Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) for collaborative robots has become an active research topic recently. Collaborative robots assist human workers in their tasks and improve their efficiency. However, the worker should also feel safe and comfortable whil...
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Dec 9, 2021
BACKGROUND: User-centered design approaches have gained attention over the past decade, aiming to tackle the technology acceptance issues of wearable robotic devices to assist, support or augment human capabilities. While there is a consensus that us...
Computational intelligence and neuroscience
Dec 9, 2021
This paper provides an in-depth study and analysis of robot vision features for predictive control and a global calibration of their feature completeness. The acquisition and use of the complete macrofeature set are studied in the context of a robot ...
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Dec 8, 2021
BACKGROUND: Hand rest assists microsurgeons with maintaining a stable hand condition. In manipulating a surgical robot using teleoperation, the external hand rest poses mechanical difficulties such as interferences from manipulators.
The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
Dec 8, 2021
BACKGROUND: Closed intra-medullary nailing fixation is a method for treating fractured femurs with minimal invasiveness. However, this method lacks safety and precision. To avert prevailing problems such as extended cracks in the already broken bone,...
Thermal actuation is a common actuation method for soft robots. However, a major limitation is the relatively slow actuation speed. Here we report significant increase in the actuation speed of a bimorph thermal actuator by harnessing the snap-throug...
INTRODUCTION: Although robot-assisted nephroureterectomy (RANU) has been increasingly used worldwide, the history of RANU remains short, and the optimal surgical method for performing RANU has yet to be established. Here we introduce the ideal approa...
Increasing the level of automation in pharmaceutical laboratories and production facilities plays a crucial role in delivering medicine to patients. However, the particular requirements of this field make it challenging to adapt cutting-edge technolo...
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Dec 7, 2021
PURPOSE: Existing works showed great performance in pixel-level guidewire segmentation. However, topology-level segmentation has not been fully exploited in these works. Guidewire (tip) endpoint localization and (guidewire) loop detection are typical...
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