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Mechatronics in Medicine

The MIM Lab develops robotic and mechatronics surgical systems for a variety of procedures.

Head of Group

B415C Bessemer Building
South Kensington Campus

+44 (0)20 7594 7046

What we do

The Mechatronics in Medicine Laboratory develops robotic and mechatronics surgical systems for a variety of procedures including neuro, cardiovascular, orthopaedic surgeries, and colonoscopies. Examples include bio-inspired catheters that can navigate along complex paths within the brain (such as EDEN2020), soft robots to explore endoluminal anatomies (such as the colon), and virtual reality solutions to support surgeons during knee replacement surgeries.

Meet the team

Mr Ayhan Aktas
Casual - Student demonstrator - lower rate

Dr Daniel Bautista Salinas
Research Associate

Dr Kaiwen Chen
Research Associate

Mr Zejian Cui
Research Assistant

Mr Connor Daly
Research Postgraduate

Emeritus Professor Brian L Davies FREng
Emeritus Professor

Mr Zhaoyang Jacopo Hu
Research Postgraduate

Dr Hisham M Iqbal
Research Associate

Mr Alex Ranne
Research Postgraduate

Professor Ferdinando M Rodriguez y Baena
Co-Director of Hamlyn Centre, Professor of Medical Robotics

Dr Jialei Shi
Research Associate

Mr Spyridon Souipas
Casual - Other work

Ms Emilia Zari
Research Postgraduate

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Matheson:2020:10.1109/iros40897.2019.8967604,
author = {Matheson, E and Secoli, R and Galvan, S and Baena, FRY},
doi = {10.1109/iros40897.2019.8967604},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {Human-robot visual interface for 3D steering of a flexible, bioinspired needle for neurosurgery},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iros40897.2019.8967604},
year = {2020}
}

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RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Robotic minimally invasive surgery has been a subject of intense research and development over the last three decades, due to the clinical advantages it holds for patients and doctors alike. Particularly for drug delivery mechanisms, higher precision and the ability to follow complex trajectories in three dimensions (3D), has led to interest in flexible, steerable needles such as the programmable bevel-tip needle (PBN). Steering in 3D, however, holds practical challenges for surgeons, as interfaces are traditionally designed for straight line paths. This work presents a pilot study undertaken to evaluate a novel human-machine visual interface for the steering of a robotic PBN, where both qualitative evaluation of the interface and quantitative evaluation of the performance of the subjects in following a 3D path are measured. A series of needle insertions are performed in phantom tissue (gelatin) by the experiment subjects. User could adequately use the system with little training and low workload, and reach the target point at the end of the path with millimeter range accuracy.
AU  - Matheson,E
AU  - Secoli,R
AU  - Galvan,S
AU  - Baena,FRY
DO  - 10.1109/iros40897.2019.8967604
PB  - IEEE
PY  - 2020///
TI  - Human-robot visual interface for 3D steering of a flexible, bioinspired needle for neurosurgery
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iros40897.2019.8967604
UR  - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8967604
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/77749
ER  -

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