CRA337 MEDICAL ROBOTICS LTPC

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COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify and describe different types of medical robots and their potential applications.
2. Know basic concepts in kinematics, Dynamics, and control relevant to Medical Robotics.
3. Develop the Analytical and Experimental skills necessary to Design and Implement robotic
assistance for both minimally invasive surgery and Image guided interventions.
4. Be familiar with the state of the art in applied medical robotics and medical robotics
research.
5. Understand the various roles that robotics can play in healthcare.

UNIT – I INTRODUCTION 9
Types of medical robots - Navigation - Motion Replication - Imaging - Rehabilitation and
Prosthetics – State of art of robotics in the field of healthcare-DICOM
UNIT – II LOCALIZATION AND TRACKING 9
Position sensors requirements - Tracking - Mechanical linkages - Optical – Sound based -
Electromagnetic - Impedance-based - In-bore MRI tracking-Video matching - Fiber optic
tracking systems - Hybrid systems.
UNIT – III DESIGN OF MEDICAL ROBOTS 9
Characterization of gestures to the design of robots - Design methodologies - Technological
choices - Security.
UNIT – IV SURGICAL ROBOTICS 9
Minimally invasive surgery and robotic integration - surgical robotic sub systems -
synergistic control - Control Modes - Radiosurgery - Orthopedic Surgery - Urologic Surgery
and Robotic Imaging - Cardiac Surgery – Neurosurgery - case studies
UNIT – V ROBOTS I REHABILITATION AND MEDICAL CARE 9
Rehabilitation for Limbs - Brain-Machine Interfaces - Steerable Needles - Assistive robots -
Robots in Physiotherapy - case studies
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
CO 1: Identify various medical robots and their potential applications.
CO 2: Recognize the position tracking and hybrid systems. CO 3: Apply Robotics and its
concepts in Medical field
CO 4: Simulate a MIS procedure and be aware of the state of art in surgical and oncology
robotics.
CO 5: Design a medical robotic system given the specific requirements for Rehabilitation and
Medical care.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Achim Ernst Floris Schweikard, "Medical Robotics", Springer, 2016.
2. Paula Gomes, "Medical robotics Minimally invasive surgery", Woodhead, 2013.

REFERENCES:
1. Jaydev P Desai, Rajni V Patel, Antoine Ferreira; Sunil Kumar Agrawal, "The
2. Encyclopedia of Medical Robotics", World Scientific Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd, 2019.
3. Jocelyne Troccaz , "Medical Robotics", John Wiley & Sons Incorporated, 2013.
4. Vanja Bonzovic , "Medical Robotics", I-tech Education publishing, Austria, 2008.
5. Farid Gharagozloo "Robotic Surgery", Springer, 2022.
 UNIT I
INTRODUCTION
Types of medical robots - Navigation - Motion Replication - Imaging - Rehabilitation and
Prosthetics – State of art of robotics in the field of healthcare-DICOM
A medical robot is a robot used in the medical sciences. They include surgical robots.
These are in most telemanipulators, which use the surgeon's activators on one side to control
the "effector" on the other side.

TYPES OF MEDICAL ROBOTS

Types of Medical Robots
 Surgical Robots. This type of medical surgical robot ensures that surgical procedures are
precise and efficient. ...
 Robotics for Radiotherapy. ...
 Rehabilitation Robots. ...
 Laboratory Robots. ...
 Robotic Prosthetics.
 Hospital Robots

A disinfection robot in Heathrow Airport

 Surgical robots: These robots either allow surgical operations to be carried out with
better precision than an unaided human surgeon or allow remote surgery where a human
surgeon is not physically present with the patient.
 Rehabilitation robots: It facilitates and support the lives of infirm, elderly people, or
those with dysfunction of body parts affecting movement. These robots are also used for
rehabilitation and related procedures, such as training and therapy.
 Biorobots: A group of robots designed to imitate the cognition of humans and animals.
 Telepresence robots: It allows off-site medical professionals to move, look around,
communicate, and participate from remote locations.[4]
 Pharmacy automation: Robotic systems to dispense oral solids in a retail pharmacy
setting or preparing sterile IV admixtures in a hospital pharmacy setting.
 Companion robot: It has the capability to engage emotionally with users keeping them
company and alerting if there is a problem with their health.
 Disinfection robot: It has the capability to disinfect a whole room in mere minutes,
generally using pulsed ultraviolet light.[5][6] They are being used to fight Ebola virus
disease.[7]
 Hospital robots - With a pre-programmed layout of their environment and built-in
sensors, hospital robots deliver medications, meals and specimens around hospitals.
 Robotic prosthetics - Focuses on providing their wearers with life-like limb
functionality.
 Laboratory robots - Types of robots found in labs are specially designed to either
automate processes or assist lab technicians in completing repetitive tasks.