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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{Davies:2006:10.1142/s0219843606000837,
author = {Davies, BL and Rodriguez, F and Jakopec, M and Harris, SJ and Barrett, A and Gomes, P and Henckel, J and Cobb, J},
doi = {10.1142/s0219843606000837},
journal = {International Journal of Humanoid Robotics},
pages = {417--428},
title = {The Acrobot® system for robotic mis total knee and uni-condylar arthroplasty},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219843606000837},
volume = {3},
year = {2006}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The concept of the Acrobot® system is described. The technical details of the complete system are then outlined, including the pre-operative planner which incorporates 3D CT models together with CAD models of prostheses that can be used to plan the leg alignment, position the prostheses, plan the shape of the cuts required and generate the regions within which cuts must be constrained. The robotic system is also described, together with the methods for locating and clamping the patient. An outline is given of the means by which the preoperative model is registered or aligned to the intra-operative position of the patient and of the robot, without the need for fiducial markers. Post-operative results are given, for both total knee replacement and also for the more recent clinical trials using a minimally invasive robotic procedure for uni-condylar arthroplasty. © 2006 World Scientific Publishing Company.
AU  - Davies,BL
AU  - Rodriguez,F
AU  - Jakopec,M
AU  - Harris,SJ
AU  - Barrett,A
AU  - Gomes,P
AU  - Henckel,J
AU  - Cobb,J
DO  - 10.1142/s0219843606000837
EP  - 428
PY  - 2006///
SN  - 0219-8436
SP  - 417
TI  - The Acrobot® system for robotic mis total knee and uni-condylar arthroplasty
T2  - International Journal of Humanoid Robotics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219843606000837
VL  - 3
ER  -