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Exploiting ability for human adaptation to facilitate improved human-robot interaction and acceptance (2018)
Journal Article
Caleb-Solly, P., Dogramadzi, S., Huijnen, C. A., & van den Heuvel, H. (2018). Exploiting ability for human adaptation to facilitate improved human-robot interaction and acceptance. Information Society, 34(3), 153-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2018.1444255

© Praminda Caleb-Solly, Sanja Dogramadzi, Claire A.G.J. Huijnen, and Herjan van den Heuvel. This article reports findings from a usability and user experience evaluations conducted in the last 2 years of a 4-year assistive robotics research project u... Read More about Exploiting ability for human adaptation to facilitate improved human-robot interaction and acceptance.

Robot-Assisted Fracture Surgery: Surgical Requirements and System Design (2018)
Journal Article
Georgilas, I., Dagnino, G., Tarassoli, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2018). Robot-Assisted Fracture Surgery: Surgical Requirements and System Design. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 46(10), 1637-1649. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-018-2005-y

© 2018, Biomedical Engineering Society. The design of medical devices is a complex and crucial process to ensure patient safety. It has been shown that improperly designed devices lead to errors and associated accidents and costs. A key element for a... Read More about Robot-Assisted Fracture Surgery: Surgical Requirements and System Design.

Design of a wearable fingertip haptic device for remote palpation: Characterisation and interface with a virtual environment (2018)
Journal Article
Tzemanaki, A., Al, G. A., Melhuish, C., & Dogramadzi, S. (2018). Design of a wearable fingertip haptic device for remote palpation: Characterisation and interface with a virtual environment. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 5(JUN), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2018.00062

© 2018 Tzemanaki, Al, Melhuish and Dogramadzi. This paper presents the development of a wearable Fingertip Haptic Device (FHD) that can provide cutaneous feedback via a Variable Compliance Platform (VCP). The FHD includes an inertial measurement unit... Read More about Design of a wearable fingertip haptic device for remote palpation: Characterisation and interface with a virtual environment.

Personalized robot assistant for support in dressing (2018)
Journal Article
Jevtic, A., Valle, A. F., Alenya, G., Chance, G., Caleb-Solly, P., Dogramadzi, S., & Torras, C. (2018). Personalized robot assistant for support in dressing. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, https://doi.org/10.1109/TCDS.2018.2817283

Robot-assisted dressing is performed in close physical interaction with users who may have a wide range of physical characteristics and abilities. Design of user adaptive and personalized robots in this context is still indicating limited, or no cons... Read More about Personalized robot assistant for support in dressing.

Upper limb motion intent recognition using tactile sensing (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Stefanou, T., Turton, A., Lenz, A., & Dogramadzi, S. (2017). Upper limb motion intent recognition using tactile sensing. In 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (6601-6608). https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2017.8206573

Focusing on upper limb rehabilitation of weak stroke patients, this pilot study explores how motion intent can be detected using force sensitive resistors (FSR). This is part of a bigger project which will see the actuation and control of an intent-d... Read More about Upper limb motion intent recognition using tactile sensing.

What's up?-Resolving interaction ambiguity through non-visual cues for a robotic dressing assistant (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Chance, G., Caleb-Solly, P., Jevtic, A., & Dogramadzi, S. (2017). What's up?-Resolving interaction ambiguity through non-visual cues for a robotic dressing assistant. In 2017 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) (284-291). https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2017.8172315

© 2017 IEEE. Robots that can assist in activities of daily living (ADL) such as dressing assistance, need to be capable of intuitive and safe interaction. Vision systems are often used to provide information on the position and movement of the robot... Read More about What's up?-Resolving interaction ambiguity through non-visual cues for a robotic dressing assistant.

