Medical Robotics

Data is displayed for academic year: 2024./2025.

Lecturers

Asst. Prof.
Marko Švaco
Asst. Prof.
Filip Šuligoj

Course Description

Introduction to medical robotics. Technology and medicine. Health robotics, rehabilitation robotics, prosthetics. Continuous kinematics manipulators in medical robotics. Computer-guided operations. Basics of radiological images and methods of localization in radiological images. Basics of robot localization methods in the operating room. Medical robot control structures and algorithms. Simulations of performing robotic operations. Demonstrations of medical robots and devices.

Study Programmes

University graduate
[FER3-HR] Biomedical Engineering - study
Elective Courses (2. semester)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Apply principles and basic knowledge in the field of natural and technical sciences to identify and describe simpler problems of mechanical engineering.
  2. Break down problems into simpler tasks and suggest activities to solve them.
  3. Identify impacts and describe interactions between elements of technical systems and processes.
  4. Use appropriate mathematical-engineering methods of modelling basic technical systems and processes in order to solve simpler problems of mechanical engineering.
  5. Communicate orally and in writing about engineering problems, and present professional results.
  6. Use modern computer technologies to solve engineering problems.
  7. Follow world trends in the development and application of technologies in the technical field of mechanical engineering.

Forms of Teaching

Lectures

Seminars and workshops

Laboratory

Week by Week Schedule

  1. Lectures: Introduction to medical robotics: basic concepts, definitions, historical development, Laboratory: Demonstration of the robot neuronavigation system, introduction to equipment and computer programs
  2. Lectures: Technology and medicine. Medical robot configurations, Laboratory: Demonstration of the robot neuronavigation system, introduction to equipment and computer programs
  3. Lectures: Teleoperated robots and hybrid-controlled robots, Laboratory: Planning a computer-guided operation
  4. Lectures: Health robotics, rehabilitation robotics, prosthetics, Laboratory: Planning a computer-guided operation
  5. Lectures: Continuous kinematics manipulators in medical robotics, Laboratory: Planning a computer-guided operation
  6. Lectures: Computer-guided operations, Laboratory: Seminar paper assignement.
  7. Lectures: Basics of radiological images and methods of localization in radiological images, Laboratory: Demonstration - Vision-guided operation, feature recognition algorithms
  8. Lectures: Basics of robot localization methods in the operating room, Laboratory: Field or practical classes - demonstration of medical navigation procedures
  9. Lectures: Structures and algorithms for controlling medical robots, Laboratory: /
  10. Lectures: Simulations of performing robotic operations - Part 1, Laboratory: /
  11. Lectures: Simulations of performing robotic operations - Part 2, Laboratory: /
  12. Lectures: Case study - planning and performing robotic stereotactic neurosurgical surgery, Laboratory: /
  13. Lectures: Case study - development and application of robotic ultrasound, Laboratory: /
  14. Lectures: Microrobotics in medicine, Laboratory: /
  15. Lectures: Micro robotics in medicine, Laboratory: /

Literature

(.), A. Schweikard and F. Ernst, Medical Robotics. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015.,
(.), B. Siciliano and O. Khatib, Eds., Springer Handbook of Robotics. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016.,

For students

General

ID 261437
  Summer semester
5 ECTS
L3 English Level
L2 e-Learning
30 Lectures
0 Seminar
0 Exercises
15 Laboratory exercises
0 Project laboratory
0 Physical education excercises