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Toward Bio-Inspired Tactile Sensing Capsule Endoscopy for Detection of Submucosal Tumors (2016)
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Pipe, T., Winstone, B., Melhuish, C., Pipe, A. G., Callaway, M., & Dogramadzi, S. (2017). Toward Bio-Inspired Tactile Sensing Capsule Endoscopy for Detection of Submucosal Tumors. IEEE Sensors Journal, 17(3), 848-857. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2016.2627798

© 2016 IEEE. Here, we present a method for lump characterization using a bio-inspired remote tactile sensing capsule endoscopy system. While current capsule endoscopy utilizes cameras to diagnose lesions on the surface of the gastrointestinal tract l... Read More about Toward Bio-Inspired Tactile Sensing Capsule Endoscopy for Detection of Submucosal Tumors.

Navigation system for robot-assisted intra-articular lower-limb fracture surgery (2016)
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Dagnino, G., Georgilas, I., Köhler, P., Morad, S., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2016). Navigation system for robot-assisted intra-articular lower-limb fracture surgery. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 11(10), 1831-1843. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-016-1418-z

© 2016, The Author(s). Purpose: In the surgical treatment for lower-leg intra-articular fractures, the fragments have to be positioned and aligned to reconstruct the fractured bone as precisely as possible, to allow the joint to function correctly ag... Read More about Navigation system for robot-assisted intra-articular lower-limb fracture surgery.

Development of a novel functional electrical stimulation system for hand rehabilitation using feedback control (2016)
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Ruppel, M., Seel, T., & Dogramadzi, S. (2016). Development of a novel functional electrical stimulation system for hand rehabilitation using feedback control. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2016-July, 1135-1139. https://doi.org/10.1109/BIOROB.2016.7523784

© 2016 IEEE. Worldwide stroke is a leading cause for disability and the demand for rehabilitation devices and everyday life assistance is still high. To address this demand, we consider a combination of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) of the... Read More about Development of a novel functional electrical stimulation system for hand rehabilitation using feedback control.

An assistive robot to support dressing-strategies for planning and error handling (2016)
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Chance, G., Chance, G., Camilleri, A., Winstone, B., Caleb-Solly, P., & Dogramadzi, S. (2016). An assistive robot to support dressing-strategies for planning and error handling. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2016-July, 774-780. https://doi.org/10.1109/BIOROB.2016.7523721

© 2016 IEEE. Assistive robots are emerging to address a social need due to changing demographic trends such as an ageing population. The main emphasis is to offer independence to those in need and to fill a potential labour gap in response to the inc... Read More about An assistive robot to support dressing-strategies for planning and error handling.

Preliminary analysis of force-torque measurements for robot-assisted fracture surgery (2015)
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Georgilas, I., Dagnino, G., Tarassoli, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2015). Preliminary analysis of force-torque measurements for robot-assisted fracture surgery. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2015-November, 4902-4905. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319491

© 2015 IEEE. Our group at Bristol Robotics Laboratory has been working on a new robotic system for fracture surgery that has been previously reported [1]. The robotic system is being developed for distal femur fractures and features a robot that mani... Read More about Preliminary analysis of force-torque measurements for robot-assisted fracture surgery.

Intra-operative 3D imaging system for robot-assisted fracture manipulation (2015)
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Dagnino, G., Georgilas, I., Tarassoli, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2015). Intra-operative 3D imaging system for robot-assisted fracture manipulation. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2015-November, 9-12. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318248

© 2015 IEEE. Reduction is a crucial step in the treatment of broken bones. Achieving precise anatomical alignment of bone fragments is essential for a good fast healing process. Percutaneous techniques are associated with faster recovery time and low... Read More about Intra-operative 3D imaging system for robot-assisted fracture manipulation.

Powered exoskeleton with palm degrees of freedom for hand rehabilitation (2015)
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Richards, D. S., Georgilas, I., Dagnino, G., & Dogramadzi, S. (2015). Powered exoskeleton with palm degrees of freedom for hand rehabilitation. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2015-November, 4635-4638. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319427

© 2015 IEEE. Robotic rehabilitation is a currently underutilised field with the potential to allow huge cost savings within healthcare. Existing rehabilitation exoskeletons oversimplify the importance of movement of the hand while undertaking everyda... Read More about Powered exoskeleton with palm degrees of freedom for hand rehabilitation.

