Personalized Medical Devices Connect Monitoring and Assistance: Emerging Wearable Soft Robotics

As wearable health devices have the ability of intelligentmonitoring,they are becoming cutting-edge technology in medical and health fields.However, the simplification of functions limits their further development.In addition, soft robotics with actuation functions can achieve therapeuticeffects by doing external work, but their monitoring function is notsufficiently developed. The efficient integration of the two can guidefuture development. The functional integration of actuation and sensingcan not only monitor the human body and surrounding environment butalso realize actuation and assistance. Recent evidence shows thatemerging wearable soft robotics can become the future of personalizedmedical treatment. In this Perspective, the comprehensive developmentin the field of actuators for simple structure soft robotics and thefield of wearable application sensors are introduced, as well as theirmanufacturing processes and various potential medical applications.Furthermore, the challenges faced in this field are discussed, andfuture development directions are proposed.