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  • Biomedical Engineering

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  • Soft robots are gaining traction in biomedical applications, wearables, and environmental exploration due to their compliance and adaptability.
  • Recent advancements focus on material innovation, structural design, functional integration, and intelligent responsiveness.

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  • To review recent progress in soft robotics, highlighting key developments and challenges.
  • To explore the potential of soft robots in diverse fields like drug delivery and environmental monitoring.

Main Methods:

  • Review of recent literature on soft robotics, focusing on material science, structural design, and functional integration.
  • Analysis of representative platforms like microneedle array-based and hydrogel-based soft robots.
  • Critical evaluation of challenges such as durability, power autonomy, and multifunctional synergy.

Main Results:

  • Progress in bioinspired and stimuli-responsive materials, modular architectures, and integrated actuation, sensing, and energy systems.
  • Demonstration of soft robots for drug delivery, wound healing, and environmental monitoring.
  • Identification of key challenges hindering practical application and long-term reliability.

Conclusions:

  • Soft robotics is an interdisciplinary field merging materials science, biomedical engineering, and intelligent systems.
  • Future directions include self-healing materials, intelligent control, and multiscale integration for enhanced adaptability and clinical translation.
  • Soft robots hold significant promise for real-world applications, bridging the gap between research and practical implementation.