Medical Robotics Research at the Robotics, Automation, Manipulation, and Sensing (RAMS) Laboratory

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Lecturer: Jaydev Desai - Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Maryland

Original Air Date: Friday, November 2nd at 11:00am

Abstract: The Robotics, Automation, Manipulation, and Sensing (RAMS) laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering within the A. James Clark School of Engineering at University of Maryland, College Park, focuses primarily on research in the areas of Medical Robotics both at the macro and micro scale. Specifically, RAMS lab research is targeted towards:

Haptic (sense of touch) interfaces for applications in Robot-assisted Surgery – We will describe the design, development, and implementation of a 7 degree-of-freedom (DOF) haptic feedback interface developed in the laboratory
Reality-based soft-tissue modeling for Surgical Simulation – Modeling basic surgical skills such as probing and cutting soft-tissue and why that is important to provide a realistic haptic feedback
Model-based teleoperation in Robot-assisted surgery – Design, and development of a model-based controller for the Mitsubishi PA-10 robot arm and interfacing it with an automated laparoscopic tool and the 7 DOF haptic feedback interface
Cell manipulation and Force feedback interfaces for Cellular Surgery – Initial prototype for cell manipulation system with force feedback interface and human factors studies to understand the role of force feedback at the micro-scale.

Finally, towards the end of the talk, I will also briefly present on our recent work in:

Developing a teleoperated haptic feedback interface system for a 1 DOF robot for radio-frequency ablation (RFA) under continuous Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and
Developing an initial prototype of a meso-scale robot for applications in neurosurgery.