Industrial Robot: Volume 35 Issue 4
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The international journal of robotics research and applicationTable of contents - Special Issue: Medical Robots
Guest Editors: Dr Jocelyne Troccaz
Prosthetic hands from Touch Bionics
Christine ConnollyThe purpose of this paper is to study the innovative design of prosthetic hands now in production from a Scottish spin‐off company.
The development of medical microrobots: a review of progress
Robert BogueThe purpose of this paper is to provide a review of recent progress in the development of medical microrobots.
Robots at the International Robot Exhibition 2007 in Tokyo
Yoshihiro KusudaThe purpose of this paper is to review the iREX2007, the International Robot Exhibition 2007 held in Tokyo, Japan, with emphasis on new trends in the Japanese robot industry.
Robot innovations highlight numerous recent shows in Chicago
Richard BlossThe purpose of this paper is to review the robots at the 2007 ATExpo Show and related Electronics Assembly Show, Quality, PlasTec and National Manufacturing Week Shows, as well as…
MIROB: automatic rapid identification of micro‐organisms in high through‐put
Oliver Lange, Marcel Erhard, Christian Teutsch, Joerg SanderThe purpose of this paper is to present a novel microbiological lab robot that facilitates high through‐put sample preparation for rapid state‐of‐the‐art identification.
A medical robot kinematics design approach based on knowledge management
Natalie Smith‐Guerin, Laurence Nouaille, Pierre Vieyres, Gerard PoissonThe purpose of this paper is to present a methodology for medical robot kinematics design developed using a knowledge‐management approach.
The DLR MIRO: a versatile lightweight robot for surgical applications
U. Hagn, M. Nickl, S. Jörg, G. Passig, T. Bahls, A. Nothhelfer, F. Hacker, L. Le‐Tien, A. Albu‐Schäffer, R. Konietschke, M. Grebenstein, R. Warpup, R. Haslinger, M. Frommberger, G. HirzingerSurgical robotics can be divided into two groups: specialized and versatile systems. Versatile systems can be used in different surgical applications, control architectures and…
Teleoperated 3‐DOF micromanipulation system with force feedback capability: design and experiments
Adha Imam Cahyadi, Yoshio YamamotoThe purpose of this paper is to present a design and verification through experiments of teleoperation of the 3 degrees‐of‐freedom micromanipulation system (MMS), in laboratory…
Co‐operative minimally invasive robotic surgery
Rinaldo Michelini, Roberto RazzoliThe purpose of this paper is to consider surgical robotics, with a focus on technology and design issues for remote‐mode operation assistance. The investigation leads to the…
Optimisation of prehension force through tactile sensing
Somrak Petchartee, Gareth MonkmanThe purpose of this paper is to analyze surface deformations caused by shear and moment forces on tactile materials and present a method to detect and reduce the risk of slippage…
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- Dr Dimitrios Chrysostomou