Robotics Day 2019 at Politecnico di Milano

On Saturday, November 23rd, Politecnico di Milano held a Robotic Day, which was a great success. The event that every year attracts the attention of adults and kids on new developments in robotics and its fields of application. Adults and kids involved in game and experimentation activities by robotics researchers of Politecnico di Milano.  …

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Journal Club: Sefati et al, 2019

Learning to Detect Collisions for Continuum Manipulators without a Prior Model Shahriar Sefati | Shahin Sefati | Iulian Iordachita | Russell H. Taylor | Mehran ArmandMICCAI 2019: Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2019DOI: http://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2013.6696866 The high dexterity, flexibility and compliance of the continuum manipulator (CM) make it suitable for minimally invasive…

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Journal Club: Cianchetti et al, 2013

STIFF-FLOP Surgical Manipulator: mechanical design and experimental characterization of the single module Matteo Cianchetti | Tommaso Ranzani | Giada Gerboni | Iris De Falco | Cecilia Laschi | Arianna Menciassi2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) November 3-7, 2013 (Tokyo, Japan).DOI: http://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2013.6696866 This paper combines the use of pneumatic actuators and granular…

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Workshop – Next generation intelligent surgical systems: computer simulation meets robotics

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On Wednesday, November 13th, ALTAIR Robotics Laboratory will hold a workshop on the role of biomechanical simulation in robotics for the development of next-generation surgical systems, entitled “Next generation intelligent surgical systems: computer simulation meets robotics“.    It is a full day workshop aimed at PhD students, post-docs and researchers with interest in the fields…

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ESR14 re-opened

We still miss an Early Stage Researcher to fill the last position. ESR14 – AUTOMATIC ENDOSCOPE RE-POSITIONING WITH RESPECT TO THE SURGICAL TASK is now reopened. The new deadline is November 4, 2019.   More info here: Vacancies 

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