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Biology and bioinspiration of soft robotics: Actuation, sensing, and system integration
iScience, 2021 Summary: Organisms in nature grow with senses, nervous, and actuation systems coordinated in ingenious ways to sustain metabolism and other essential life activities. The understanding of biological structures and functions guide the construction of soft
Luquan Ren +7 more
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A soft matter computer for soft robots [PDF]
Science Robotics, 2019 Conductive fluid receptors can be used to create soft matter computers that are suitable for the control of soft robots.
Martin Stephen Garrad +4 more
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A wearable wrist haptic display for motion tracking and force feedback in the operational space
Wearable Technologies, 2021 Force feedback is often beneficial for robotic teleoperation, as it enhances the user’s remote perception. Over the years, many kinesthetic haptic displays (KHDs) have been proposed for this purpose, which have different types of interaction and feedback,
Marco Laghi +3 more
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Soft Robots Manufacturing: A Review [PDF]
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2018 The growing interest in soft robots comes from the new possibilities offered by these systems to cope with problems that cannot be addressed by robots built from rigid bodies. Many innovative solutions have been developed in recent years to design soft components and systems.
Schmitt, François +3 more
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A Supernumerary Soft Robotic Limb for Reducing Hand-Arm Vibration Syndromes Risks
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 The most common causes of the risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSD) have been identified as joint overloading, bad postures, and vibrations.
Andrea S. Ciullo +4 more
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Foundations and Trends® in Robotics, 2017 There has been a boost of research activities in robotics using soft materials in the past ten years. It is expected that the use and control of soft materials can help realize robotic systems that are safer, cheaper, and more adaptable than the level that the conventional rigid-material robots can achieve.
Liyu Wang +2 more
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Analysis of Compensatory Movements Using a Supernumerary Robotic Hand for Upper Limb Assistance
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2020 Recently, extratheses, aka Supernumerary Robotic Limbs (SRLs), are emerging as a new trend in the field of assistive and rehabilitation devices. We proposed the SoftHand X, a system composed of an anthropomorphic soft hand extrathesis, with a gravity ...
Martina Rossero +6 more
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, 2016 Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) represents the gold standard in the majority of abdominal operations, although some fundamental limitations are still present and are far to be really addressed despite emerging robotic solutions. Flexible endoscopes can exploit their high flexibility to reach the surgical target while being inserted remotely or by a ...
Cianchetti M., Menciassi A.
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Pediatric cancer remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in low‐and middle‐income countries. Cancer treatment may impair nutritional status, alter body composition, and exacerbate cancer‐related fatigue (CRF).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Junior +11 more
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Soft is Safe: Human-Robot Interaction for Soft Robots
CoRRWith the presence of robots increasing in the society, the need for interacting with robots is becoming necessary. The field of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) has emerged important since more repetitive and tiresome jobs are being done by robots.
Rajashekhar V. S, Gowdham Prabhakar
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