W Dou, G Zhong, J Cao, Z Shi, B Peng… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robotic manipulators are continuum robots made of soft materials and flexible
components. The goal of soft robotic manipulators research is to enable these manipulators …

Textiles in soft robots: Current progress and future trends

C Fu, Z Xia, C Hurren, A Nilghaz, X Wang - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2022 - Elsevier
Soft robotics have substantial benefits of safety, adaptability, and cost efficiency compared to
conventional rigid robotics. Textiles have applications in soft robotics either as an auxiliary …

Miniature pneumatic actuators for soft robots by high‐resolution multimaterial 3D printing

YF Zhang, CJX Ng, Z Chen, W Zhang… - Advanced Materials …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Miniature soft robots offer excellent safety and deformability, which are highly desirable in
applications such as navigation in confined areas or the manipulation of microscale objects …