Vision-based real-time position control of a semi-automated system for robot-assisted joint fracture surgery (2015)
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Dagnino, G., Georgilas, I., Tarassoli, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2016). Vision-based real-time position control of a semi-automated system for robot-assisted joint fracture surgery. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 11(3), 437-455. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-015-1296-9

Purpose: Joint fracture surgery quality can be improved by robotic system with high-accuracy and high-repeatability fracture fragment manipulation. A new real-time vision-based system for fragment manipulation during robot-assisted fracture surgery w... Read More about Vision-based real-time position control of a semi-automated system for robot-assisted joint fracture surgery.

Biomimetic tactile sensing capsule (2015)
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Pipe, T., Winstone, B., Pipe, A. G., Melhuish, C., Dogramadzi, S., & Callaway, M. (2015). Biomimetic tactile sensing capsule. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 9222, 113-122. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22979-9_12

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015. Here we present a tactile sensing capsule endoscopy system. Whilst current capsule endoscopy utilises cameras to diagnose lesions on the surface of the gastrointestinal tract lumen, this proposal... Read More about Biomimetic tactile sensing capsule.

Systematic review of thermoplastic masks versus alternative immobilisation methods in head and neck irradiation (2014)
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Goldsworthy, S., Latour, J., Regan, C., McGrail, S., Bennett, C., Cramp, M., …Jankowska, P. (2014). Systematic review of thermoplastic masks versus alternative immobilisation methods in head and neck irradiation. https://doi.org/10.15124/CRD42014013800

Is a thermoplastic mask versus an alternative immobilisation effective in increasing reproducibility and comfort in head and neck patients receiving radiotherapy?

An anthropomorphic design for a minimally invasive surgical system based on a survey of surgical technologies, techniques and training (2014)
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Tzemanaki, A., Walters, P., Pipe, A. G., Melhuish, C., & Dogramadzi, S. (2014). An anthropomorphic design for a minimally invasive surgical system based on a survey of surgical technologies, techniques and training. International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 10(3), 368-378. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcs.1544

© 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Background: Over the past century, abdominal surgery has seen a rapid transition from open procedures to less invasive methods, such as robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (MIS). This study aimed to investigate... Read More about An anthropomorphic design for a minimally invasive surgical system based on a survey of surgical technologies, techniques and training.

A novel bio-inspired tactile tumour detection concept for capsule endoscopy (2014)
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Pipe, T., Winstone, B., Melhuish, C., Dogramadzi, S., Pipe, A. G., & Callaway, M. (2014). A novel bio-inspired tactile tumour detection concept for capsule endoscopy. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 8608 LNAI, 442-445. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09435-9_56

Examination of the gastrointestinal(GI) tract has traditionally been performed using endoscopy tools that allow a surgeon to see the inside of the lining of the digestive tract. Endoscopes are rigid or flexible tubes that use fibre-optics or cameras... Read More about A novel bio-inspired tactile tumour detection concept for capsule endoscopy.

Environmental Hazard Analysis - a Variant of Preliminary Hazard Analysis for Autonomous Mobile Robots (2014)
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Dogramadzi, S., Giannaccini, M. E., Harper, C., Woodman, R., Sobhani, M., & Choung, J. (2014). Environmental Hazard Analysis - a Variant of Preliminary Hazard Analysis for Autonomous Mobile Robots. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 76(1), 73-117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-013-0020-7

© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Robot manufacturers will be required to demonstrate objectively that all reasonably foreseeable hazards have been identified in any robotic product design that is to be marketed commercially. This is... Read More about Environmental Hazard Analysis - a Variant of Preliminary Hazard Analysis for Autonomous Mobile Robots.

A variable compliance, soft gripper (2013)
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Giannaccini, M. E., Georgilas, I., Horsfield, I., Peiris, B. H. P. M., Lenz, A., Pipe, A. G., & Dogramadzi, S. (2014). A variable compliance, soft gripper. Autonomous Robots, 36(1-2), 93-107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-013-9374-8

Autonomous grasping is an important but challenging task and has therefore been intensively addressed by the robotics community. One of the important issues is the ability of the grasping device to accommodate varying object shapes in order to form a... Read More about A variable compliance, soft gripper.

