Search Results for 'soft robots'
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Tiny Soft Robotic Device Manages Immune Response to Implants
Discovery could enable longer-lasting and better-functioning devices including pacemakers, breast implants, biosensors, and drug delivery devices.Institute for Medical Engineering and Science 09.06.19
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Cardiovascular | Electronics
Smart Microrobots Could Be Programmed to Deliver Drugs
The research team is working on improving the performance for swimming through complex fluids like those found in the human body.Videos EPFL
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Diagnostics | Surgical
Soft, Miniature Multi-Functional Robots Could Offer Medical Solutions
A new approach for fabricating soft materials at the millimeter scale paves the way to flexible medical microrobots.Videos Benjamin Boettner, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
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3D/Additive Manufacturing | Materials
3D Printed Shape-Shifting Smart Gel Could Support Organs & Allow Targeted Drug Delivery
3D printing becomes 4D as objects morph over time and temperatures change.Rutgers University 01.31.18
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Surgical
Smaller, Smarter, Softer Robotic Arm for Endoscopic Surgery
Octopus tentacle-inspired approach combines pop-up fabrication with soft robotics.Videos Leah Burrows, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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Materials
Artificial Muscle for Soft Robotics: Low Voltage, High Hopes
Uses could be wearable devices, laparoscopic surgical tools, and soft robots or artificial muscles in more complex robotics.Leah Burrows, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences 07.22.16
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World's First Soft-Robotic Surgery On A Human Body
The new robot provides surgeons with unparalleled video feedback from inside the body.Kingu2019s College London 01.04.16
