Miniaturized Soft Growing Robots for Minimally Invasive Surgeries: Challenges and Opportunities

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dc.authorwosid Stroppa, Fabio/U-4635-2019
dc.contributor.author Stroppa, Fabıo
dc.contributor.author Saraç Stroppa, Mine
dc.contributor.author Sarac, Mine
dc.contributor.other Mechatronics Engineering
dc.contributor.other Computer Engineering
dc.date.accessioned 2025-05-15T18:39:31Z
dc.date.available 2025-05-15T18:39:31Z
dc.date.issued 2025
dc.department Kadir Has University en_US
dc.department-temp [Oyejide, Ayodele] Kadir Has Univ, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, TR-34083 Istanbul, Turkiye; [Stroppa, Fabio] Kadir Has Univ, Dept Comp Engn, TR-34083 Istanbul, Turkiye; [Sarac, Mine] Kadir Has Univ, Dept Mechatron Engn, TR-34083 Istanbul, Turkiye en_US
dc.description.abstract Advancements in assistive robots have significantly transformed healthcare procedures in recent years. Clinical continuum robots have enhanced minimally invasive surgeries, offering benefits to patients such as reduced blood loss and a short recovery time. However, controlling these devices is difficult due to their limited accuracy in three-dimensional deflections and challenging localization, particularly in confined spaces like human internal organs. Consequently, there has been growing research interest in employing miniaturized soft growing robots, a promising alternative that provides enhanced flexibility and maneuverability. In this work, we extensively investigated issues concerning their designs and interactions with humans in clinical contexts. We took insights from the open challenges of the generic soft growing robots to examine implications for miniaturization, actuation, and biocompatibility. We proposed technological concepts and provided detailed discussions on leveraging existing technologies, such as smart sensors, haptic feedback, and artificial intelligence, to ensure the safe and efficient deployment of the robots. Finally, we offer an array of opinions from a biomedical engineering perspective that contributes to advancing research in this domain for future research to transition from conceptualization to practical clinical application of miniature soft growing robots. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship TUBITAK [121C145] en_US
dc.description.sponsorship This work is funded by TUBITAK within the scope of the 2232-B International Fellowship for Early Stage Researchers Program Number 121C145. en_US
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dc.identifier.doi 10.1088/2516-1091/adc9ea
dc.identifier.issn 2516-1091
dc.identifier.issue 3 en_US
dc.identifier.pmid 40194546
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dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1091/adc9ea
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/7326
dc.identifier.volume 7 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:001472928200001
dc.identifier.wosquality N/A
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Iop Publishing Ltd en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Diğer en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
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dc.subject Soft Growing Robotics en_US
dc.subject Human-Machine Interaction en_US
dc.subject Biomedical Engineering en_US
dc.subject Minimally Invasive Surgeries en_US
dc.subject Medical Robotics en_US
dc.title Miniaturized Soft Growing Robots for Minimally Invasive Surgeries: Challenges and Opportunities en_US
dc.type Editorial en_US
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