{"id":343,"date":"2018-07-23T18:29:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T22:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mrl\/?page_id=343"},"modified":"2024-01-14T18:34:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T23:34:30","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mrl\/research\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/mrl\/files\/2018\/07\/Fig_13.tiff\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-360\" \/>Medical Robotics<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The quest for early detection and treatment of cancer in minimally invasive surgery has pushed research forward in the development of miniaturized instruments. Flexible<em>\u00a0<\/em><span>endoscopes provide the unique ability to navigate through body cavities and reach a surgical target area.\u00a0<\/span>However, the flexibility required for safe navigation conflicts with forces and dexterity that can be provided distally, and causes loss of sensor feedback, making instrument control poor and limiting current therapeutic capabilities. We are researching how to design and build <strong>smarter, smaller, softer, safer robotic platforms<\/strong> <span>that can<\/span>\u00a0restore dexterity and sensor feedback at the surgical site and enable therapy in\u00a0the narrowest regions of the human body.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsiveVideo responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Millimeter\u2010Scale Soft Robot for Tissue Biopsy Procedures\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P2cA_bDQZKI?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"responsiveVideo responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Soft Robotic Sleeve for Safer Colonoscopy Procedures\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qMrjyi2i44M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"responsiveVideo responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Soft Sensor for Bleeding Detection in Colonoscopies\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pX2exvc-Izw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Soft Robotics<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Robots are becoming part of our daily lives and we are focusing on how to\u00a0<span>make human-robot interaction safer and more intuitive.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s1\">Soft robots have great potential in this field because they are constructed from compliant and flexible matter.\u00a0<\/span>These machines rely on the properties of materials in order to build sensor, actuator, and controller components, thus representing a paradigm shift with respect to their hard robots counterparts. We are exploring how soft robots can move more precisely and generate larger forces\u00a0by investigating <strong>different design strategies, sensing techniques, and actuation methodologies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsiveVideo responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Soft Robot with Multi-Modal Sensing via Tunable Soft Optical Sensors\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OMgm0VBaKCw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Advanced Manufacturing<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/mrl\/files\/2018\/07\/Fig_13-e1532383039507-636x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"246\" class=\" wp-image-362 alignright\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mrl\/files\/2018\/07\/Fig_13-e1532383039507-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mrl\/files\/2018\/07\/Fig_13-e1532383039507-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mrl\/files\/2018\/07\/Fig_13-e1532383039507-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mrl\/files\/2018\/07\/Fig_13-e1532383039507-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mrl\/files\/2018\/07\/Fig_13-e1532383039507-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">The small scale of minimally invasive surgery poses significant engineering challenges to developing robust, smart, and articulated tools for safely manipulating deli<\/span><span class=\"s1\">cate<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0anatomical structures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">We are investigating novel manufacturing technologies that combine\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">soft materials and soft fluidic micro actuators (SFMA) with miniaturized precision mechanisms to achieve <strong>safe distal articulation, integrated sensing, and effective force transmission<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/mrl\/files\/2018\/07\/Fig_13.tiff\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-360\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1920px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-343-1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"\/mrl\/files\/2018\/07\/cap_sens_PUPPA_2.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/mrl\/files\/2018\/07\/cap_sens_PUPPA_2.mp4\">\/mrl\/files\/2018\/07\/cap_sens_PUPPA_2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical Robotics The quest for early detection and treatment of cancer in minimally invasive surgery has pushed research forward in the development of miniaturized instruments. Flexible\u00a0endoscopes provide the unique ability to navigate through body cavities and reach a surgical target area.\u00a0However, the flexibility required for safe navigation conflicts with forces and dexterity that can be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14583,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mrl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mrl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mrl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mrl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14583"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mrl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mrl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1508,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mrl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/343\/revisions\/1508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/mrl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}