Robotic computer system develops high-skill ‘technosurgeons’

Robotic computer system develops high-skill 'technosurgeons'.

Just 15 months after four highly sophisti cated robot­ assisted da Vinci Surgical Systems were introduced to South Africa (SA), nine local urologists are now 'flying' the ZAR23 mil­ lion devices 'solo' , while another ten are being mentored on the revolutionary robot­ ic­assisted laparoscopic tool. The surgical robotic system (four surgeon-controlled operating 'arms') was introduced via Earth M...

enhanced efl listening skill through computer-assisted vocabulary glossing

abstract listening is a key and main tool in second language skill and its development is of prime concern to teachers and learners. furthermore, the application of technology in language classrooms has become more commonplace in the last fifty years. computer and the internet have made foreign language materials easy to access and use. so, the present study is an attempt to examine the effec...

Case-Based Skill Transfer in Robotic Agents

Imitation learning is an effective method for interactively teaching a robot learner to complete a task. We address the problem of transfer for robotic agents that learn tasks from demonstrations, where a robot is asked to adapt a learned task to be repeated in a related, but unfamiliar, environment. We take a case-based approach to transfer, where the robot learner stores individual task demon...

Application of Skill Transfer in Robotic Surgery

A computer-aided product redesign system for robotic assembly

It is an established fact that majority of a product's cost is determined by its design. Hence, e ort should be directed to achieve a lower cost design without sacri cing the original functionality. A computer-aided product redesign system is proposed to provide help in generating assembly-oriented redesign by taking the robotic assembly constraints into consideration. The system operates in tw...