This paper utilizes the idea of “robot ergonomics” in which robotic tasks are evaluated according to ergonomics criteria. Robot performance is continuously reeorded in terms of total motion for each robotic link, the load applied on each joint, and the accuracy of each motion. Evaluating robot motion can assist in the design of a robotic cell, where robot position and layout of peripheral equip...

BACKGROUND Despite initial concerns about the general safety of videothoracoscopic surgery, minimally invasive videothoracoscopic surgical procedures have advantages over traditional open thoracic surgery via thoracotomy. Robotic-assisted minimally invasive surgery has expanded to almost every surgical specialty, including thoracic surgery. Adding a robotic-assisted surgical system to a videoth...

INTRODUCTION This report presents a new technique of transoral robotic-assisted lingual tonsillectomy (RALT). The lingual tonsil area is difficult to visualize and access in the oropharynx. When a lingual tonsillectomy is performed to obtain diagnostic tissue, visualization of this area is important. Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) has been reported to be feasible and safe in other areas of th...

In the scope of the"Chess-Bot"project, this study's goal is to choose the right model for the robotic arm that the"the Chess-Bot"will use to move the pawn from a cell to another. In this paper, there is the definition and the structure of a robot arm. Also, the different engineering and kinematics fundamentals of the robot and its components will be detailed. Furthermore, the different structur...

This project explores the viability of using machine learning to detect when objects are slipping through the grasp of a robotic hand. To that end, this paper discusses how one might use classification to identify when objects are sliding over the surface of a load cell that could be installed in a robotic hand. It is found that through proper feature selection, slipping loads can be distinguis...

We highlight the use of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, pazopanib, for neoadjuvant downstaging a 7.4 cm right biopsy-proven clear cell renal-cell carcinoma in a solitary kidney before surgical intervention of robotic partial nephrectomy with retrograde cooling to induce cold ischemia in a 79-year-old male.