Special Issue on Robotics for Medical Applications

In recent years, the field of robots for medical applications has been expanding rapidly. Robots effectively augment their operators’ skills, enabling them to achieve accuracy and high precision during complex procedures. The use of robots improves the quality of life of patients and the quality of...

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Published in:Journal of robotics and mechatronics 2022-12, Vol.34 (6), p.1215-1215
Main Authors: Kawashima, Kenji, Arata, Jumpei, Harada, Kanako, Tadano, Kotaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Active control
Actuators
Display devices
Haptic interfaces
Mechatronics
Medical research
Navigation
R&D
Research & development
Robot control
Robotics
Robots
Sensors
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Summary:In recent years, the field of robots for medical applications has been expanding rapidly. Robots effectively augment their operators’ skills, enabling them to achieve accuracy and high precision during complex procedures. The use of robots improves the quality of life of patients and the quality of medical research. Therefore, the research and development of robots for medical applications will become more active in aging societies. This special issue focuses on the design and control of robots as well as integrated technologies for robots for medical applications. These include navigation, simulator, image guidance, training, and validation technologies for robots. The special issue consists of 17 papers with various studies related to medical robots. There are 7 papers on assistant robots, including their passive and active controls, devices, and sensors. There are 10 papers related to minimally invasive surgery and neurosurgery involving robots, including papers on sensors, actuators, navigation, haptic display devices, the mechanical design of devices, and other topics. The editors are confident that this special issue will greatly contribute to further progress in robotics We sincerely thank the authors for their fine contributions and the reviewers for their generous contributions of time and effort. We would also like to thank the Editorial Board of the Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics for their help with this special issue.
ISSN:0915-3942
1883-8049
DOI:10.20965/jrm.2022.p1215