Flexible colonoscopy remains the prime mean of screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) and
the gold standard of all population-based screening pathways around the world. Almost …

In nature, tip-localized growth allows navigation in tightly confined environments and
creation of structures. Recently, this form of movement has been artificially realized through …

Navigation and motion control of a robot to a destination are tasks that have historically been
performed with the assumption that contact with the environment is harmful. This makes …

This letter presents MAMMOBOT, one of the first millimetre-scale steerable soft growing
robots for medical applications. MAMMOBOT aims to access the breast through the nipple …

Endovascular surgery (ES) is a minimally invasive procedure used to treat diseases such as
stroke, coronary artery disease, and aneurysms. Often, the vascular anatomy exhibits high …

Soft robotics and pneumatic actuation present opportunities for lightweight wearable haptic
devices that provide distributed touch feedback to the skin. Ideally, such devices would be …

The field of soft robotics is grounded on the idea that, due to their inherent compliance, soft
robots can safely interact with the environment. Thus, the development of effective planning …

Growing robots that achieve locomotion by extending from their tip, are inherently compliant
and can safely navigate through constrained environments that prove challenging for …

Soft, tip-extending devices, or “vine robots,” are a promising new paradigm for navigating
cluttered and confined environments. Because they lengthen from their tips, there is little …

Abstract Background The Flex® Robotic System (Medrobotics, Raynham, MA, USA) is the
first miniaturised flexible endoscopic robot that aims to allow surgical manoeuvres beyond …