Transforming natural cells into functional biocompatible robots capable of active movement is expected to enhance the functions of the cells and revolutionize the development of synthetic micromotors. However, present cell-based micromotor systems co...
Spine surgery has seen considerable advancements over the last 2 decades, particularly in the fields of image-guidance and robotics. These technologies offer the potential to overcome the various technical challenges in spinal surgery, such as physic...
Mobile microrobots offer great promise for minimally invasive targeted medical theranostic applications at hard-to-access regions inside the human body. The circulatory system represents the ideal route for navigation; however, blood flow impairs pro...
The adoption of wearables in medicine has rapidly expanded worldwide. New generations of wearables are emerging, driven by consumers' demand to monitor their own health. With the ongoing development of new features capable of assessing real-time biom...
BACKGROUND: Detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) occurrence over a long duration has been a challenge in the screening and follow-up of AF patients. Wearable devices may be an ideal solution.
Pneumatic artificial muscles have been widely used in industry because of their simple and relatively high-performance design. The emerging field of soft robotics has also been using pneumatic actuation mechanisms since its formation. However, these ...
For robots to be useful for real-world applications, they must be safe around humans, be adaptable to their environment, and operate in an untethered manner. Soft robots could potentially meet these requirements; however, existing soft robotic archit...
Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology
Mar 1, 2020
In the automated high-throughput nucleic acid detection system, we need to grip and transfer consumables frequently when carrying out multichannel nucleic acid detection. In order to ensure the efficiency of experiments and solve problems of the defl...
Compliant sensors based on composite materials are necessary components for geometrically complex systems such as wearable devices or soft robots. Composite materials consisting of polymer matrices and conductive fillers have facilitated the manufact...
Automated technologies that can perform massively parallelized and sequential fluidic operations at small length scales can resolve major bottlenecks encountered in various fields, including medical diagnostics, -omics, drug development, and chemical...
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