# Soft Robotics Technologies to Address Shortcomings in Today's Minimally Invasive Surgery: The STIFF-FLOP Approach

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/soft-robotics-technologies-to-address-shortcomings-in-today-s-minimally-invasive/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Matteo Cianchetti,Tommaso Ranzani,Giada Gerboni,Thrishantha Nanayakkara,Kaspar Althoefer,Prokar Dasgupta,Arianna Menciassi |
| Citations | 534 |
| DOI | 10.1089/soro.2014.0001 |
| Fields | Engineering,Medicine,Physics and Astronomy |
| Open Access | false |
| OA Status | closed |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2124992704 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2014 |

## Paper authors

- [Arianna Menciassi](https://scholariq.org/researchers/arianna-menciassi/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Soft Robotics and Applications](https://scholariq.org/topics/soft-robotics-and-applications/)

## Paper topics

- [Soft Robotics and Applications](https://scholariq.org/topics/soft-robotics-and-applications/)
- [Surgical Simulation and Training](https://scholariq.org/topics/surgical-simulation-and-training/)
- [Micro and Nano Robotics](https://scholariq.org/topics/micro-and-nano-robotics/)

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