ReviewThe international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS2019
A review on recent advances in soft surgical robots for endoscopic applications.
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- More than surgical tools: a systematic review of robots as didactic tools for the education of professionals in health sciences.Advances in health sciences education : theory and practice · 2022Pooled it
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- Internet of Robotic Things: Current Technologies, Challenges, Applications, and Future Research Topics.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Shape-Programming in Hyperelasticity Through Differential Growth.Applied mathematics and optimization · 2024Article
- Enhanced U-Net with GridMask (EUGNet): A Novel Approach for Robotic Surgical Tool Segmentation.Journal of imaging · 2023Article
- A non-contact interactive system for multimodal surgical robots based on LeapMotion and visual tags.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Advancements in materials, manufacturing, propulsion and localization: propelling soft robotics for medical applications.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Review
- Miniature Manipulator Design and Cartesian Control for Minimally Invasive Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery.Micromachines · 2022Article
- Research Progress of Robot Technology inInternational journal of bioprinting · 2022Review
- An Origami-Based Soft Robotic Actuator for Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Applications.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2021Article
- Soft Robotic Deployable Origami Actuators for Neurosurgical Brain Retraction.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2021Article
- A Soft Pneumatic Two-Degree-of-Freedom Actuator for Endoscopy.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2021Article
- A Multimodal Hydrogel Soft-Robotic Sensor for Multi-Functional Perception.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2021Article
- Impact of industry 4.0 to create advancements in orthopaedics.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2020Article
- Parallel Helix Actuators for Soft Robotic Applications.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2020Article
- A review on recent advances in soft surgical robots for endoscopic applications.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2019Review
- The evolution of lower gastrointestinal endoscopy: where are we now?Therapeutic advances in gastrointestinal endoscopyReview
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Abstract
backgroundSoft materials, with their compliant properties, enable conformity and safe interaction with human body. With the advance in actuation and sensing of soft materials, new paradigm in robotics called "soft robotics" emerges. Soft robotics has become a new approach in designing medical devices such as wearable robotic gloves and exoskeleton. However, application of soft robotics in surgical instrument inside human body is still in its infancy.
aimsIn this paper, current application and design of soft robots specifically applied for endoscopy are reviewed. MATERIALS &
methodsDifferent aspects in the implementation of soft robotics in endoscope design were reviewed. The key studies about MIS and NOTES were reviewed to establish the clinical background and extract the limitations of current endoscopic device in the last decade. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: In this review study, the implementation of soft robotics concepts in endoscopic application, with highlights on different features of several soft endoscopes, were evaluated. The progress in different aspects of soft robotics endoscope, current state, and future perspectives were also discussed.
conclusionBased on the survey on the structural specification, actuation, sensing, and stiffening the future soft surgical endoscopes are recommended to fulfil the following specifications: safe especially from pressure leakage, fully biocompatible materials, MR-compatible, capable for large bending in at least two antagonistic directions, modularity, adjustable stiffness.
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