Section: Application Domains

Medical Applications

Soft robots have many medical applications as their natural compliance makes them safer than traditional robots when interacting with humans. Such robots can be used for minimally invasive surgery, to access and act on remote parts of the body through minimal incisions in the patient. Applications include laparascopic and brain surgery, treatment of several cancers including prostate cancer, and cardiology, for example percutaneous coronary interventions.

As an example, we received an industry grant (CIFRE) with Robocath to work on autonomous catheter navigation. See section 8.2. Another application is cochlear implant surgery.