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Miniature soft robots – road to the clinic
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.
@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} }