A pilot study evaluating the effectiveness of dual-registration image-guided radiotherapy in patients with oropharyngeal cancer (2017)
Journal Article
Goldsworthy, S., Dakers, M., Higgins, S., Barnes, T., Jankowska, P., Dogramadzi, S., & Latour, J. M. (2017). A pilot study evaluating the effectiveness of dual-registration image-guided radiotherapy in patients with oropharyngeal cancer. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 48(4), 377-384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2017.09.004

© 2017 Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists Purpose The purpose of the article was to determine the impact of Dual Registration (DR) image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) on clinical judgement and treatment delivery for patients with or... Read More about A pilot study evaluating the effectiveness of dual-registration image-guided radiotherapy in patients with oropharyngeal cancer.

Image-Guided Surgical Robotic System for Percutaneous Reduction of Joint Fractures (2017)
Journal Article
Dagnino, G., Georgilas, I., Morad, S., Gibbons, P., Tarassoli, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2017). Image-Guided Surgical Robotic System for Percutaneous Reduction of Joint Fractures. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 45(11), 2648-2662. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-017-1901-x

© 2017, The Author(s). Complex joint fractures often require an open surgical procedure, which is associated with extensive soft tissue damages and longer hospitalization and rehabilitation time. Percutaneous techniques can potentially mitigate these... Read More about Image-Guided Surgical Robotic System for Percutaneous Reduction of Joint Fractures.

Intra-operative fiducial-based CT/fluoroscope image registration framework for image-guided robot-assisted joint fracture surgery (2017)
Journal Article
Dagnino, G., Georgilas, I., Morad, S., Gibbons, P., Tarassoli, P., Atkins, R., & Dogramadzi, S. (2017). Intra-operative fiducial-based CT/fluoroscope image registration framework for image-guided robot-assisted joint fracture surgery. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 12(8), 1383-1397. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-017-1602-9

© 2017, The Author(s). Purpose: Joint fractures must be accurately reduced minimising soft tissue damages to avoid negative surgical outcomes. To this regard, we have developed the RAFS surgical system, which allows the percutaneous reduction of intr... Read More about Intra-operative fiducial-based CT/fluoroscope image registration framework for image-guided robot-assisted joint fracture surgery.

A quantitative analysis of dressing dynamics for robotic dressing assistance (2017)
Journal Article
Chance, G., Jevtić, A., Caleb-Solly, P., & Dogramadzi, S. (2017). A quantitative analysis of dressing dynamics for robotic dressing assistance. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 4(MAY), https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2017.00013

© 2017 Chance, Jevtić, Caleb-Solly and Dogramadzi. Assistive robots have a great potential to address issues related to an aging population and an increased demand for caregiving. Successful deployment of robots working in close proximity with people... Read More about A quantitative analysis of dressing dynamics for robotic dressing assistance.

Motion Capture Pillow shows potential to replace thermoplastic masks in H&N radiotherapy (2017)
Journal Article
Goldsworthy, S., Dapper, T., Griffiths, G., Morgan, A., Mccormack, S., & Dogramadzi, S. (2017). Motion Capture Pillow shows potential to replace thermoplastic masks in H&N radiotherapy. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 123(S1), S39-S40. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-8140%2817%2930520-0

Purpose A key challenge to improve patient comfort is the common use of a thermoplastic mask for patients with head and neck cancers. Patients suffer from discomfort and the claustrophobic effect of the mask, or, as they lose soft tissue due to tre... Read More about Motion Capture Pillow shows potential to replace thermoplastic masks in H&N radiotherapy.

Safe human–robot interaction in medical robotics: A case study on robotic fracture surgery system (2017)
Journal Article
Georgilas, I., Dagnino, G., & Dogramadzi, S. (2017). Safe human–robot interaction in medical robotics: A case study on robotic fracture surgery system. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2424905X17400086

This paper presents a safety analysis of a Robotic Fracture Surgery System using the Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA). It focuses particularly on hazards caused by the human in the loop. The robotic system and operating staff are modeled inc... Read More about Safe human–robot interaction in medical robotics: A case study on robotic fracture surgery system.

Toward Bio-Inspired Tactile Sensing Capsule Endoscopy for Detection of Submucosal Tumors (2016)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

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.

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.

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.

Preliminary analysis of force-torque measurements for robot-assisted fracture surgery (2015)
Journal Article
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.