stroke is one of the most common diseases among the elderly with high personal and societal costs. in recent years, robotic rehabilitation for stroke has become an active area of research for assistance, monitoring and qualifying the rehabilitation treatments. the key issue needed for improving rehabilitation system is that patient feedback should be taken into account by the robotic rehabilita...

PURPOSE Robotic surgery is known to provide an improved technical ability as compared to laparoscopic surgery. We aimed to compare the efficiency of surgical skills by performing the same experimental tasks using both laparoscopic and robotic systems in an attempt to determine if a robotic system has an advantage over laparoscopic system. METHODS Twenty participants without any robotic experi...

this paper proposes a discrete-time repetitive optimal control of electrically driven robotic manipulators using an uncertainty estimator. the proposed control method can be used for performing repetitive motion, which covers many industrial applications of robotic manipulators. this kind of control law is in the class of torque-based control in which the joint torques are generated by permanen...

Robotic workcell simulation is a modeling-based problem solving approach developed for the design, analysis, and offline programming of robotic workcells. Current industrial practices show that commercial robotic simulation software packages are able to provide designers with an interactive and virtual environment in which credible solutions for robotic workcell designs can be obtained. However...

A marsupial robotic fish system including a mother robotic fish and a daughter robotic fish is proposed. The mother robotic fish, with strong ability of movement, can transport the daughter robotic fish in its cabin. The structures of these two robotic fish are presented and fish-like motions are introduced. A dynamic light source tracking method of the daughter robotic fish is given to follow ...

in this research 600 staff of an educational office (distric seven) were being studied before and after they were educated about breast self-examination. necessary information was gathered before and after they were educated through questionnaires. the result of the study showed that the average scores of their awareness before and after they were educated was 42.3 and 44.2, respectively. hence...

OBJECTIVES To describe the surgical technique of robotic tubal anastomosis. METHODS Retrospective chart and video review of the instrumentation and methodology used for robotically assisted tubal anastomosis. RESULTS All tubal anastomoses were performed with the use of 3 or 4 robotic arms, 3 or 4 robotic instruments, and 1 assistant trocar. CONCLUSIONS Robotic technology facilitates the p...

Background: The main advantages of robotics in general surgery may be for advanced minimally invasive procedures. Unlike other specialties, formal fellowship training opportunities for robotic general surgery are few. As a result, most surgeons currently develop robotic skills in practice and robotic cholecystectomy represents the operation of choice for general surgeons to acquire clinical da ...

In the field of surgical oncology, the robotic surgical system is a tool that allows the surgeon to perform laparoscopic or thoracoscopic procedures by enhancing the skills of the surgeon. Thus, the robotic system provides the surgeon with magnified, 3-dimensional (3D) visualization and wristed instruments that the surgeon can remotely control. Compared with 2D visualization in conventional lap...