| Title |
Robot-aided electrospinning toward intelligent biomedical engineering
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Robotics and Biomimetics, November 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40638-017-0075-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rong Tan, Xiong Yang, Yajing Shen |
| Abstract |
The rapid development of robotics offers new opportunities for the traditional biofabrication in higher accuracy and controllability, which provides great potentials for the intelligent biomedical engineering. This paper reviews the state of the art of robotics in a widely used biomaterial fabrication process, i.e., electrospinning, including its working principle, main applications, challenges, and prospects. First, the principle and technique of electrospinning are introduced by categorizing it to melt electrospinning, solution electrospinning, and near-field electrospinning. Then, the applications of electrospinning in biomedical engineering are introduced briefly from the aspects of drug delivery, tissue engineering, and wound dressing. After that, we conclude the existing problems in traditional electrospinning such as low production, rough nanofibers, and uncontrolled morphology, and then discuss how those problems are addressed by robotics via four case studies. Lastly, the challenges and outlooks of robotics in electrospinning are discussed and prospected. |
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| China | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 12% |
| Other | 3 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 12% |
| Unknown | 12 | 35% |
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| Engineering | 5 | 15% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 6% |
| Chemistry | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 9% |
| Unknown | 16 | 47% |
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