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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{Virdyawan:2023:10.1109/ICRAE56463.2022.10056197,
author = {Virdyawan, V and Ayatullah, T and Sugiharto, A and Franco, E and Garriga, Casanovas A and Mahyuddin, AI and Rodriguez, y Baena F and Indrawanto},
doi = {10.1109/ICRAE56463.2022.10056197},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {Design and manufacturing of an affordable soft robotic manipulator for minimally invasive  diagnosis},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICRAE56463.2022.10056197},
year = {2023}
}

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Soft robotic manipulators are inherently compliant thus they are ideally suited for minimally invasive diagnosis and intervention. In addition, soft robotics allows for affordable manufacturing, thus it could be adopted in low and middle-income countries where conventional robotics is prohibitively expensive. In this work, the design, manufacturing, and actuation strategy of an affordable soft robotic manipulator is presented. The manufacturing process does not rely on sophisticated technologies, and the pneumatic actuation does not require digital pressure regulators. Instead, a low-cost solution consisting of a needle valve operated by a servo motor is employed. The prototype is assessed with experiments that demonstrate its functionality.
AU  - Virdyawan,V
AU  - Ayatullah,T
AU  - Sugiharto,A
AU  - Franco,E
AU  - Garriga,Casanovas A
AU  - Mahyuddin,AI
AU  - Rodriguez,y Baena F
AU  - Indrawanto
DO  - 10.1109/ICRAE56463.2022.10056197
PB  - IEEE
PY  - 2023///
TI  - Design and manufacturing of an affordable soft robotic manipulator for minimally invasive  diagnosis
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICRAE56463.2022.10056197
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/102443
ER  -