3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu +5 more
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Transcriptome- and proteome-wide effects of a circular RNA encompassing four early exons of the spinal muscular atrophy genes [PDF]
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) genes, SMN1 and SMN2 (hereinafter referred to as SMN1/2), produce multiple circular RNAs (circRNAs), including C2A–2B–3–4 that encompasses early exons 2A, 2B, 3 and 4.
Luo, Diou +3 more
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy Motor Functional Scales and Measures of Pulmonary Function
, 2017 This chapter reviews existing functional motor and respiratory outcome measures in spinal muscular atrophy discussing how each of them fulfills a number of requirements including not only clinical usefulness but also statistical robustness, clinical ...
Montes, J. +4 more
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Severe Spinal Muscular Atrophy Variant Associated With Congenital Bone Fractures
, 2016 Infantile autosomal recessive spinal muscular atrophy (type I) represents a lethal disorder leading to progressive symmetric muscular atrophy of limb and trunk muscles. Ninety-six percent cases of spinal muscular atrophy type I are caused by deletions or
Bührer, Christoph +6 more
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
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Degradable Magnetic Composites from Recycled NdFeB Magnets for Soft Actuation and Sensing
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This work presents a degradable soft magnetic composite made from recycled NdFeB particles embedded in a gelatin‐based organogel. The material is processed into magnetic sensors and soft robotic components, which can later be dissolved in a green solvent to recover NdFeB magnetic particles.
Muhammad Bilal Khan +14 more
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Addressing Cell Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Open Issues and Future Perspectives
, 2016 Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a devastating neuromuscular disease that affects children and young adults. The degeneration of spinal motor neurons, which are primarily involved in this disease, results in progressive muscular weakness and atrophy.
Faravelli, I. +3 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Learning‐Based Soft Robotic Grasping: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review analyzes learning‐based soft robotic grasping from a pipeline‐oriented perspective, encompassing soft gripper design, multimodal sensing, and learning‐based planning and control. It surveys key neural network architectures and benchmark datasets and identifies critical challenges such as sim‐to‐real transfer, generalization, and continual ...
Arnab Majumder +3 more
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The effects of fluphenazine on the neuromuscular phenotype in a mouse model of spinal muscular atrophy [PDF]
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a degenerative neuromuscular disorder caused by a mutation in the survival motor neuron 1 gene (SMN1), which renders the gene dysfunctional. SMN protein is vital for the survival of motor neurons.
Haynes, Katie Louise
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