The structure of the human hand is a complex design comprising of various bones, joints, tendons, and muscles functioning together in order to produce the desired motion. It becomes a challenging task to develop a robotic hand replicating the capabilities of the human hand. In this paper, the analysis of the four-fingered robotic hand is carried out where the tendon wires and a spring return me...

Understanding the integration of user-proximal robots in the body schema of their human users has a distinct potential to improve human-robot interaction. Robotic devices can help to investigate the psychological fundamentals of body schema integration. While the Rubber Hand Illusion experiment indicates how artifacts can be perceived as a part of the own body, it relies on a passive limb that ...

BACKGROUND We have initially published our experience with the robotic transthoracic esophagectomy in 32 patients from a single institute. The present paper is the extension of our experience with robotic system and to best of our knowledge this represents the largest series of robotic transthoracic esophagectomy worldwide. The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of the r...

background and purpose: after lung cancer, breast cancer, among the prevalent cancers of the world is of the most widespread disease among women. it is the most common cause of mortality among women. this study aimed to analyze the results using breast cancer screening methods among women over 20 years old. materials and methods: the present study is a cross-sectional-descriptive research. the ...

As a result of years of research on the comparative biomechanics and physiology of moving through water, biologists and engineers have made considerable progress in understanding how animals moving underwater use their muscles to power movement, in describing body and appendage motion during propulsion, and in conducting experimental and computational analyses of fluid movement and attendant fo...

Although gait abnormality is one of the most disabling events following stroke, cognitive, and psychological impairments can be devastating. The Lokomat is a robotic that has been used widely for gait rehabilitation in several movement disorders, especially in the acute and subacute phases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of gait robotic rehabilitation in patients affect...

Abstract Aims Ileal pouch anal anastomosis/restorative proctectomy is a standard surgical treatment for ulcerative colitis performed in few specialist centres. We report the evolution of service at our trust which originally carried out open surgery but has moved practice towards laparoscopic and robotic-assisted surgery. The aim this study was to assess functional outcomes patients undergoing ...

there are many occasions where the base of a robotic manipulator is attached to a moving platform, such as on a moving ship, terrain or space shuttle. in this paper a dynamic model of a robotic manipulator mounted on a moving base is derived using both newton-euler and lagrange-euler methods. the presented models are simulated for a mitsubishi pa10-6ce robotic manipulator characteristics mounte...

Growing interest in robotics in policy and professional circles promises a future where machines will perform many of the social and institutional functions that have traditionally belonged to human beings. This promise is based on the premise that robots can act autonomously, without much support from their human users. Close examination of current social robots, however, introduces a differen...

This reports on the results of a survey conducted on engineers involved in the acquisition of robotic systems from academic, government, and industrial sectors. Respondents indicated their perception of the importance and effectiveness of various types of engineering practices that were employed by these customers in support of their most recent robotic system acquisition. The survey focused on...