Soft pneumatic actuators: A review of design, fabrication, modeling, sensing, control and applications

MS Xavier, CD Tawk, A Zolfagharian, J Pinskier… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft robotics is a rapidly evolving field where robots are fabricated using highly deformable
materials and usually follow a bioinspired design. Their high dexterity and safety make them …

Finite element modeling of soft fluidic actuators: Overview and recent developments

MS Xavier, AJ Fleming, YK Yong - Advanced Intelligent …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Many soft robots are composed of soft fluidic actuators that are fabricated from silicone
rubbers and use hydraulic or pneumatic actuation. The strong nonlinearities and complex …

Self-folding soft-robotic chains with reconfigurable shapes and functionalities

H Gu, M Möckli, C Ehmke, M Kim, M Wieland… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Magnetic continuum soft robots can actively steer their tip under an external magnetic field,
enabling them to effectively navigate in complex in vivo environments and perform minimally …

Challenges of continuum robots in clinical context: a review

T da Veiga, JH Chandler, P Lloyd… - Progress in …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
With the maturity of surgical robotic systems based on traditional rigid-link principles, the rate
of progress slowed as limits of size and controllable degrees of freedom were reached …

Injectable hydrogels for personalized cancer immunotherapies

N Mohaghegh, A Ahari, F Zehtabi, C Buttles, S Davani… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The field of cancer immunotherapy has shown significant growth, and researchers are now
focusing on effective strategies to enhance and prolong local immunomodulation. Injectable …

Highly integrated multi‐material fibers for soft robotics

A Leber, C Dong, S Laperrousaz, H Banerjee… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robots are envisioned as the next generation of safe biomedical devices in minimally
invasive procedures. Yet, the difficulty of processing soft materials currently limits the size …

The state-of-the-art and perspectives of laser ablation for tumor treatment

Y Fan, L Xu, S Liu, J Li, J **a, X Qin, Y Li… - Cyborg and Bionic …, 2024 - spj.science.org
Tumors significantly impact individuals' physical well-being and quality of life. With the
ongoing advancements in optical technology, information technology, robotic technology …

Recent advances in design and actuation of continuum robots for medical applications

Y Zhong, L Hu, Y Xu - Actuators, 2020 - mdpi.com
Traditional rigid robot application in the medical field is limited due to the limited degrees of
freedom caused by their material and structure. Inspired by trunk, tentacles, and snakes …

A hybrid active and passive cable-driven segmented redundant manipulator: Design, kinematics, and planning

T Liu, W Xu, T Yang, Y Li - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With a light-slender and superior dexterous body, the cable-driven segmented redundant
manipulators (CSRMs) are excellent candidates for operations in narrow confined space …

[HTML][HTML] A survey of catheter tracking concepts and methodologies

A Ramadani, M Bui, T Wendler, H Schunkert… - Medical image …, 2022 - Elsevier
Catheter tracking has become an integral part of interventional radiology. Over the last
decades, researchers have significantly contributed to theoretical and technical catheter …