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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{Manoharan:2011:10.1109/WHC.2011.5945473,
author = {Manoharan, V and Tenzer, Y and Rodriguez, Y Baena F},
doi = {10.1109/WHC.2011.5945473},
pages = {125--130},
title = {Experimental evaluation of a 2DOF haptic device with four-state rotary programmable brakes},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WHC.2011.5945473},
year = {2011}
}

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RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Safety is an important factor for human-machine interface devices. Brake actuated devices are potentially safer than those that rely on motors for force-feedback generation. However, manipulators using conventional frictional brakes do have limitations. This paper presents the experimental evaluation of a newly developed four-state rotary programmable brake in a 2DOF manipulator. The experimental results show improved performance compared to the results obtained when manipulators with conventional frictional brakes are used. © 2011 IEEE.
AU  - Manoharan,V
AU  - Tenzer,Y
AU  - Rodriguez,Y Baena F
DO  - 10.1109/WHC.2011.5945473
EP  - 130
PY  - 2011///
SP  - 125
TI  - Experimental evaluation of a 2DOF haptic device with four-state rotary programmable brakes
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WHC.2011.5945473
ER  -

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