Surgical Robotics and Navigation with Intelligence,Flexibility and Compliance


报告主题:Surgical Robotics and Navigation with Intelligence,Flexibility and Compliance
报告时间:1211日周五上午10:00-11:30
报告地点:实验15207

Title: Surgical Robotics and Navigation with Intelligence, Flexibility and Compliance

  Abstract: Minimally invasive Robotic Surgery (MIRS) is emerging as a new paradigm for a wide range of surgical procedures, such as neurosurgeries. Common benefits of MIRS include shorter hospital stay, reduced trauma, better cosmesis, etc. Robotic devices used in MIRS are transforming from traditional rigid manipulators to flexible manipulators, which enable surgeons a wider range of operations with less trauma. Intelligence, flexibility and compliance are important features for snake-like robotic systems in minimally invasive neurosurgeries. We are investigating tele-operated curvilinear surgical robotic system includes telescopic tubular robots and constrained tendon-driven serpentine manipulators. Various operation modes were investigated to cater for different clinical needs including semi-automatic teleoperation mode and full automatic image guidance. This talk will give a brief introduction to these ongoing research topics of intelligent and compliant robotics in surgical applications.

  Bio: Hongliang Ren is currently an assistant professor and leading a research group on medical mechatronics in the Biomedical Engineering Department of National University of Singapore (NUS). He is an affiliated Principal Investigator for the Singapore Institute of Neurotechnology (SINAPSE) and Advanced Robotics Center at National University of Singapore. Dr. Ren received his PhD in Electronic Engineering (Specialized in Biomedical Engineering) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2008. After his graduation, he worked as a Research Fellow in the Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics (LCSR) and the Engineering Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology (ERC-CISST), Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Computer Science, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, from 2008 to 2010. In 2010, he joined the Pediatric Cardiac Biorobotics Lab, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston & Harvard Medical School, USA, for investigating the beating heart robotic surgery system. Prior to joining NUS, he also worked in 2012 on a collaborative computer integrated surgery project, at the Surgical Innovation Institute of Children's National Medical Center, USA. His main areas of interest include Biomedical Mechatronics, Computer-Integrated Surgery, and Dynamic Positioning in Medicine.

  Web: http://bioeng.nus.edu.sg/mm/

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