This new book explores the dynamic integration of soft robotics and biomedical sciences, emphasizing a human-centered approach on how soft robotic technologies may fundamentally alter the healthcare sector, from personalized treatment to cutting-edge medical equipment. The chapters discuss soft robotics in implanted devices and artificial muscles and robotics for limb design and their potential to improve mobility and overall quality of life. The use of innovative soft actuators and advancements in sensors for healthcare applications is considered, and the book also looks at naturally inspired designs that allow robotic systems to carefully interact with biological things.
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction to Soft Robotics in Healthcare 2. Soft Robotics in Personalized Medicine 3. Soft Robotics Micromachines for Medical Devices 4. Intracardiac Soft Robotic Devices 5. Soft Robotic Interactive Artificial Muscles: Innovation and Its Application 6. Human-Centered Soft Robotics: A Paradigm Shift in Biomedical Sciences 7. Novel Soft Actuators and Advances in Sensors for Healthcare Applications 8. Bio-Inspired Soft Grippers for Biological Applications 9. Advances in Soft Robotics for Limb Design
About the Author :
Deepak Gupta, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the School of Basic and Applied Sciences at Galgotias University, India. His area of interest includes liquid crystals, molecular electronics, and soft matter computation. He has published research papers and has two patents to his credit. He has attended and organized more than 20 national and international seminars, conferences, workshops, and symposia.
Rishabha Malviya, PhD, has 12 years of research experience and is Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical and Allied Sciences, Galgotias University, India. He has authored many research and review papers and has over 58 patents to his name. He has edited many books and authored over 30 book chapters. He has been included in the World’s Top 2% of Scientists (2020) by Elsevier BV and Stanford University. He is a reviewer, editor, and editorial board member for more than 50 national and international journals and was an invited author for the magazine Atlas of Science as well as a pharma magazine dealing with the B2B industry, Ingredients South Asia.
Rekha Raja, PhD, is a Research Assistant with the Robotics and Computer Vision Group at Wageningen University and Research, Gelderland, Netherlands. She was formerly a research scientist at TCS Innovation Lab, Noida, India. Her research interests are robotics, agrofood robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, etc.
Sonali Sundram, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the School of Medical and Allied Sciences at Galgotias University, India. She was earlier a research scientist on a project of the Indian Council of Medical Research at King George’s Medical University, India. After that, she joined the Babu Banarasi Das Northern India Institute of Technology, Lucknow. She has authored and edited more than 15 books and has organized national and international seminars, conferences, and workshops. She has several patents, both national and international, to her credit and published with reputed international publishers. She has also delivered oral presentations at international conferences organized in different European countries.
