AIMC Topic: Robotics

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Initial clinical experience with a novel flexible endoscopic robot for transanal surgery.

Techniques in coloproctology
BACKGROUND: The Flex Robotic System (Medrobotics, Raynham, MA, USA) is the first miniaturised flexible endoscopic robot that aims to allow surgical manoeuvres beyond the area currently reached by transanal endoscopic microsurgery. The aim of this stu...

Mini-review: Robotic wheelchair taxonomy and readiness.

Neuroscience letters
Robotic wheelchair research and development is a growing sector. This article introduces a robotic wheelchair taxonomy, and a readiness model supported by a mini-review. The taxonomy is constructed by power wheelchair and, mobile robot standards, the...

The entwinement of policy, design and care scripts: Providing alternative choice-dependency situations with care robots.

Sociology of health & illness
The use of robots to assist feeding has become important for people with an impaired arm function. Yet, despite large-scale dissemination strategies, it has proven difficult to sustain the use of this technology. This ethnographic study draws on the ...

Machine Learning Techniques for Increasing Efficiency of the Robot's Sensor and Control Information Processing.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Real-time systems are widely used in industry, including technological process control systems, industrial automation systems, SCADA systems, testing, and measuring equipment, and robotics. The efficiency of executing an intelligent robot's mission i...

Design and Control of a Series-Parallel Elastic Actuator for a Weight-Bearing Exoskeleton Robot.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Weight-bearing exoskeletons are robots that need to carry loads and interact with humans frequently. Therefore, the actuators of these exoskeletons are supposed to be capable of outputting sufficient force with high compliance and little weight. A se...

Sequential endoscopic and robot-assisted surgical solutions for a rare fungal spondylodiscitis, secondary lumbar spinal stenosis, and subsequent discal pseudocyst causing acute cauda equina syndrome: a case report.

BMC surgery
BACKGROUND: Fungal spondylodiscitis is a rare infectious disease. The secondary lumbar spinal stenosis and postoperative discal pseudocyst were even rarer. The surgical interventions were disputed, yet endoscopic and robot-assisted techniques may be ...

Efficacy of Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in the Reduction of Pain and Opioid Requirement in Laparoscopic and Robot-assisted Hysterectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia
OBJECTIVE:  To summarize the available evidence of TAP Block in efficacy in laparoscopic or robotic hysterectomy.

Effects of Parental Involvement in Robot-Assisted Autism Therapy.

Journal of autism and developmental disorders
Parental involvement in traditional autism therapy is key to the effective treatment of children with ASD. Little is known about parental involvement in robot-assisted autism therapy (RAAT)-novel therapeutic support for children with ASD. Our study i...

Does type of robotic platform make a difference in the final cost of robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy?

Journal of robotic surgery
This study evaluates the difference of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) costs in patients with similar preoperative characteristics operated on using the da Vinci SP and Xi robotic platforms. We performed a retrospective analysis on 71 con...

Robot-assisted distal training improves upper limb dexterity and function after stroke: a systematic review and meta-regression.

Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
INTRODUCTION: Stroke is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide, and more than half of stroke patients face distal upper extremity dysfunction. Considering that robot-assisted training may be effective in improving distal upper extremity function...