Hard questions for soft robotics
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چکیده
How can the field of soft robotics have impact in next decade?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Science robotics
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2470-9476']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.abg6049