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Robotics Day 2019 at Politecnico di Milano

By ZhenLi | Nov 27, 2019 |

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

By Thao hà xuân | Nov 26, 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

By Mohammad Hasan Dad Ansari | Nov 12, 2019 |

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

By Gianni Borghesan | Nov 6, 2019 |

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

By Gianni Borghesan | Nov 5, 2019 |

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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Journal Club: Yin et al, 2018

By FabianTrauzettel | Oct 24, 2019 |

Water‐jet outer sheath with braided shape memory polymer tubes for upper gastrointestinal tract screening Linkun Yin | Shuxin Wang | Siyang ZuoInternational Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery (IF 1.634)DOI: 10.1002/rcs.1944 The authors presented a novel class of endoscope based on braided shape-memory polymer (SMP) tubing and water-jet steering, with the intention to…

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ESR14 opened again

By Gianni Borghesan | Sep 30, 2019 |

We still miss an Early Stage Researcher to fill the last position. ESR14 – AUTOMATIC ENDOSCOPE RE-POSITIONING WITH RESPECT TO THE SURGICAL TASK id now reopened. The new deadline is October 28, 2019.   More info here: Vacancies 

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9th Summer School on Surgical Robotics, Montpellier

By Gianni Borghesan | Sep 30, 2019 |

Last week (23-28 Sept 2019), part of the atlas consortium as well as a number of Early Stage Researcher participates to the summer school in Montpellier, France. A good occasion to share ideas and perspectives with senior researchers.

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Annual Bioengineering School “Advanced bioengineering methods, technologies and tools in surgery and therapy”

By Gianni Borghesan | Jun 19, 2019 |

Elena de Momi (POLIMI) and Arianna Menciassi (SSSA) are in the orgnization committe of the XXXVIII Annual Bioengineering School – all our ESRs are invited to participate to this event. The school will be held in Bressanone, Italy, the 9 – 12 September, 2019 More info: https://www.bioing.it/archiviodati/scuola_bressanone/BRESS19/index.html    

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ESR14 is reopened

By Gianni Borghesan | Jun 18, 2019 |

We reopened the ESR14 – AUTOMATIC ENDOSCOPE REPOSITIONING WITH RESPECT TO THE SURGICAL TASK. new deadline is July 21, 2019.   More info here: Vacancies 

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