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Soft Active Matter Microrobots for Medicine

Obiettivo

Current medical tools and robots are unable to access locations in narrow and delicate organs without highly damaging the tissues and continue suffering for lack of any flexible robot-assisted endoscope platforms that can be safely tele-manipulated for diagnosing pathologies in the ear-nose-throat districts. Microrobots, i.e. miniaturized and precisely controlled robotic devices, have the potential to overcome this issue and revolutionize medicine. To do so, however, they need to be able to sense and react to their environment, to process the information, and to generate a mechanical output controlled by external stimuli. The confined, small, hard-to-reach, and risky inner body sites discards usual engineering solutions to embody all these functionalities in microscopic devices based on standard integration approaches of sensors and actuators by assembly. Our research assumption is that a key enabler for any microrobotic solution would be the building material itself, i.e. a soft and active polymeric material, likely to adapt compliantly to narrow environments, to mechanically respond to remote stimuli, and to be shaped in the desired size and for each application. The
vision driving SAM3 is therefore to develop three-dimensional miniature robots based on soft active matter which will enable novel non-invasive interventions or therapies deep inside the human body. To this aim, we are going to train a new community of young talented researchers that, starting from an understanding of the clinical needs, will be able to bridge the gaps between engineering and materials science. The doctoral candidates will receive interdisciplinary training and mentorship by academic leaders in the field of soft active materials; microrobotics and medical, and will get direct exposure to and training by clinical and industrial partners involved in the fundamental, educational, and valorisation-related aspects of the doctoral network.

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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral Networks

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UNIVERSITE DE MONS
Contributo netto dell'UE
€ 577 080,00
Indirizzo
PLACE DU PARC 20
7000 Mons
Belgio
Regione
Région wallonne Prov. Hainaut Arr. Mons
Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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