Wearable Robotics - Exoskeletons

Robotic systems that are worn by the human operator as an orthotic devices and used as a human-amplifier, assistive device, haptic device, or for automatic physiotherapy and rehabilitation.

Upper Limb Exoskeleton
Lower Limb Exoskeleton
Muscle Modeling
Kinematics & Dynamics of the Upper Limb

Surgical Robotics

Robotic devices enabling the surgeon to learn and perform minimally invasive and open surgery safely and effectively.

Surgical Robotics - Design, Development & Integration
Telesurgery / Teleoperation
Soft Tissue Biomechanics and Tissue Damage
Surgical Task Decomposition
Objective Assesment of Surgical Skills

Surgical Robotics
Systems, Applications, and Visions
Jacob Rosen, Blake Hannaford, Richard M. Satava (Editors)

Publisher: Springer; 1st Edition. (November 1, 2010)
Hardcover: 889 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1441911251
ISBN-13: 978-1441911254

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Surgical robotics is a rapidly evolving field. With roots in academic research, surgical robotic systems are now clinically used across a wide spectrum of surgical procedures. Surgical Robotics: Systems Applications and Visions provides a comprehensive view of the field both from the research and clinical perspectives. This volume takes a look at surgical robotics from four different perspectives, addressing vision, systems, engineering development and clinical a pplications of these technologies.

The book also:

• Discusses specific surgical applications of robotics that have already been deployed in operating rooms

• Covers specific engineering breakthroughs that have occurred in surgical robotics

• Details surgical robotic applications in specific disciplines of surgery including orthopedics, urology, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, pediatric surgery and general surgery

Surgical Robotics: Systems Applications and Visions is an ideal volume for researchers and engineers working in biomedical engineering.

Armada International
The Incredible Hulks
Thomas Withington
pp. 31-35, Issue 5, Nov/Dec 2010

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The Caterpillar P-5000 Power Loader was designed to handle cargo and perform heavy maintenance. In the 1970s, it represented a fine example of the powered exoskeleton, namely a machine which could be worn by a human being as a frame incorporating lumbar support with powered arms, hands, legs
and feet to dramatically increase his natural strength, enabling him to effortlessly lift loads weighing up to four tonnes. However, the only drawback of the P-5000 was that it was not for sale but rather to be the star of James Cameron's 1986 Aliens science-fiction masterpiece.

Several academic insNtutions are performing important research
into powered exoskeletons. One such proiect is being pursued by
the Universily of California's Baskin School of Engineering, which
has developed a set of protolype exoskeleton arms.

Mechanized Medicine
The Intersecting Roles of Human Doctors and Medical Robotics
Singapore Sessions

Wired Magazine Jan. 2011

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Already hard at work in hospitals around the world, medical
robots are enabling surgeons to perform complex operations
with much success. Infact, these surgical robots equip doctors
with extraordinary precision, providing heightened visual aid,
controlled micro-movements in and around sensitive tissue
structures, and minimally invasive entry points. This r educes
the risk of inf ection and healing time f or patients, translating
to less post-op care-associated costs for providers.
Other robots allow clinicians to work remotely, or enable
supervision and outreach into distant or rural areas, or help
provide basic home care tasks.

Poised to take the next leap, robotics are climbing a
continuum of safer surgeries, earlier interventions, better
patient outcomes, reduced costs, and global access to health
care. And while we are far from a Jetsons-esque culture of
carefree automation, in some ways the adv ent of widespread
medical robotics is finally answering the promise of
technology to improve the quality of human life.

Raven 2 - A Robo-Surgeon That Does the Work of Two Doctors
Popular Science Magazine

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Turbo Power Physical Therapy
The future of Medicine
Popular Science Magazine

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July, 2009