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ReviewPolymers2024

Advancements in Soft Robotics: A Comprehensive Review on Actuation Methods, Materials, and Applications.

Yanmei Wang, Yanen Wang, Ray Tahir Mushtaq, Qinghua Wei

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Review in Polymers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Developing Soft Interconnected Microchannel Network for 2D Skin-Like Actuator.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yanmei WangIndustry Engineering Department, School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
Yanen WangIndustry Engineering Department, School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.
Ray Tahir MushtaqIndustry Engineering Department, School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1233-4986
Qinghua WeiIndustry Engineering Department, School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2738-3756

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 31020210506006Key Research and Development Program of Shanxi Province 2022GY-228National Natural Science Foundation of China 51905438
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The flexibility and adaptability of soft robots enable them to perform various tasks in changing environments, such as flower picking, fruit harvesting, in vivo targeted treatment, and information feedback. However, these fulfilled functions are discrepant, based on the varied working environments, driving methods, and materials. To further understand the working principle and research emphasis of soft robots, this paper summarized the current research status of soft robots from the aspects of actuating methods (e.g., humidity, temperature, PH, electricity, pressure, magnetic field, light, biological, and hybrid drive), materials (like hydrogels, shape-memory materials, and other flexible materials) and application areas (camouflage, medical devices, electrical equipment, and grippers, etc.). Finally, we provided some opinions on the technical difficulties and challenges of soft robots to comprehensively comprehend soft robots, lucubrate their applications, and improve the quality of our lives.

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actuating methodsapplicationmaterial

Identifiers

PMID38675005
PMCPMC11054840

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