Paternò Linda, Lorenzon Lucrezia
The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.
Department of Excellence in Robotics and AI, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.
Front Robot AI. 2023 Feb 8;10:1075634. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2023.1075634. eCollection 2023.
This work explores the recent research conducted towards the development of novel classes of devices in wearable and implantable medical applications allowed by the introduction of the soft robotics approach. In the medical field, the need for materials with mechanical properties similar to biological tissues is one of the first considerations that arises to improve comfort and safety in the physical interaction with the human body. Thus, soft robotic devices are expected to be able of accomplishing tasks no traditional rigid systems can do. In this paper, we describe future perspectives and possible routes to address scientific and clinical issues still hampering the accomplishment of ideal solutions in clinical practice.
这项工作探索了近期针对软机器人技术方法引入后在可穿戴和植入式医疗应用中新型设备开发所开展的研究。在医学领域，对于具有与生物组织相似机械性能的材料的需求，是在与人体进行物理交互时提高舒适度和安全性时首先出现的考虑因素之一。因此，软机器人设备有望能够完成传统刚性系统无法完成的任务。在本文中，我们描述了未来的前景以及解决科学和临床问题的可能途径，这些问题仍然阻碍着在临床实践中实现理想的解决方案。
