Chip-on-tip endoscope incorporating a soft robotic pneumatic bending microactuator
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عنوان ژورنال: Biomedical Microdevices
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1387-2176,1572-8781
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-018-0317-1