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Towards establishing a 'cooperation' measure for coupled movement in close-proximity human-robot interaction (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Camilleri, A., Hong, J., Dogramadzi, S., & Caleb-Solly, P. (2020, May). Towards establishing a 'cooperation' measure for coupled movement in close-proximity human-robot interaction. Presented at ICRA 2020

To achieve safe close-proximity human-robot interaction , particularly for physically assitive tasks, robot motion planning needs to recognize and adapt to the behaviour of humans in the long-term. Generally, motion prediction with probabilistic conf... Read More about Towards establishing a 'cooperation' measure for coupled movement in close-proximity human-robot interaction.

Real-time electromagnetic tracking of orthopaedic pins for robot-assisted fracture surgery (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Martins, B., Dagnino, G., & Dogramadzi, S. (2018, September). Real-time electromagnetic tracking of orthopaedic pins for robot-assisted fracture surgery. Presented at Computer and Robot Assisted Surgery (CRAS), London, England

Tracking devices are an essential component in image guided surgery particularly when precise treatment or implant positioning are required. In this paper we explore the use of an electromagnetic tracking device (Polaris Aurora, NDI Inc.) as an alter... Read More about Real-time electromagnetic tracking of orthopaedic pins for robot-assisted fracture surgery.

Single motor actuated peristaltic wave generator for a soft bodied worm robot (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Winstone, B., Pipe, A. G., Melhuish, C., Callaway, M., Etoundi, A., & Dogramadzi, S. (2016, June). Single motor actuated peristaltic wave generator for a soft bodied worm robot. Paper presented at BioRob 2016 - IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, Singapore

This paper presents the design and development of a single motor actuated peristaltic worm robot with three segments using a bio-inspired method of locomotion with one actuator that achieves optimised worm like peristaltic motion. Each segment consis... Read More about Single motor actuated peristaltic wave generator for a soft bodied worm robot.

Design of a multi-DOF cable-driven mechanism of a miniature serial manipulator for robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Tzemanaki, A., Fracczak, L., Gillatt, D., Koupparis, A., Melhuish, C., Persad, R., …Dogramadzi, S. (2016, June). Design of a multi-DOF cable-driven mechanism of a miniature serial manipulator for robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery. Presented at International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, Singapore

While multi-fingered robotic hands have been developed for decades, none has been used for surgical operations. MicroAngelo is an anthropomorphic master-slave system for tele-operated robot-assisted surgery. As part of this system, this paper focuses... Read More about Design of a multi-DOF cable-driven mechanism of a miniature serial manipulator for robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery.

Image-based robotic system for enhanced minimally invasive intra-articular fracture surgeries (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Dagnino, G., Georgilas, I., Köhler, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2016, June). Image-based robotic system for enhanced minimally invasive intra-articular fracture surgeries. Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Stockholm, June 2016, Stockholm, Sweden

Robotic assistance can bring significant improvements to orthopedic fracture surgery: facilitate more accurate fracture fragment repositioning without open access and obviate problems related to the current minimally invasive fracture surgery techni... Read More about Image-based robotic system for enhanced minimally invasive intra-articular fracture surgeries.

Design and real-time control of a robotic system for fracture manipulation (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Dagnino, G., Georgilas, I., Tarassoli, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2015, August). Design and real-time control of a robotic system for fracture manipulation. Presented at International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Milan, Italy

This paper presents the design, development and control of a new robotic system for fracture manipulation. The objective is to improve the precision, ergonomics and safety of the traditional surgical procedure to treat joint fractures. The achievemen... Read More about Design and real-time control of a robotic system for fracture manipulation.

Force-torque measurement system For fracture surgery (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Dagnino, G., Georgilas, I., Tarassoli, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2015, June). Force-torque measurement system For fracture surgery. Paper presented at Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS) 2015, Vancouver

Many surgical procedures are now performed using the techniques of minimally invasive surgery (MIS), in which the surgeon manipulates instruments inserted into the patients through small incisions. In MIS, the surgeon has no direct contact with inter... Read More about Force-torque measurement system For fracture surgery.

