
Endorobotics
Design, R&D and Future Trends
- 1st Edition - January 4, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Luigi Manfredi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 7 5 0 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 7 6 0 - 3
The book comprises three parts. The first part provides the state-of-the-art of robots for endoscopy (endorobots), including devices already available in the market and those th… Read more
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The book comprises three parts. The first part provides the state-of-the-art of robots for endoscopy (endorobots), including devices already available in the market and those that are still at the R&D stage. The second part focusses on the engineering design; it includes the use of polymers for soft robotics, comparing their advantages and limitations with those of their more rigid counterparts. The third part includes the project management of a multidisciplinary team, the health cost of current technology, and how a cost-effective device can have a substantial impact on the market. It also includes information on data governance, ethical and legal frameworks, and all steps needed to make this new technology available.
- Focuses on a new design paradigm for endorobots applications
- Provides a unique collection of engineering, medical and management contributions for endorobotics design
- Describes endorobotics, starting from available devices in both clinical use and academia
Academia, Industry and undergraduate and graduate students working in Biomedical Engineering, Control Engineering, Medical Robotics. Academia, Industry and undergraduate and graduate students working in Mechanical Engineering and Electronics Engineering
Part 1
State of the art of robots for endoscopy
1. Robotics in surgery and clinical application
Giovanni Dapri
2. Artificial intelligence for medical robotics
Erwin Loh and Tam Nguyen
3. Colonoscopy robots
Yu Huan and Gastone Ciuti
4. Soft robotic systems for endoscopic interventions
Sara-Adela Abad, Alberto Arezzo,
Shervanthi Homer-Vanniasinkam, and
Helge A Wurdemann
5. Simulators
Andrea Moglia
Part 2
Materials and engineering design
6. Smart materials for mini-actuators
Gianluca Rizzello and Paul Motzki
7. Fabrication of endoluminal medical devices
Mario Milazzo and Cesare Stefanini
8. Modeling and control strategies for flexible
devices
M. Taha Chikhaoui and Benoıˆt Rosa
9. Ultrasound technology for capsule endoscopy
Alexandru C. Moldovan, Mihnea V. Turcanu,
Srinjoy Mitra, and Sandy Cochran
10. Modeling of capsule-intestine contact
Yang Liu, Jiyuan Tian, Bingyong Guo, and Shyam Prasad
11. Haptic interfaces
Peter P. Pott
12. Case study of vision systems: Optimized compression
architecture for wireless endorobots
Abdelkrim Zitouni, Nedra Jarray, and Majdi Elhajji
Part 3
Ethics, regulation, and project management
13. Regulating endorobots in the European Union:
An overview of the ethical and legal framework
Federico Costantini and Fabio Balducci Romano
14. Healthcare data governance in the EU:
Main challenges in personal data protection
Federico Costantini and Giada Soncini
15. Project management
Pietro Raffaini and Luigi Manfredi
16. Future trends
Luigi Manfredi
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 4, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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