Robot-Assisted Surgery Group
The Robot Assisted Surgery or RAS-group of the Department of Mechanical Engineering is headed by professors Hendrik Van Brussel and Dominiek Reynaerts from PMA for control and micromechanical issues, professor Jos Vander Sloten from BMGO for the biomechanical input. Research takes place in tight collaboration with the university hospital UZ.Leuven.
This site gives an overview of the activities of the RAS-group. Additional information is also available at the BMGO site.
General
About
The RAS-group is dedicated to the design and development of advanced technological, robotics-empowered instruments to provide assistance to the surgeon in the operating room.
Research topics
- Soft tissue overload prevention
- Bilateral teleoperation control
- Force measurement systems
- Tactile feedback
- Robotic laser surgery
- Eye-surgery
- Steerable instruments
Research projects
- CASCADE: FP7-ICT project on Cognitive Autonomous Catheters.
- SCATh : FP7-ICT project on Smart-Catheterization
- STREAM: Scaled Teleoperation for Robust EnhAnced Microsurgery
- IDOLaser : Interdisplinar K.U.Leuven IDO-project on Laser Surgery
- ARISER : Augmented reality Support during minimally invasive surgery (FP6)
- FWO G.0428.07: Sensory Tools for Enhanced Intraoperative Diagnosis
- SB-53549: IWT project "Design of an intracorporal surgical robot Hydraulic actuation in medical robots"
Staff
Contact
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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Departement of Mechanical Engineering Division PMA Celestijnenlaan 300B 3001 Heverlee - Leuven; Belgium how to reach us |
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| Tel | 0032-16322528 |
| Fax | 0032-16322987 |
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Emmanuel.VanderPoorten(AT)mech.kuleuven.be
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