Goals & Mission
Our mission is to develop science, technology, and human resources at the
interface between robotics, biological systems, and medicine.
Our goal is to produce useful, innovative research and technology as well as
trained researchers fluent in both science, engineering, biological systems, and robotics.
Principle Investigator / Lab Director : Jacob Rosen
Research
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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. |
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Robotic devices enabling the surgeon to learn and perform minimally invasive and open surgery safely and effectively. |
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Upper Limb Exoskeleton
Bionics - Definition
Wikipedia
Bionics (also known as biomimetics, biognosis, biomimicry, or bionical creativity engineering) is the application of biological methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology. The word "bionic" was coined by Jack E. Steele in 1958, possibly originating from the Greek word "βίον", pronounced "bion", meaning "unit of life" and the suffix -ic, meaning "like" or "in the manner of", hence "like life". Some dictionaries, however, explain the word as being formed from "biology" + "electronics".
- Marriam-Webster
bi·on·ics, Pronunciation:\bī-ä-niks\; Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction; Etymology: 2bi- + -onics (as in electronics), Date: 1960; Definition : a science concerned with the application of data about the functioning of biological systems to the solution of engineering problems.
News
Getting Your Robot On: Wearable Machines’ Intimate Interface
CITRIS Newsletter, August 2009
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Turbo Power Physical Therpy |
Robotics Trends - Medical Robotics Expert Explores the Human-Machine Interface
April 27, 2009
Prototype of exoskeleton arms may help stroke patients -
Science Today at The University of California
March 16, 2009
Baskin Engineering medical robotics expert explores the human-machine interface -
UCSC Press Release
January 13, 2009
Baskin Engineering medical robotics expert explores the human-machine interface -
Story By Tim Stephens (UCSC)
January 13, 2009
UC Santa Cruz engineers build robotic arms to aid physical therapists-
Santa Cruz Sentinel
January 18, 2009
Biongbiong - Robotic exoskeleton for arms
January 13, 2009
MedGadget - Research Into Smart Therapeutic Exoskeleton
January 13, 2009
Top technology of 2008 - Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
January 15, 2008
Robotics & Control at UCSC
Gabriel Hugh Elkaim - Autonomous Systems Lab (Computer Engineering)
William Dunbar - Dynamics and Control of Biomolecules (Computer Engineering)
Donald Wiberg (Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering)
Qi Gong (Applied Mathematics and Statistics)
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Gabriel Elkaim, Jacob Rosen, William Dunbar (from left to right)
Assistive Technology at UCSC
Sri Kurniawan (Computer Engineering)
Roberto Manduchi (Computer Engineering)
The Mission of the University of California
"The distinctive mission of the University is to serve society as a center of higher learning, providing long-term societal benefits through transmitting advanced knowledge, discovering new knowledge, and functioning as an active working repository of organized knowledge. That obligation, more specifically, includes undergraduate education, graduate and professional education, research, and other kinds of public service, which are shaped and bounded by the central pervasive mission of discovering and advancing knowledge."
— From the University of California Academic Plan, 1974-1978
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