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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

@article{Franco:2022:10.1109/TMECH.2021.3063121,
author = {Franco, E and Garriga, Casanovas A and Tang, J and Rodriguez, y Baena F and Astolfi, A},
doi = {10.1109/TMECH.2021.3063121},
journal = {IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics},
pages = {280--291},
title = {Adaptive energy shaping control of a class of nonlinear soft continuum manipulators},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2021.3063121},
volume = {27},
year = {2022}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Soft continuum manipulators are characterized by low stiffness which allows safe operation in unstructured environments but introduces under-actuation. In addition, soft materials such as silicone rubber, which are commonly used for soft manipulators, are characterized by nonlinear stiffness, while pneumatic actuation can result in nonlinear damping. Consequently, achieving accurate control of these systems in the presence of disturbances is a challenging task. This paper investigates the model-based adaptive control for soft continuum manipulators that have nonlinear uniform stiffness and nonlinear damping, that bend under the effect of internal pressure, and that are subject to time-varying disturbances. A rigid-link model with virtual elastic joints is employed for control purposes within the port-Hamiltonian framework. The effects of disturbances and of model uncertainties are estimated adaptively. A nonlinear controller that regulates the tip orientation of the manipulator and that compensates the effects of disturbances and of model uncertainties is then constructed by using an energy shaping passivity-based approach. Stability conditions are discussed highlighting the beneficial role of nonlinear damping. The effectiveness of the controller is assessed with simulations and with experiments on a soft continuum manipulator prototype.
AU  - Franco,E
AU  - Garriga,Casanovas A
AU  - Tang,J
AU  - Rodriguez,y Baena F
AU  - Astolfi,A
DO  - 10.1109/TMECH.2021.3063121
EP  - 291
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 1083-4435
SP  - 280
TI  - Adaptive energy shaping control of a class of nonlinear soft continuum manipulators
T2  - IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2021.3063121
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/88388
VL  - 27
ER  -