Towards a variable compliance hydrostatic skeleton inspired gripper (2012)
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Zheng, Y., Giannaccini, M. E., Dogramadzi, S., & Pipe, A. G. (2012). Towards a variable compliance hydrostatic skeleton inspired gripper. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 246-251. https://doi.org/10.1109/BioRob.2012.6290885

Variable compliance is a subject of great interest in the robotics community, particularly in the area of HumanRobot interaction. In this work, variable compliance is achieved in a novel grasping device inspired by the hydrostatic skeletons of invert... Read More about Towards a variable compliance hydrostatic skeleton inspired gripper.

Towards an anthropomorphic design of minimally invasive instrumentation for soft tissue robotic surgery (2012)
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Pipe, T., Tzemanaki, A., Dogramadzi, S., Pipe, A. G., & Melhuish, C. (2012). Towards an anthropomorphic design of minimally invasive instrumentation for soft tissue robotic surgery. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7429 LNAI, 455-456. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_56

Minimally invasive procedures, such as laparoscopy, have significantly decreased blood loss, postoperative morbidity and length of hospital stay. Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) has offered refined accuracy and more ergonomic instrume... Read More about Towards an anthropomorphic design of minimally invasive instrumentation for soft tissue robotic surgery.

Towards tactile sensing applied to underwater autonomous vehicles for near shore survey and de-mining (2012)
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Rooney, T., Pipe, A. G., Dogramadzi, S., & Pearson, M. (2012). Towards tactile sensing applied to underwater autonomous vehicles for near shore survey and de-mining. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7429 LNAI, 463-464. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_60

Artificial tactile whisker sensors demonstrate an approach to localisation [1] that is robust to harsh environmental disturbances, endowing autonomous systems with the ability to operate effectively in confined, noisy and visually occluded spaces, su... Read More about Towards tactile sensing applied to underwater autonomous vehicles for near shore survey and de-mining.

Towards tactile sensing applied to underwater autonomous vehicles for near shore survey and de-mining (2012)
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Rooney, T., Pipe, A. G., Dogramadzi, S., & Pearson, M. (2012). Towards tactile sensing applied to underwater autonomous vehicles for near shore survey and de-mining. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7429, 463-464. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_60

Artificial tactile whisker sensors demonstrate an approach to localisation that is robust to harsh environmental disturbances, endowing autonomous systems with the ability to operate effectively in confined, noisy and visually occluded spaces, such a... Read More about Towards tactile sensing applied to underwater autonomous vehicles for near shore survey and de-mining.

Improved single- and multi-contact life-time testing of dental restorative materials using key characteristics of the human masticatory system and a force/position-controlled robotic dental wear simulator (2012)
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Alemzadeh, K., Dogramadzi, S., Raabe, D., Harrison, A., Ireland, A., Sandy, J., …Burgess, S. (2012). Improved single- and multi-contact life-time testing of dental restorative materials using key characteristics of the human masticatory system and a force/position-controlled robotic dental wear simulator. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/7/1/016002

This paper presents a new in vitro wear simulator based on spatial parallel kinematics and a biologically inspired implicit force/position hybrid controller to replicate chewing movements and dental wear formations on dental components, such as crown... Read More about Improved single- and multi-contact life-time testing of dental restorative materials using key characteristics of the human masticatory system and a force/position-controlled robotic dental wear simulator.

Semi-automatic percutaneous reduction of intra-articular joint fractures - An initial analysis (2012)
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Raabe, D., Dogramadzi, S., & Atkins, R. (2012). Semi-automatic percutaneous reduction of intra-articular joint fractures - An initial analysis. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2679-2684. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2012.6225076

Robot-assisted orthopaedic surgery has proved to provide better outcomes over conventional surgery in terms of improved spatial accuracy and more reliable and repeatable results. We present a novel use of robots in orthopaedic surgery - precise anato... Read More about Semi-automatic percutaneous reduction of intra-articular joint fractures - An initial analysis.