Sentences with phrase «soft robotic devices»
Soft robotic devices are ideally suited to interact with soft tissue and give assistance that can help with augmentation of function, and potentially even healing and recovery.»
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The Soft Robotics Toolkit is a collection of shared resources to support the design, fabrication, modeling, characterization, and control of soft robotic devices.
A team of engineering researchers has made a fundamental advance in controlling so - called soft robots, using magnetic fields to remotely manipulate microparticle chains embedded in soft robotic devices.
The Soft Robotics Toolkit is an online treasure trove of downloadable, open - source plans, how - to videos, and case studies to assist users in the design, fabrication, modeling, characterization, and control of soft robotic devices.
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It could also create a new area of soft robotics, and enable new applications in flexible sensors and actuators, biomedical devices and platforms or scaffolds for cells to grow, Lee said.
According to Walsh, who teaches a popular course in medical device design at SEAS and is founder of the Harvard Biodesign Lab, soft robotics is especially well suited to shared design tools because many of the required components, such as regulators, valves, and microcontrollers, are largely interchangeable between systems.
«This approach could inspire better surgical training tools and implantable heart devices, and opens new possibilities in the emerging field of soft robotics for devices that assist other organs as well.»
«We're now working to improve both the control and the power of these devices, to advance the potential of soft robotics,» Tracy says.
Simple and cost - effective to produce, this novel device is very suitable for applications such as soft robotics, wearable consumer electronics, smart medical prosthetic devices, as well as real - time healthcare monitoring.
That's good news for spine docs and robotics buffs alike — not only can the new adhesive help build devices like this octobot, but it can also be used to deliver drugs through soft, permeable patches that adhere to the skin.