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Bioinspired Soft Robots with Integrated Biological Motion Mechanisms and Rigid-Flexible Coupling Systems
Chenxi Ma1, Wenda Song1,2, Xudong Zhao3
1Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, 130022, China.
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|May 6, 2025
Summary
Bioinspired soft robots (BSR) mimic nature's shape-morphing organisms for advanced biomedical engineering. This review explores their design, mechanisms, and applications, highlighting future opportunities in flexible robotics.
Area of Science:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Soft Robotics
- Bioinspired Design
Background:
- Soft robots offer flexibility, safety, and biocompatibility for intelligent biomedical applications.
- In vivo and in vitro environments demand highly flexible movement capabilities in soft robots.
- Optimizing structural design for multi-degree-of-freedom motion is key for expanding soft robot applications.
Purpose of the Study:
- To comprehensively review bioinspired soft robots (BSR) with shape-morphing capabilities.
- To analyze the structure, morphology, and motion mechanisms of biological prototypes.
- To discuss design strategies and biomedical applications of deformable BSR.
Main Methods:
- Review of existing literature on biological shape-morphing organisms.
- Analysis of motion mechanisms and design principles of bioinspired soft robots.
- Compilation of current applications of BSR in biomedical engineering.
Main Results:
- Identified diverse biological prototypes with unique shape-morphing behaviors (bending, twisting, stretching/contracting).
- Detailed the motion mechanisms and design strategies employed in developing deformable BSR.
- Cataloged a wide range of current biomedical engineering applications for BSR.
Conclusions:
- Bioinspired soft robots demonstrate significant potential in biomedical engineering due to their adaptable movement.
- Further research into design strategies and overcoming current challenges will unlock future opportunities for BSR.
