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Human-Centred Automation, Robotics and Monitoring

We use perceptual methods, AI, and frugal robotics innovation to deliver transformative diagnostic and treatment solutions.

Head of Group

Dr George Mylonas

B415B Bessemer Building
South Kensington Campus

+44 (0)20 3312 5145

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What we do

The HARMS lab leverages perceptually enabled methodologies, artificial intelligence, and frugal innovation in robotics (such as soft surgical robots) to deliver transformative solutions for diagnosis and treatment. Our research is driven by both problem-solving and curiosity, aiming to build a comprehensive understanding of the actions, interactions, and reactions occurring in the operating room. We focus on using robotic technologies to facilitate procedures that are not yet widely adopted, particularly in endoluminal surgery, such as advanced treatments for gastrointestinal cancer.

Meet the team

Mr Amirhosein Alian
Research Postgraduate

Dr James P Avery
Honorary Lecturer

Mr Junhong Chen
Research Postgraduate

Mr Kaizhong Deng
Research Postgraduate

Dr George Mylonas BEng, MSc, DIC, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Robotics and Technology in Cancer

Dr Adrian Rubio Solis
Research Associate in Sensing and Machine Learning

Dr Jianlin Yang
Research Associate

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Vrielink:2018:10.1109/ICRA.2018.8462698,
author = {Vrielink, TJCO and Chao, M and Darzi, A and Mylonas, GP},
doi = {10.1109/ICRA.2018.8462698},
pages = {150--157},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Soc.},
title = {ESD CYCLOPS: A new robotic surgical system for GI surgery},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2018.8462698},
year = {2018}
}

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TY - CPAPER
AB - Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers account for 1.5 million deaths worldwide. Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) is an advanced therapeutic endoscopy technique with superior clinical outcome due to the minimally invasive and en bloc removal of tumours. In the western world, ESD is seldom carried out, due to its complex and challenging nature. Various surgical systems are being developed to make this therapy accessible, however, these solutions have shown limited operational workspace, dexterity, or low force exertion capabilities. The current paper shows the ESD CYCLOPS system, a bimanual surgical robotic attachment that can be mounted at the end of any flexible endoscope. The system is able to achieve forces of up to 46N, and showed a mean error of 0.217mm during an elliptical tracing task. The workspace and instrument dexterity is shown by pre-clinical ex vivo trials, in which ESD is successfully performed by a GI surgeon. The system is currently undergoing pre-clinical in vivo validation.
AU - Vrielink,TJCO
AU - Chao,M
AU - Darzi,A
AU - Mylonas,GP
DO - 10.1109/ICRA.2018.8462698
EP - 157
PB - IEEE Computer Soc.
PY - 2018///
SN - 1050-4729
SP - 150
TI - ESD CYCLOPS: A new robotic surgical system for GI surgery
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2018.8462698
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UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/81396
ER -