IEEE Technical Committee on Medical Robotics

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IEEE Technical Committee onMedical Robotics

• Prof. Paolo Dario
• with contribution by Cecilia Laschi
• Scuola Superiore SantAnna
• Pisa, Italy

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Agenda

• Presentation of the IEEE TC on Medical Robotics
• motivations
• background
• objectives
• structure of the TC
• Activities
• Expected Results and Budget

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TC on Medical Robotics motivations

• Growing interest for biomedical applications of
  robotics (research, industry, health care system)
• need for focused research on critical problems
  (design, technology, safety, regulation, ...)
• need for interdisciplinary approach (technical,
  medical, industrial, economic, social, ethical,
  cultural)

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TC on Medical Robotics background

• TC promoted by George Beckey (RAS President in
  1996-97)
• Co-chairs (since 1996) Paolo Dario (Scuola
  Superiore SantAnna, Pisa, Italy) and Russell
  Taylor (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA)
• limited activities 1996-1999
• new plans for 2000 and beyond

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Medical Robotics Defining the Field

• Robotics (and Mechatronics) for Surgery
• Robotics (and Mechatronics) for Rehabilitation
• Bionics and Humanoid Robotics

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Robotics for surgery
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Robotics for rehabilitation
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Bionics and Humanoid Robotics
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TC on Medical Robotics general objective

• To promote the growth of Medical Robotics within
  the RAS
• by offering USEFUL SERVICES and promoting
  OPPORTUNITIES

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TC on Medical Robotics specific objectives

• To encourage the exchange of technical
  information between RAS members already active in
  medical robotics
• to attract interested and competent RAS members
  to the medical robotics field
• to promote links and collaborations, with
  academic, clinical and industrial actors outside
  the RAS

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TC on Medical Robotics structure
Prof. Paolo Dario Co-chair Rehabilitation
Robotics and Humanoid Robotics
Prof. Russell Taylor Co-chair Surgical Robotics
Dr. Cecilia Laschi Secretariat TCMedRob_at_mail-arts.
sssup.it

• Active Members
• in the mailing list
• access to the data-base
• provide contributions (links, organization of
  events, etc.)

• Members
• in the mailing list

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Activities in the past Opportunities offered
to members

• focused scientific events
• special sessions, workshops, round tables, panels
  on Medical Robotics at International Conferences
• publications
• special issues on Medical Robotics in
  International Journals

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Latest activities

• First INAIL/SSSA Workshop on Functional
  Electrical Stimulation for Upper Limb Function
  Restoration, Florence, February 7-8, 2000
• Special Session on "New actuators for prosthetic
  and robotic hands" at ACTUATOR2000, Bremen,
  Germany, June 19-21, 2000
• Two Special Sessions on "Personal Robotics" at
  IROS 2000, International Conference on
  Intelligent Robots and Systems, to be held in
  Japan next September at Tamakatsu, in Japan, next
  October 30 - November 5
• One Workshop on "Personal Robotics" at IROS 2000,
  International Conference on Intelligent Robots
  and Systems, to be held in Japan next September
  at Tamakatsu, in Japan, next October 30 -
  November 5

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Proposed additional services

• Information
• on events organized by the TC (meetings, )
• on publications promoted by the TC
• on the activities in the field
• Tools
• RAS Magazine
• TC meetings
• mailing list
• web pages

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Proposed additional services

• Other services
• data-base of key actors (academic, industrial,
  clinical, funding agencies), publications and
  events world-wide
• job opportunities
• technology roadmaps
• links with industry
• information to and from industry

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Evolution of the TC on Medical Robotics
PAST focused scientific events and publications
FUTURE additional services for members
REQUEST FOR FUNDING
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Planned activities

• Communication on the TC on Medical Robotics on
  the Robotics Automation Magazine
• Upgrade of the web pages for the TC on Medical
  Robotics and activation of the mailing list and
  of the data-base
• Links with other TCs and Societies (e.g. TC on
  Service Robotics, other IEEE Societies (EMB),
  other national and international Societies)
• Links with other events in the fields of surgery,
  rehabilitation and humanoid robotics (MICCAI,
  CAR, RESNA, AAATE, HURO, Humanoids2000)
• Special Issue on Medical Robotics in a journal
  (Autonomous Robots?)
• Workshop/Tutorial/Special Sessions on Medical
  Robotics at ICRA 2001 - Seoul, Korea
• Workshop/Tutorial/Special Sessions on Medical
  Robotics at IROS 2001 - Seoul, Korea

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Expected results in 2000-2001

• Target number of active TC members 50
• Web site (information on the TC and on related
  events, links to the mailing list and to the
  data-base)
• Data-base with at least 100 entries
• Technology roadmap in at least 1 sector
  (prosthetic hands?)
• 2 organized events at ICRA/IROS
• 1 Special Issue of a Journal
• 1 event co-organized with EMB, TC on Service
  Robots or with other organizations/conferences
  (MICCAI, CAR, RESNA, AAATE, HuRo, Humanoids2000,
  )
• REQUESTED BUDGET 5K

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Join the TC!

• Send an e-mail message to
• TCMedRob_at_mail-arts.sssup.it
• IEEE TC on Medical Robotics Secretariat
• Dr. Cecilia Laschi
• Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering
• Scuola Superiore SantAnna
• via Carducci 40, 56127 Pisa (Italy)
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• http//www-arts.sssup.it/IEEE_TC_MedRob/HomePage.h
  tm