Although construction has been known as a highly complex application field for autonomous robotic systems, recent advances in this field offer great hope for using robotic capabilities to develop automated construction. Today, space research agencies seek to build infrastructures without human intervention, and construction companies look to robots with the potential to improve construction qua...

Objectives: One of the current limitations of robotic surgery is the lack of haptic feedback. In order to overcome this drawback we developed a “No-Touch” (NT) technique utilizing the distal portion of a feeding tube to intubate and manipulate both the ureter and the renal pelvis during anastomosis. Materials and Methods: Ureteral spatulation and pelvic reduction were performed as necessary. An...

OBJECTIVE Robotic technology has been used in a variety of surgical procedures for its 3D magnification and precision. Minimally invasive techniques have already become common in neurosurgery; however, robotic-assisted procedures in neurosurgery are still a relatively new frontier. This report describes the first use of robotic technology to resect a left thoracolumbar neurofibroma. CASE REPO...

in this research, first, kinematic and dynamic equations of a 4-dof 3-link robotic finger are derived using denavit-hartenberg convention and lagrange’s formulation. to model the muscles, several springs and dampers are placed between the finger links. then, two advanced controllers, namely adaptive-robust and adaptive-neural, which can control the robotic finger in presence of parametric uncer...

BACKGROUND Robotic surgery has gained wide acceptance due to minimizing trauma in patients. However, the lack of tactile feedback is an essential limiting factor for the further expansion. In robotic surgery, feedback related to touch is currently kinesthetic, and it is mainly aimed at the minimization of force applied to tissues and organs. Design and implementation of diagnostic tactile feedb...

Abstract Introduction Robotic surgery in the field of abdominal wall is exponentially growing. In this video we will present a step by robotic approach for bilateral inguinoscrotal hernia repair. Clinical case A 79 year-old male with history hypercholesterolemia was diagnosed inguinal hernia. On physical examination, right (EHS classification L3P) and left M1P) were diagnosed. Minimally invasiv...

although construction has been known as a highly complex application field for autonomous robotic systems, recent advances in this field offer great hope for using robotic capabilities to develop automated construction. today, space research agencies seek to build infrastructures without human intervention, and construction companies look to robots with the potential to improve construction qua...

Recent developments in the area of smart structures indicate that variable geometry / stiffness truss network is of fundamental importance in designing smart transformable structures and systems for space applications. This paper presents the conceptual design and dynamic modeling of a cooperative re-configurabel dual-arm robotic structure called Dual-Arm Cam-Lock Manipulator. The Manipulator i...