Abstract Automating earth-moving tasks has the potential to resolve labour-shortage, allow for unseen designs and foster sustainability through using on-site materials. In this interdisciplinary project involving robotics landscape architecture, we combine our previous work on autonomous excavation of free-form shapes, dynamic design terrain modelling tools into a robotic system. It tightly con...

Since the first report of robotic gastrectomy, experienced laparoscopic surgeons have used surgical robots to treat gastric cancer and resolve problems associated with laparoscopic gastrectomy. However, compared with laparoscopic gastrectomy, the superiority of robotic procedures has not been clearly proven. There are several advantages to using robotic surgery for gastric cancer, such as reduc...

Design and Implementation of a Biomimetic Robotic Fish Hongan Wang The study of biomimetic robotic fish has received a growing amount of research interest in the past several years. This thesis describes the development and testing of a novel mechanical design of a biomimetic robotic fish. The robotic fish has a structure which uses oscillating caudal fins and a pair of pectoral fins to generat...

Objectives: Data were evaluated to compare hybrid and robotic revascularization procedures with conventional coronary artery bypass grafting for the treatment of multi vessel coronary artery disease. Background: Hybrid coronary revascularization provides an alternative approach to conventional coronary artery bypass graft and percutaneous intervention revascularization therapies. Data comparing...