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  • Acrobot
  • High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)
  • TURP trainer
  • Bloodbot
  • Probot
  • Roboscope
  • MRI-guided trans-rectal prostate biopsy
  • 'Magic angle' device for tendon disease diagnosis
  • Haptic endoscope
  • Biomimetic flexible and steerable probe for neurosurgery (ROBOCAST)
  • STING Project: Biomimetic Flexible and Steerable Probe for Neurosurgery
  • Active constraints for robot-assisted neurosurgery
  • Orthopaedic Planning and Assessment
  • Route Planner for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
  • Knee Arthroscopy Training System

Research

  • EDEN2020 Project
  • Completed projects
    • Knee arthroscopy training system
    • Orthopaedic planning and assessment
    • Route planner for minimally invasive neurosurgery
    • Active constraints for robot-assisted neurosurgery
    • Acrobot
    • High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)
    • TURP trainer
    • Bloodbot
    • Probot
      • An introduction to the prostate and manual prostate surgery
      • An introduction to the robot hardware
      • The method of cutting the prostate with the robot
      • An overview of the prostate robot in use
    • Roboscope
    • MRI-guided trans-rectal prostate biopsy
    • 'Magic angle' device for tendon disease diagnosis
    • Haptic endoscope
    • Biomimetic flexible and steerable probe for neurosurgery (ROBOCAST)
    • STING project
      • Mechatronics and control
      • Tool-tissue interaction modelling and optimisation
      • Robotic software and medical image processing
      • Hamlyn Symposium 2016
      • Media
    • Human-Robot interaction for object manipulation
  • Soft Robotic Manipulator for Endoluminal Surgery
  • Soft growing robot
  • Smart Orthopaedic Surgical Technology
  • CathBot
  • da Vinci Research Kit

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Prof. Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena

Co-Director Hamlyn Centre, Professor in Medical Robotics

Prof. Brian Davies
Senior Research Investigator

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