Robotic hand-eye coordination is recognized as an important skill to deal with complex real environments. Conventional robotic hand-eye coordination methods merely transfer stimulus signals from robotic visual space to hand actuator space. This paper introduces a reverse method: Build another channel that transfers stimulus signals from robotic hand space to visual space. Based on the reverse c...

BACKGROUND Robotic surgery was first used in medicine in the 1980s for laparoscopic surgery. Since then, several developments have been made in the use of robotic surgery for patients with head and neck cancer. METHODS A review was performed of the literature on robotic surgery in patients with head and neck cancer. The various sites of application are discussed in depth as well as the functi...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Robotic surgical programs are increasing in number. Efficient methods by which to monitor and evaluate robotic surgery teams are needed. METHODS Best practices for an academic university medical center were created and instituted in 2009 and continue to the present. These practices have led to programmatic development that has resulted in a process that effectively m...

Electro Encephalo Gram based Brain-Computer Interface robotic arm can help as a powerful support for severely disabled people in their regular activities, especially to aid them to move their arm voluntarily. This paper proposes and implements a brain signal (mind) controlled robotic arm to yield different movements in robotic arm. The scheme uses a single electrode pair acquisition scheme, mic...

A large number of robotic software have been developed but cannot or can hardly interoperate with each other because of their dependencies on specific hardware or software platform is hard-wired into the code. Consequently, robotic software is hard and expensive to develop because there is little opportunity of reuse and because low-level details must be taken into account in early phases. More...

Authors offer a Robotic Psychology and Robotherapy concept based on a new paradigm in robotic sciences that emphasizes ‘human-oriented’ rather than ‘mechano-centric’ values of engineering design resulting in user-friendly appearance and increased interactivity of artificial creatures. Robotic Psychology focuses on studying compatibility between people and robotic creatures on sensory-motor, emo...

OBJECTIVES To determine the feasibility of using a simple procedure, a bilateral tubal ligation, as a transition procedure when adopting robotic laparoscopy for gynecologic surgery. METHOD To obtain robotic credentialing and gain experience with the robotic system, the surgeons first went through robotic training, then 4 women desiring permanent sterilization had robotically assisted laparosc...