Robotic Endoscopy for Scarless Surgeries

A new flexible robot developed by researchers from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University and National University Hospital has just been successfully used in performing three gastric tumor removal procedures in India.

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Robotic Endoscopy for Scarless Surgeries

DA-VINCI ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM

Da vinci robotic surgical system is manufactured by a company known as Intuitive Surgical,Inc. Many people think that the robot does the surgeries, but really the robot doesnt do (Still,many centuries are there to teach artificial intelligence to the robots !!) . The robotic arm will be controlled by the surgeon remotely and he operates the arm of the robot to perform the surgery.

The da vinci surgical system has operator (surgeon) console and a patient table with four robotic arms which will be controlled by the surgeon from the console. Three robotic arms will hold the surgical tools, and fourth arm has the endoscopic camera with two lens to send the vision of the surgery to the surgeon console.

The surgeon in his console views the 3D images of the surgery through eye holes and controls the robot arms with his two hand controllers and pedals. The intelligent technology precisely converts the surgeon hand movements to control the robotic arms performing the surgery.

Here, have a look how a surgeon performs a surgery through robotic arms with help of Da Vnci surgical system.



The medical applications of Da vinci robotic system are:

1.) Cardiac Valve repair
2.) Gastric bypass syrgery
3.) Prostatectomy
4.) Nephrectomy
5.) Hysterectomy
6.) Splenectomy
7.) Pyeloplasty
8.) Sacrocolpropexy
9.) Cystectomy
10.) Adrenalectomy, and more applications


ROBOTIC GYNAECOLOGY SURGERY



ROBOTIC PROSTATECTOMY

Phd FELLOWSHIP IN MEDICAL ROBOTICS

Project Title : ROBOT ASSISTED MICRO NAVIGATION IN SOFT TISSUES

Post : PhD Scholar

Salary : 1250 Euros per month

Duration :3 Years

Deadline : 15th Aug,2010

Research Area : Medical Robotics

Research Center : Institute for Robotics & Cognitive Systems, University of Luebeck, Germany

Faculty : Graduate School for computing in medicine & life sciences, University of Luebeck

Project Details :

1.) The project aims the combination of high resolution image data and precise robotic needle steering to estimate the tissue deformation caused by the probe
2.) Development of methods for precise robot control, robot dynamics & signal-image processing.

Qualifications:

1.) Master degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science
2.) Good background in Robot control, signal & image processing, biomedical research

How to Apply :

Mail the following documents to rieckhoff@rob.uni-luebeck.de

1.) Curriulum Vitae
2.) Motivational letter
3.) Two Reference Letter
4.) Copies of degree certificates and Grade transcripts

For Further Details : Contact Prof Dr. Alexander Schlaefer - Schlaefer@rob.uni-luebeck.de

BIOMEDICAL PROJECTS - BIO-ROBOTS / MEDICAL ROBOTICS

ROBOT PROJECTS

1.) Vision-based human-robot interaction and navigation of intelligent service robots
2.) Robotic wheelchair based on observations of both user and environment
3.) Biosignal Based Human-Machine Interface for Robotic Arm
4.) Model Based Control Algorithms for Robotic Assisted Beating Heart Surgery
5.) Robotic motion compensation for respiratory movement during radiosurgery
6.) Heartbeat synchronization for robotic cardiac surgery
7.) Active filtering of physiological motion in robotized surgery using predictive control / Predictive tracking of quasi periodic signals for active relative motion cancellation in robotic assisted coronary artery bypass graft surgery
8.) Robotic image guide biopsy

Webcast - Vision Guided Robotics

Webcast Date: September 16, 2009

Who Should Attend:
Engineers and system integrators who are responsible for developing, designing, specifying, or reviewing applications involving robots and machine vision components and systems.

This Webcast - Vision-Guided Robotics - will provide engineers and system integrators with the basic information tools so that they can combine machine vision and robotics in their applications to meet manufacturing challenges. The focus will be on both components and on system design. It will include a brief view of the market drivers/opportunities and then focus on how to integrate vision and robotics, with lessons learned and specific case studies to illustrate the main points.

The webcast will highlight some of the problems, solutions, and typical applications of this technology:
i.)Using robots and vision: when is vision required?
ii.)What should the system integrator look for from software vendors?
iii.)Examples of a 2-D vision system used in conjunction with a robot
iv.)What image processing functions are required by 2-D systems?
v.)Descriptions of single-camera, dual-camera, time of flight, and laser scanner-based systems
vi.)The present challenges facing this technology and advanced technologies such as support vector machines, 3-D object recognition with CAD models, and multispectral analysis

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More Information!

SPEAKER:

Adil Shafi
Vision and Robotics Expert
Advenovation



ADIL SHAFI has developed new and reliable solutions in the robotics and vision industry for over 20 years. These solutions run on automation equipment valued at more than $300 million. Recently he has been known for his development of advanced vision-guided robotic bin-picking applications. Shafi holds three degrees from Michigan Technological University and maintains extensive relationships in industry, academic, defense, and government circles. His personal goals are to foster innovation, help create jobs, and maintain economic vitality.