Robot-assisted system for joint fracture surgery (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Georgilas, I., Dagnino, G., Tarassoli, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2015, June). Robot-assisted system for joint fracture surgery. Poster presented at Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS) 2015, Vancouver

Incidence of fractures is steadily increasing and is expected that in 2025, Germany will have the largest number of fractures per year in Europe (≈928,000), followed by the UK (≈682,000) (Hernlund 2013). This work is concerned with distal-femur-fract... Read More about Robot-assisted system for joint fracture surgery.

μAngelo: A novel minimally invasive surgical system based on an anthropomorphic design (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Tzemanaki, A., Burton, T. M. W., Gillat, D., Melhuish, C., Persad, R., Pipe, A. G., & Dogramadzi, S. (2014, August). μAngelo: A novel minimally invasive surgical system based on an anthropomorphic design. Paper presented at 2014 5th IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), Sao Paulo, Brazil

Abdominal surgery has seen a rapid transition from open procedures to Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery (R-A MIS). The learning process for new surgeons is long compared to open surgery, and the desired dexterity cannot always be achieved usi... Read More about μAngelo: A novel minimally invasive surgical system based on an anthropomorphic design.

Mechatronic implementation in minimally invasive surgical instruments (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Dikaiakos, G., Tzemanaki, A., Pipe, A. G., & Dogramadzi, S. (2014, August). Mechatronic implementation in minimally invasive surgical instruments. Paper presented at 2014 5th IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), Sao Paulo, Brazil

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has proven to be beneficial in providing outstanding results for the patients. However, studies have shown that the surgeon faces significant challenges whilst performing this type of surgery, ranging from poorly desi... Read More about Mechatronic implementation in minimally invasive surgical instruments.

Intra-operative X-ray dimensional calibration using orthopaedic implants (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Tsanaka, A., Georgilas, I., Dagnino, G., & Dogramadzi, S. (2014, August). Intra-operative X-ray dimensional calibration using orthopaedic implants. Poster presented at 2014 IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronic, Sao Paolo, Brazil

Enabling autonomous flight capabilities onboard commercial aircraft to improve safety (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Narayan, P. P., & Dogramadzi, S. (2013, October). Enabling autonomous flight capabilities onboard commercial aircraft to improve safety. Paper presented at IEEE/AIAA Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Syracuse, New York, USA

This paper presents the development and implementation of a novel Flight Management System (FMS) to ensure onboard passenger safety of commercial aircraft in the event of an emergency scenario where the pilot must relinquish control of the aircraft (... Read More about Enabling autonomous flight capabilities onboard commercial aircraft to improve safety.

Artificial active whiskers for guiding underwater autonomous walking robots (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Rooney, T., Pearson, M., Welsby, J., Horsfield, I., Sewell, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2011, September). Artificial active whiskers for guiding underwater autonomous walking robots. Paper presented at CLAWAR 2011, Paris, France

A low-cost, biologically inspired underwater walking robot (see Fig. 1) has been designed and built to covertly explore the seabed and to determine properties of submerged objects in obscure and inaccessible underwater locations. This paper focuses o... Read More about Artificial active whiskers for guiding underwater autonomous walking robots.

MOBISERV: An integrated intelligent home environment for the provision of health, nutrition and mobility services to the elderly (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Nani, M., Caleb-Solly, P., Dogramadzi, S., Fear, T., & van den Heuvel, H. (2010, September). MOBISERV: An integrated intelligent home environment for the provision of health, nutrition and mobility services to the elderly. Paper presented at 4th Companion Robotics Workshop in Brussels, Brussels

Life expectancy increases and the wish to prolong independent living remains strong. To stay as independent as possible gives satisfaction to the individual and reduces costs for society. With advances in information and communication technologies, s... Read More about MOBISERV: An integrated intelligent home environment for the provision of health, nutrition and mobility services to the elderly.

Automated reduction of complete joint fractures (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Dogramadzi, S., & Raabe, D. (2010, June). Automated reduction of complete joint fractures. Paper presented at European Orthopaedics Research Society - 18th European Conference on Orthopaedics, Davos, Switzerland