Events
Seminar: Neuromuscular Actuators for Medicine and Machines, Dr Ritu Raman, MIT
Abstract: Human beings and other biological creatures navigate unpredictable and dynamic environments by combining compliant mechanical actuators (skeletal muscle) with neural control and sensory feedback. Abiotic actuators, by contrast, have yet to match their biological counterparts in their ability to autonomously sense and adapt their form and function to changing environments. We have shown that engineered…
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Seminar: Autonomous vehicles: Path planning and control, Prof. Luca Bascetta, Politecnico di Milano
Abstract: The popularity of the research on wheeled mobile robots has been recently increasing, due to their possible use in different outdoor environments. Planetary explorations, search and rescue missions in hazardous areas, surveillance, humanitarian de-mining, drive-less mobility, as well as agriculture works represent possible applications for autonomous vehicles in natural and urban environments. Differently from…
Seminar: Micro-Scale Robots: Using Magnetic Fields for Remote Motion, Grasping and Formation, Dr. Eric Diller, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto
Abstract: Micro-scale mobile robots can physically access small spaces in a versatile and non-invasive manner. Such microrobots under several mm in size have potential unique applications for object manipulation, local sensing and cargo delivery in healthcare, microfluidics and advanced materials fabrication. These devices are powered and controlled remotely using externally-applied magnetic fields for motion in…
Seminar: Do we need robotic systems or more affordable devices to improve minimally invasive interventions?, Prof. Jenny Dankelman, TU Delft
Abstract: Imagine that it would be possible to treat any patient in an early phase of a disease at any location in the body using tiny instruments that cause limited trauma to healthy tissue. Our challenge is to develop a new generation of devices with highly advanced functionality at the tip. Examples of devices we…
Seminar: Surviving in an uncertain world with slow communication pathways, Dr Thrishantha Nanayakkara, Imperial College
Abstract: Telecommunication community can benefit from some findings in neuroscience and robotics. The neuroscience community has long been trying to understand how the central nervous system is managing the concurrent control of the whole body with many degrees of freedom to survive in situations that needs fast responses, but with slow communication pathways. The robotics…
Seminar: Strength through Geometry – Reimagining shell structures, Prof. Philippe Block, ETH Zurich
Abstract: Throughout history, master builders have discovered expressive forms through the constraints of economy, efficiency and elegance. There is much to learn from the structural principles they developed. Novel structural design tools that extend traditional graphical methods to three dimensions allow designers to discover a vast range of possible shell forms. By better understanding the…
Seminar: A mechanistic opinion about movement in mammals, Dr Samit Chakrabarty, University of Leeds
Abstract: In my group, we have been exploring the rules of plasticity that govern motor activity via the spinal circuits related to the hands and legs. Our focus is on the modulation of these spinal circuits during the task in normal and in disease or dysfunctional states like spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy or strokes….
Seminar: Robotics in Healthcare, Prof. Sanja Dogramadzi, Bristol Robotics Lab
This presentation gives an overview of healthcare robotics portfolio at Bristol Robotics Laboratory that spans from surgical to assisted living robots as well as robotic systems to support radiotherapy. The fast and widespread use of robotic technologies in healthcare applications aims at improving patient outcomes and reducing NHS costs. The robotic technologies include soft sensors…
Seminar: The virtue of being “soft”: examples from nature and opportunities for engineering, Dr Paolo Paoletti, University of Liverpool (UK)
Traditional engineered systems are composed of stiff components, a typical example being a robotic manipulator made of rigid links connected by actuated joints. However, a lot of animals have adopted a different strategy: use soft limbs/bodies and distributed compliance to safely interact with the surrounding environment. In this talk, I will describe two cases showing…
Technologies for Health: Robotics in Modern Medicine
Inaugural lectures for Professor Pietro Valdastri and Professor Shane Xie. The world faces an increasing challenge in providing healthcare and UK’s expertise in medical technology has the potential both to improve the quality of life and to provide economic growth for an export market in medical technologies. These inaugural lectures will provide an insight into…