OBJECTIVES: To compare the functional outcomes of on- vs off-clamp robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) within a randomized controlled trial (RCT).
Most indoor environments have wheelchair adaptations or ramps, providing an opportunity for mobile robots to navigate sloped areas avoiding steps. These indoor environments with integrated sloped areas are divided into different levels. The multi-lev...
Assistant devices such as meal-assist robots aid individuals with disabilities and support the elderly in performing daily activities. However, existing meal-assist robots are inconvenient to operate due to non-intuitive user interfaces, requiring ad...
While suction cups prevail as common gripping tools for a wide range of real-world parts and surfaces, they often fail to seal the contact interface when engaging with irregular shapes and textured surfaces. In this work, the authors propose a suctio...
The objective of this work is to relate muscle effort distributions to the trajectory and resistance settings of a robotic exercise and rehabilitation machine. Muscular effort distribution, representing the participation of each muscle in the trainin...
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Jul 3, 2021
BACKGROUND: Transfemoral amputation is a serious intervention that alters the locomotion pattern, leading to secondary disorders and reduced quality of life. The outcomes of current gait rehabilitation for TFAs seem to be highly dependent on factors ...
BACKGROUND: The optimal minimally invasive surgical approach to mediastinal tumors is unknown. There are limited reports comparing the outcomes of resection with robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (...
Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials
Jul 1, 2021
Real-time soft tissue characterization is significant to robotic assisted minimally invasive surgery for achieving precise haptic control of robotic surgical tasks and providing realistic force feedback to the operator. This paper presents a nonlinea...
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