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ICRA
2010
IEEE
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13 years 5 months ago
Estimation of model parameters for steerable needles
Abstract— Flexible needles with bevel tips are being developed as useful tools for minimally invasive surgery and percutaneous therapy. When such a needle is inserted into soft t...
Wooram Park, Kyle Brandon Reed, Allison M. Okamura...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
135views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
14 years 1 months ago
Robot-Dummy Crash Tests for Robot Safety Assessment
— New technologies and processes enhance the need for direct human-robot-interaction, to fully exploit the potential of robots’ accuracy and humans’ adaptability. Therefore, ...
Susanne Oberer, Rolf Dieter Schraft
ICRA
2008
IEEE
160views Robotics» more  ICRA 2008»
14 years 1 months ago
A constrained optimization approach to virtual fixtures for multi-handed tasks
— In this work, we have extended the concept of constrained motion control of robots to surgical tasks that require multiple robots. We present virtual fixtures to guide the mot...
Ankur Kapoor, Russell H. Taylor
RSS
2007
107views Robotics» more  RSS 2007»
13 years 8 months ago
Safety Evaluation of Physical Human-Robot Interaction via Crash-Testing
— The light-weight robots developed at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are characterized by their low inertial properties, torque sensing in each joint and a load to weight rat...
Sami Haddadin, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Gerd Hirzi...
ICRA
2003
IEEE
148views Robotics» more  ICRA 2003»
14 years 19 days ago
Needle insertion and radioactive seed implantation in human tissues: simulation and sensitivity analysis
− To facilitate training and planning for medical procedures such as prostate brachytherapy, we are developing an interactive simulation of needle insertion and radioactive seed ...
Ron Alterovitz, Kenneth Y. Goldberg, Jean Pouliot,...