Soft small robots offer the opportunity to non-invasively access human tissue to perform medical operations and deliver drugs; however, challenges in materials design, biocompatibility and function control remain to be overcome for soft robots to reach the clinic.
| Author(s): | Sitti, Metin |
| Journal: | Nature Reviews Materials |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Pages: | 74-75 |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Month: | April |
| Bibtex Type: | Article (article) |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41578-018-0001-3 |
| URL: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-018-0001-3 |
| Electronic Archiving: | grant_archive |
BibTex
@article{Sitti2018,
title = {Miniature soft robots -- road to the clinic},
journal = {Nature Reviews Materials},
abstract = {Soft small robots offer the opportunity to non-invasively access human tissue to perform medical operations and deliver drugs; however, challenges in materials design, biocompatibility and function control remain to be overcome for soft robots to reach the clinic.},
volume = {3},
pages = {74-75},
month = apr,
year = {2018},
slug = {sitti2018},
author = {Sitti, Metin},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-018-0001-3},
month_numeric = {4}
}