Events
Seminar: Prof Sheila Russo and Prof Tommaso Ranzani, Boston University
Dr Sheila Russo Title Soft Material Robotics and Next-Generation Surgical Robots Abstract Minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedures pose significant challenges for robots, which need to safely navigate through and manipulate delicate anatomy while performing complex tasks to treat tumors in remote areas. Soft robots hold considerable potential in MIS given their compliant nature, inherent safety,…
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Seminar: Dr. Giuseppe Carbone from the University of Cassino (Italy).
Abstract: Robots are widely used for a number of tasks ranging from conventional industrial applications to service robotics. Researchers aim to further spread robots by improving their performance and/or by finding novel potential applications. These challenging goals can be conveniently achieved by means of design procedures, which can take into account multiple design criteria, since…
Seminar: Using simulation to design, train and test automated vehicles (AVs), Richard Romano, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
Abstract: Automated vehicles have been under development for over 50 years. In this time there have been advancements to sensors, software and computers, but incredible challenges still remain. Sensors need significant improvement to provide a level of capability similar to the human eye; but, most importantly, the software must be enhanced to meet the challenge. …
Seminar: Developmental Robotics for Language Learning, Trust and Theory of Mind, Prof. Angelo Cangelosi, University of Manchester
Abstract: Growing theoretical and experimental research on action and language processing and on number learning and gestures clearly demonstrates the role of embodiment in cognition and language processing. In psychology and neuroscience, this evidence constitutes the basis of embodied cognition, also known as grounded cognition (Pezzulo et al. 2012; Borghi & Cangelosi 2014). In robotics,…
Seminar: Long-Term Autonomy in Everyday Environments: A Challenge for AI and Robotics, Dr Nick Hawes, University of Oxford
Abstract: The performance of autonomous robots, i.e. robots that can make their own decisions and choose their own actions, is becoming increasingly impressive, but most of them are still constrained to labs, or controlled environments. In addition to this, these robots are typically only able to do intelligent things for a short period of time,…
Seminar: Enabling Mobile In vivo Robotic Surgery: from Micro-Patterned Materials to Autonomous, Dr Mark Rentschler, University of Colorado
Abstract: There is a need for surgical tools and devices to migrate from manual operation and remote-control, to more automated processes that can provide additional information and insight to the physician without an undue operational burden. This talk will focus on key aspects for enabling these mobile in vivo devices including studies of tissue mechanics,…
Robotics at Leeds PGR Network Conference
The themes for the day are as follows with a keynote speaker for each: – Artificial Intelligence / Robot Manipulation – Medical Robotics – Field Robotics – General Robotics We will also have invited speakers from other UK universities: Imperial College London, University of Lincoln and others to be confirmed ! Call for Abstracts —…
Seminar: Bionic Reconstruction, Aidan Roche MBBS PhD BEng MRCS(Ed), University of Sheffield
Abstract: Limb loss or nerve injuries to the upper limb are challenging engineering and medical problems to solve. Over the past 7 decades progress has been gradual as individual groups have tackled specific aspects of the overall problem. Recently, rehabilitation doctors, surgeons and engineers have begun working more closely together and have accelerated the use…
Meet Robotics at Leeds at Bradford Science Festival!
Come along and find out what the team at Robotics at Leeds have been working on. Discover how are we helping make medical procedures less painful, have a go at controlling a robotic arm, and watch a robot band play live. Why not come along and talk to the roboticists who are making all of…
Seminar: Biomimetic Medical Robotics, Zheng Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Abstract: Medical robots, represented by the da Vinci surgical system, has been increasingly used in the operating theatres. With the help of medical robots, clinicians could access deeper, treat smaller lesion and operate more dexterously. In developing the medical robot, the mechanism behind is fundamental. It determines how the robot moves and whether it could…
Seminar: Design, Modeling and Control of a Biologically-Inspired Bat Robot; Prof. Seth Hutchinson, GeorgiaTech
Abstract: In this talk, I will describe our recent progress building a biologically-inspired bat robot. Bats have a complex skeletal morphology, with both ball-and-socket and revolute joints that interconnect the bones and muscles to create a musculoskeletal system with over 40 degrees of freedom, some of which are passive. Replicating this biological system in a…