03.08.2021 HeRo Seminar: Thomas Looi

March 8, 2021

Thomas Looi – Minimally Invasive Robotic Tools – Neurosurgery and ENT

Description: Typical neurosurgical procedures require large invasive approaches to access and reach the clinical target for treatment. There is a need for developing millimetre-sized steerable robotic tools to allow surgeons to precisely target and treat areas of the brain with a minimally invasive technique. Our research focuses on the application for continuum and magnetically actuated robotic tools. This presentation will be an overview of current clinical motivations, robotic mechanism design and surgical phantoms.