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Soft robotics
Oct 4, 2023
This article presents a novel extensible continuum robot (ECR) with growing motion capability for improved flexible access in transoral laryngeal procedures. The robot uses an extensible continuum joint with a staggered V-shaped notched structure as ...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Oct 3, 2023
PURPOSE: The development of cardiovascular interventional surgery robots can realize master-slave interventional operations, which will effectively solve the problem of surgeons being injured by X-ray radiation. The delivery accuracy and safety of in...
Nature biomedical engineering
Sep 18, 2023
Robotic pills leverage the advantages of oral pharmaceutical formulations-in particular, convenient encapsulation, high loading capacity, ease of manufacturing and high patient compliance-as well as the multifunctionality, increasing miniaturization ...
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
Sep 8, 2023
PURPOSE: In France, tens of thousands of people use a wheelchair. Driving powered wheelchairs (PWCs) present risks for users and their families. The risk of collision in PWC driver increases with severity of disability and may reduce their independen...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Sep 4, 2023
BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted surgery can effectively reduce the difficulty and improve the success rate of the surgeries. However, currently available flexible instruments have several limitations, such as large size, few degrees of freedom, and lack o...
IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Aug 11, 2023
Fabric-based pneumatic actuators (FPAs) are extensively employed in the design of lightweight and compliant soft wearable assistive gloves. However, conventional FPAs typically exhibit limited output force, thereby restricting the applications of suc...
Advanced healthcare materials
Jul 27, 2023
Small-scale robots capable of remote active steering and navigation offer great potential for biomedical applications. However, the current design and manufacturing procedure impede their miniaturization and integration of various diagnostic and ther...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Jul 24, 2023
PURPOSE: During minimally invasive surgery, surgeons maneuver tools through complex anatomies, which is difficult without the ability to control the position of the tools inside the body. A potential solution for a substantial portion of these proced...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Jul 19, 2023
BACKGROUND: Transition from the utilisation of traditional instruments to new robotic methodologies in surgical operations occurs rapidly. Although the implementation of these methodologies to classical surgery operations is advantageous due to incre...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jul 6, 2023
This paper proposes a method for accurate 3D posture sensing of the soft actuators, which could be applied to the closed-loop control of soft robots. To achieve this, the method employs an array of miniaturized sponge resistive materials along the so...