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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

@inbook{Virdyawan:2021:10.1007/978-1-0716-0993-4_2,
author = {Virdyawan, V and Secoli, R and Matheson, E and Pinzi, M and Watts, T and Galvan, S and Rodriguez, y Baena F},
booktitle = {Neuromethods},
doi = {10.1007/978-1-0716-0993-4_2},
pages = {35--47},
title = {Supervisory-control robots},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0993-4_2},
year = {2021}
}

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TY  - CHAP
AB  - The supervisory-control method is used in the majority of neurosurgical robots to date where the surgeon makes the high-level decisions, which are then autonomously performed by the robot. In this chapter the differences in the roles of the robots during preoperative and intraoperative procedures are explained. During intraoperative procedures the robot can have either direct interaction or no direct interaction with the human tissues, called active and passive systems, respectively. The flow of information between the robots, the surgical environment, and the surgeons, to enable these forms of interaction, is also discussed. Examples of currently available robotic systems are provided.
AU  - Virdyawan,V
AU  - Secoli,R
AU  - Matheson,E
AU  - Pinzi,M
AU  - Watts,T
AU  - Galvan,S
AU  - Rodriguez,y Baena F
DO  - 10.1007/978-1-0716-0993-4_2
EP  - 47
PY  - 2021///
SP  - 35
TI  - Supervisory-control robots
T1  - Neuromethods
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0993-4_2
ER  -