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ReviewFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2023

Advancements in materials, manufacturing, propulsion and localization: propelling soft robotics for medical applications.

Yunwen Bo, Haochen Wang, Hui Niu, Xinyang He, Quhao Xue, Zexi Li, Hao Yang, Fuzhou Niu

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Review in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Yunwen BoSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, China.
Haochen WangSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, China.
Hui NiuDepartment of Pathology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Xinyang HeSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, China.
Quhao XueSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, China.
Zexi LiSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, China.
Hao YangRobotics and Microsystems Center, School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Fuzhou NiuSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soft robotics is an emerging field showing immense potential for biomedical applications. This review summarizes recent advancements in soft robotics for

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intelligent materialslocalization technologymanufacturing methodsmedical applicationssoft robotics

Identifiers

PMID38260727
PMCPMC10800571

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