by Ingrid Fadelli, Tech Xplore Soft robotic shorts improve outdoor walking efficiency in older adults. Nature Machine Intelligence(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s42256-024-00894-8. Recent technological advances have opened new valuable opportunities for assisting senior adults and individuals with physical disabilities. For instance, they have enabled the development of new interactive systems designed that can assist users with everyday activities,...
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3D bioprinting inside the human body could be possible thanks to new soft robot
by Neil Martin, University of New South Wales The tiny flexible 3D bioprinter developed at UNSW Sydney was able to 3D print a variety of materials with different shapes on the surface of a pig’s kidney. Credit: Dr. Thanh Do Engineers from UNSW Sydney have developed a miniature and flexible soft robotic arm that could...
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Scared of injections? Try a wearable soft robot to ease aversion to needles
UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA IMAGE: THE ROBOT CAN BE ATTACHED TO THE USER’S HAND CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA Tsukuba, Japan—While most of us are never without our smartphones, robots may also soon become indispensable companions. It certainly seems so based on the recent experiments conducted by researchers in Japan, who developed a hand-held soft robot that...
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Soft Robot Grows Like a Plant to Travel Through Tight Spaces
OCTOBER 3RD, 2022 CONN HASTINGSCARDIAC SURGERY, GI, MATERIALS, RADIOLOGY, TELEMEDICINE, VASCULAR SURGERY At the University of Minnesota, researchers have developed a soft robotic system that can ‘grow’ like a plant. The mechanism allows it to travel through difficult-to-access areas, such as the tortuous gastrointestinal tract or vasculature. The system works by extruding a liquid through...
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Soft Robot Biodegrades Inside Body
SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2022 CONN HASTINGS MATERIALS, MEDICINE, SURGERY Researchers at the City University of Hong Kong have developed a magnetic soft millirobot that can grab and release objects, and move around by rolling. The device can be controlled using magnetic fields, and consists of a biodegradable gelatin and iron oxide microparticles. The technology has significant potential...