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Volume 20, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 1872-2105
  • E-ISSN: 2212-4020

Abstract

This study investigates the most recent advancements in the field of biomedical soft robotics, with a primary emphasis on the integration of nanomaterials and nanotechnology. It underscores the biocompatibility, flexibility, and performance of soft robots by emphasizing critical advancements in nanomaterials, robotics, and biomedical applications. Nanomaterials can improve the biocompatibility and mechanical qualities of soft robots used in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Nanotechnology enables the development of flexible and elastic electronics, which may be integrated into soft robotics. This study also analyzes recent patents, offering a viewpoint on emerging technologies and their potential impact on medical diagnostics, therapeutic delivery systems, and minimally invasive procedures. The scientific developments and patents with the functioning and operating mechanisms of soft robots, as well as the problems of constructing biomedical soft robots with nanomaterials and nanotechnology, are examined in this critical study. Moreover, it also examines current advancements, patents, technological challenges, and future trends in nanomaterials and nanotechnology used in biomedical soft robotics.

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Recent Advancements, Patents, and Scientific Insights into the Biomedical Soft Robots Using Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
Recent Pat Nanotechnol 20, 22 (2026); https://doi.org/10.2174/0118722105361551250120075141
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Keyword(s): Biomedical soft robots; current advancement; future trends; nanomaterial; nanotechnology; tissue engineering

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