Increasing accessibility to medical robotics education

Caroline G.L. Cao, Ethan Danahy

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Abstract

To overcome existing barriers in medical robotics education, this paper presents work done during a joint-collaboration project that creates a new educational toolset and associated curriculum for demonstrating telesurgery applications. Created using the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robotics set, programmed with LabVIEW, and capable of doing real-time closed-loop control over large distances, the project team developed a product aimed at influencing 6 th to 8th grade classrooms by exposing the students to engineering design and communication topics within the real-world application of medical robotics.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2011 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications, TePRA 2011
Pages49-53
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event2011 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications, TePRA 2011 - Woburn, MA, United States
Duration: Apr 11 2011Apr 12 2011

Publication series

Name2011 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications, TePRA 2011

Conference

Conference2011 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications, TePRA 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWoburn, MA
Period4/11/114/12/11

Keywords

  • LEGO
  • medical robotic
  • telesurgery

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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