International journal for numerical methods in biomedical engineering
Nov 3, 2023
Reducing the computational time required by high-fidelity, full-order models (FOMs) for the solution of problems in cardiac mechanics is crucial to allow the translation of patient-specific simulations into clinical practice. Indeed, while FOMs, such...
Scientific reports
Oct 25, 2023
Soft sensors that can discriminate shear and normal force could help provide machines the fine control desirable for safe and effective physical interactions with people. A capacitive sensor is made for this purpose, composed of patterned elastomer a...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Oct 3, 2023
PURPOSE: The development of cardiovascular interventional surgery robots can realize master-slave interventional operations, which will effectively solve the problem of surgeons being injured by X-ray radiation. The delivery accuracy and safety of in...
IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Aug 29, 2023
This study presents a portable device that ensures precise contact force between a subject and a probe to improve the stability and reproducibility of ultrasound (US) acquisition. The mechanical portion of the device includes a servo motor, gears, an...
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Jun 19, 2023
Particle-jamming soft robots are characterised by high flexibility in motion and high stiffness when executing a task. Regarding particle jamming of soft robots, the discrete element method (DEM)-finite element method (FEM) coupling was used for mode...
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H, Journal of engineering in medicine
Jun 10, 2023
This study aims to characterize contact forces between humans and tools during activities of daily living (ADL) to provide information to a personal care robot. The study was conducted on non-impaired subjects to capture various static and dynamic fo...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Jun 3, 2023
The edge sharpness of a propeller blade plays a vital role in improving energy transmission efficiency and reducing the power required to propel the vehicle. However, producing finely sharpened edges through casting is challenging due to the risk of ...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
May 31, 2023
Effective force modulation during tissue manipulation is important for ensuring safe, robot-assisted, minimally invasive surgery (RMIS). Strict requirements for in vivo applications have led to prior sensor designs that trade off ease of manufacture ...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
May 8, 2023
PURPOSE: Integrating robotic scrub nurses in the operating room has the potential to help overcome staff shortages and limited use of available operating capacities in hospitals. Existing approaches of robotic scrub nurses are mainly focused on open ...
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Mar 29, 2023
In recent years, master-slave vascular robots have been developed to address the problem of radiation exposure during vascular interventions for surgeons. However, the single visual feedback reduces surgeon immersion and transparency of the system. I...