Research Outcomes
To know more about our Research Outcomes (Key Findings, Research Databases and Models, Research Tools and Methods, Collaboration, Software and Technical Products, Intellectual Property and Engagement Activities), please visit UKRI - Micro-Robotics for Surgery (EP/P012779/1) website.
As minimally invasive surgery is being adopted in a wide range of surgical specialties, there is a growing trend in precision surgery, focussing on early malignancies with minimally invasive intervention and greater consideration on patient recovery and quality of life. This requires the development of sophisticated micro-instruments integrated with imaging, sensing, and robotic assistance for micro-surgical tasks. This facilitates management of increasingly small lesions in more remote locations with complex anatomical surroundings.
The programme grant 'Micro-Robotics for Surgery' seeks to harness different strands of engineering and clinical developments in micro-robotics for precision surgery to establish platform technologies in: 1) multi-scale robotic design and fabrication; 2) micro-manipulation and cooperative control; 3) microscopic imaging and spectroscopic biosensing; 4) intra-operative vision and navigation; and endoluminal platform development. By using endoluminal micro-surgical intervention for gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, lung and breast cancer as the exemplars, we aim to establish a strong technological platform with extensive industrial and wider academic collaboration to support seamless translational research and surgical innovation that are unique internationally.
Programme Grant Theme 1, 2, 3
Theme 4 & Publications
UKRI EPSRC Press Release
UKRI EPSRC Press Release
Our Programme Grant Team
Principal Investigator & Co-Investigators
Professor Eric Yeatman
Professor Eric Yeatman
PI
Professor The Lord Ara Darzi
Professor The Lord Ara Darzi
Co-I
Daniel Richard Leff
Daniel Richard Leff
Co-I
Professor Pallav Shah
Professor Pallav Shah
Co-I
Celia Theodoreli Riga
Celia Theodoreli Riga
Co-I
Ranan Dasgupta
Ranan Dasgupta
Co-I
Research Team
Dr Stamatia Giannarou
Dr Stamatia Giannarou
Dr Alex Thompson
Dr Alex Thompson
Dr Burak Temelkuran
Dr Burak Temelkuran
Dr Salzitsa Yordanova Anastasova-Ivanova
Dr Salzitsa Yordanova Anastasova-Ivanova
Dr Mohamed Abdelaziz
Dr Mohamed Abdelaziz
Dr Weibang Bai
Dr Weibang Bai
Dr Bruno Miguel Gil Rosa
Dr Bruno Miguel Gil Rosa
Dr Choi Jiwoo
Dr Choi Jiwoo
Dr Panagiotis Kassanos
Dr Panagiotis Kassanos
Dr Meysam Keshavarz
Dr Meysam Keshavarz
Dr Michail Kiziroglou
Dr Michail Kiziroglou
Dr Mayue Shi
Dr Mayue Shi
Dr Khushi Vyas
Dr Khushi Vyas
Dr Dominic James Wales
Dr Dominic James Wales
Dr Bo Xiao
Dr Bo Xiao
Jinshi Zhao
Jinshi Zhao
Clinical Collaborators
PhD Students
Alumni
Dr Antoine Barbot
Dr Antoine Barbot
Dr Pierre Berthet-Rayne
Dr Pierre Berthet-Rayne
Dr Francesco Cursi
Dr Francesco Cursi
Dr Anzhu Gao
Dr Anzhu Gao
Dr Jang Ah Kim
Dr Jang Ah Kim
Dr Bing Li
Dr Bing Li
Dr Hyun Taek Lee
Dr Hyun Taek Lee
Dr Ning Liu
Dr Ning Liu
Dr Maura Power
Dr Maura Power
Dr Mali Shen
Dr Mali Shen
Dr Florent Seichepine
Dr Florent Seichepine
Dr Ali Anil Demircali
Dr Ali Anil Demircali
Dr Haijie Tan
Dr Haijie Tan
Minghao Hu
Minghao Hu
Dr Henry Cheng Zhao
Dr Henry Cheng Zhao
Dr Dan-Dan Zhang
Dr Dan-Dan Zhang
Research Group Officer
Asa Erh-Ya Tsui
Asa Erh-Ya Tsui
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