11 accepted papers
Designing information-rich and space-efficient sensors is a key challenge for soft robotics, and crucial for the development of safe soft robots. Sensing and understanding the environmental interactions with a minimal footprint is especially important in the medical context, where portability and un…
Soft robots have shown remarkable distinct capabilities due to their high deformation. Recently increasing attention has been dedicated to developing fully soft robots to exploit their full potential, with a recognition that electronic powering may limit this achievement. Alternative powering source…
Robotic implants for real-time and long-term monitoring and therapies are being researched and could open new frontiers in the medical field. For these devices to see widespread adoption, though, key challenges still need to be overcome, including reliability. Over the years, many computational tech
Achieving compact and biocompatible actuators with sensing capabilities is a key challenge for the safety critical and highly patient-specific biomedical field. In this study, a compact and versatile soft fluidic sensor-actuator capable of measuring both force and displacement in static and dynamic…
In this study, a novel robotic bioreactor is presented with capabilities of closed-loop control of force and displacement applied to a tissue scaffold and tissue scaffold stiffness calculation. These characteristics bring the potential of a robotic bioreactor that can optimize the mechanical propert…
Soft robots are known for their ability to comply and having superior extensibility. However, one of the limitations of most of these robots is that they can stand only a limited amount of load before buckling, and they feature a non-negligible initial height. Hybrid soft-rigid actuators seem to off…
Remotely controllable and reversible adhesion is highly desirable for surgical operations: it can provide the possibility of non-invasive surgery, flexibility in fixing a patch and surgical manipulation via sticking. In our previous work, we developed a remotely controllable, ingestible, and deploya
It is known that the interior of the human body is one of the most adverse environments for a foreign body, such as an in-vivo robot, and vice-versa. As robots operating in-vivo are increasingly recognized for their capabilities and potential for improved therapies, it is important to ensure their s…
Soft robotics has advanced the field of biomedical engineering by creating safer technologies for interfacing with the human body. One of the challenges in this field is the realization of modular soft basic constituents and accessible assembly methods to increase the versatility of soft robots. We…
Gastric ulcer is a chronic and complex (and often complete) erosion of the stomach wall that happens as a complication of a previous chronic, inflammatory process. It represents a catastrophic situation in which the patient is critical and its conditions need to be treated fast. This study presents…
Developing miniature robots that can carry out versatile clinical procedures inside the body under the remote instructions of medical professionals has been a long time challenge. In this paper, we present origami-based robots that can be ingested into the stomach, locomote to a desired location, pa