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Determination of a tactile feedback strategy for use in robotized percutaneous procedures.

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Remote manipulation in robotized percutaneous procedures can offer increased safety to radiologists as well as patients. Providing feedback to the radiologist on needle-tissue interactions is however mandatory in addition to the medical images. A tac...

Distributed Bio-inspired Humanoid Posture Control.

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
This paper presents an innovative distributed bio-inspired posture control strategy for a humanoid, employing a balance control system DEC (Disturbance Estimation and Compensation). Its inherently modular structure could potentially lead to conflicts...

Design of the Clutched Variable Parallel Elastic Actuator (CVPEA) for Lower Limb Exoskeletons.

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
The paper presents a novel clutched variable parallel elastic actuator (CVPEA) mainly consisting of a motor and a flat spiral spring in parallel to actuate the hip of lower limb exoskeletons in sagittal plane. To minimize the power and torque require...

A Miniaturized Capsule Endoscope Equipped a Marking Module for Intestinal Tumor Localization.

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
This study introduces a miniaturized capsule endoscope equipped with a marking module for intestinal tumor or lesion localization. The design concept is based on an active wireless capsule endoscope platform that is manipulated by an external electro...

Investigation of Current Control for a New Bi-directional Linear Capsule Robot.

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In this paper, a bi-directional linear capsule robot (capsulbot) for potential applications in Gastrointestinal (GI) tract inside human body is studied. Compared with the conventional endoscope limited by its poor locomotion and steering capabilities...

Predictive Tilt Compensation for Robot Assisted Magnetic Capsule Endoscope.

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Wireless capsule endoscopes provide a painless and non-invasive alternative to the flexible endoscope in various applications of the gastrointestinal tract diagnosis. Operating a wireless capsule endoscope in the colon may benefit from an active posi...

Optoelectronic Sensor-based Shape Sensing Approach for Flexible Manipulators.

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
This paper presents a novel two-axis shape sensor based on optical optoelectronic sensors and integrated with a flexible manipulator arm to measure the overall shape of the robotic arm. The disc-shape bio-compatible sensor presented here can be embed...

Robotics and ophthalmology: Are we there yet?

Indian journal of ophthalmology
Ophthalmology is a field that is now seeing the integration of robotics in its surgical procedures and interventions. Assistance facilitated by robots offers substantial improvements in terms of movement control, tremor cancellation, enhanced visuali...

IMPROVEMENT OF DOSE ESTIMATION PROCESS USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS.

Radiation protection dosimetry
We present here for the first time a fast and reliable automatic algorithm based on artificial neural networks for the anomaly detection of a thermoluminescence dosemeter (TLD) glow curves (GCs), and compare its performance with formerly developed su...

Analysis on an Origami-structured Actuator that Enhances Both Backdriveability and Power Amplification.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
In the author's previous study, an origami-structured compliant actuator, named OSCA, was invented for human-robot interaction where sufficient moment output is required under a limited power supply. In this study, the compressibility of airflow with...