<i>KANSEI</i> TECHNOLOGY AND ROBOTICS

[Equipment and technology in robotics].

We review the evolution and current status of robotic equipment and technology in urology. We also describe future developments in the key areas of virtual reality simulation, mechatronics and nanorobotics. The history of robotic technology is reviewed and put into the context of current systems. Experts in the associated fields of nanorobotics, mechatronics and virtual reality simulation simul...

Robotics, Technology, and the Future of Surgery

and the creative use of the newly developed solid state, charge coupled device (CCD) cameras, laparoscopes, clip appliers, and energy sources enabled the laparoscopic revolution of the 1990s. And, without doubt, evolving technology will sustain the development of minimally invasive surgery. But the technology that fueled the laparoscopic revolution is aged and now hinders further advances in th...

Robotics as a Future and Emerging Technology

Real-time in-vivo forward-viewing optical coherence tomography imaging has been demonstrated with a novel lens scanning based MEMS endoscope catheter. An endoscopic catheter with an outer dimension of 7 mm x 7 mm has been designed, manufactured and assembled. By employing high-speed spectral domain optical coherence tomography, in-vivo two-dimensional cross-sectional images of human skin tissue...

Industrial robotics - technology, programming, and applications

Robotics Education in Emerging Technology Regions

Robotics is a unique educational tool for many reasons including its ability to inspire students and motivate them to be creative. This paper presents our experiences in designing and teaching introductory robotics courses in Qatar and Ghana, two contexts in which robotics is not established and computing technology is in its early stages of impact. We discuss the motivation, challenges, approa...