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How Can the Characteristics of Continuum Robots Be Optimized for a Specific Medical Application?
(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 12 mins
The use of continuum robots – robots that are not composed of rigid links and joints but are continuously bending structures – opens up completely new possibilities for surgery: With this tool surgeons can reach locations in the human body which they would not be able to reach with traditional surgical instrum...
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(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 12 mins
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The use of continuum robots – robots that are not composed of rigid links and joints but are continuously bending structures – opens up completely new possibilities for surgery: With this tool surgeons can reach locations in the human body which they would not be able to reach with traditional surgical instruments. This enables them to e.g. remove brain tumors in a minimally invasive way. There are a vast number of parameters to be selected w...
The use of continuum robots – robots that are not composed of rigid links and joints but are continuously bending structures – opens up completely new possibilities for surgery: With this tool surgeons can reach locations in the human body which they would not be able to reach with traditional surgical instruments. This enables them to e.g. remove brain tumors in a minimally invasive way. There are a vast number of parameters to be selected when designing these structures, like diameter, tube thickness, and material. JESSICA BURGNER-KAHRS explains that the ideal combination depends not only on the application but also on patient characteristics. In this video, she describes how the research team tackled the challenge of selecting the right robot design by developing an optimization algorithm that makes use of evolutionary concepts from biology. Testing their simulation results in the laboratory proved that the optimization works well, but also revealed a number of open questions.
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Field of Study
Engineering
Content Type
Instructional material
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Latest Thinking
Speaker / Narrator
Jessica Burgner-Kahrs, fl. 2006
Person Discussed
Jessica Burgner-Kahrs, fl. 2006
Topic / Theme
Mathematics, Cancer therapies, Surgery, Robotics, Bioengineering, Medical innovations, Medical treatments and procedures
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Copyright © 2017 Latest Thinking
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Why don’t rabbits wear glasses? Treating blindness using natural plant compounds
produced by University of Surrey (Surrey, England: University of Surrey, 2017), 3 mins
People's Choice winner of the 2017 University of Surrey competition.
People's choice winner of the 2017 University of Surrey competition. This thesis identifies naturally occurring compounds that can be used to help treat blindness, focusing on those conditions caused by retinopathy using Homoisoflavonoids.
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produced by University of Surrey (Surrey, England: University of Surrey, 2017), 3 mins
Description
People's choice winner of the 2017 University of Surrey competition. This thesis identifies naturally occurring compounds that can be used to help treat blindness, focusing on those conditions caused by retinopathy using Homoisoflavonoids.
Field of Study
Science
Content Type
Lecture/presentation
Contributor
University of Surrey
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
University of Surrey
Topic / Theme
Medical treatments and procedures, Blindness, Scientific research
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