State-of-the-art biomedical applications such as targeted drug delivery and laparoscopic
surgery are extremely challenging because of the small length scales, the requirements of …

With high flexibility and slim body, flexible robots have been widely used in minimally
invasive surgery because they can safely reach the lesion deep inside the human body …

Magnetic soft robots have recently become a promising technology that has been applied to
minimally invasive cardiovascular surgery. This paper presents the analytical modeling of a …

Despite the significant advantages of Shape Memory Polymers (SMPs), material processing
and production challenges have limited their applications. Recent advances in fiber …

Compliant mechanisms with reconfigurable degrees of freedom are gaining attention in the
development of kinesthetic haptic devices, robotic systems, and mechanical metamaterials …

Graphene and its related materials are commonly used as reinforcements in shape-memory
polymers (SMPs) to engineer their functional properties, but at the cost of a reduction in their …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), including congenital heart diseases (CHD), present
significant global health challenges, emphasizing the need for safe and effective treatment …

Actuators play important roles in various fields due to their high intelligence. However, the
present actuators are hard to achieve high load capacity and easy and fast deformation …

Soft continuum robots can navigate through narrow and tortuous lumina. However, its
interactions with the lumina during steering pose a risk of luminal injuries, especially if it …

The paper presents a survey of modern robots for percutaneous coronary interventions. It
covers papers published before October 2024. The robotic systems introduced in these …