"Advancements in surgical robotics" PhD course

Bioegineering Department -
Politecnico di Milano

NearLab
Building 2 - 2nd floor
Via Giuseppe Colombo 40

9 - 13 July, 2012

Progetto Cariplo: “Azioni di internazionalizzazione per il post-laurea nell'ambito delle tecnologie dell'ICT e biomediche”

Aim of course

The course is aimed at providing students (with basics knowledge about robotics) with topics related to an exemplary application, the surgery, with highly demanding performance requirements.

The course is expected to provide knowledge and tools on the following topics:

-              current state of the art of surgical robotics (addressing potentialities and limitations)

-              medical robots design and control

-              field overview through the analysis of the current research topics in the EU

-              point of view of the end user

Program

Monday 9^th July

10.00 – 12.00     Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena – Overview of surgical robotics
12.00 – 13.30     Lunch break
13.30 – 18.00     @Nearlab – Demo sessions on navigation and surgical robots

Tuesday 10^th July

9.00 – 10.30       Brian Miller - Surgical Robotics - Past, Present and Future
11.00 – 12.00     Paolo Fiorini - Robotic surgery, EU projects and Future Perspectives
12.00 – 14.30     Lunch break
14.30 – 16.30     Andreas Tobergte - Design and Control of a surgical Teleoperation system

Wednesday 11^th July

9.30 – 10.30       Patrick Finlay – novel applications of robotics in medicine and healthcare
11.00 – 12.30     Thomas Neff - The KUKA lightweight robot: Technical features and possible medical applications
12.30 – 14.30     Lunch break
14.30 – 18.00     @Nearlab – Lab practice

Thursday 12^th July

9.30 – 12.00      Mauro Sette - Catheters and sensors, geometrical modeling
12.00 – 14.30    Lunch break
14.30 - 16.30 @Nearlab – Test

Friday 13^th July

9.30 – 12.30        Francesco Cardinale – Demo session: intracerebral electrodes implantation, planning and phantom surgery

Speakers

Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena - Imperial College of London, UK
Brian Miller – Intuitive Surgical, Inc., USA
Paolo Fiorini – Università di Verona, IT
Andreas Tobergte - German Aerospace Center, Germany
Patrick Finlay – Medimaton - Medical Technology, UK
Thomas Neff – KUKA Roboter GmbH, Germany
Mauro Sette - Robotic Assisted Surgery Group Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Francesco Cardinale - Ospedale Niguarda Milano, Centro per la chirurgia dell’epilessia “C. Munari”, IT

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