Investigation of bioinspired gecko fibers to improve adhesion of HeartLander surgical robot

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 908-911

  Tortora, Giuseppe ^a   Glass, Paul ^b   Wood, Nathan ^c   Aksak, Burak ^d   Menciassi, Arianna ^a   Sitti, Metin ^e   Riviere, Cameron ^c  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b NanoGriptech LLC   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Texas Tech University   (United States)

^e CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEATING HEART; BIO-INSPIRED; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; EX-VIVO; INNER SURFACES; MEDICAL ROBOTS; MICROFIBERS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; MUSCLE TISSUES; SURGICAL ROBOTS; TRACTION PERFORMANCE;

ADHESION; MUSCLE;

SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; HEART SURGERY; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIZARD; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HINDLIMB; HUMANS; LIZARDS; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881039168     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346079     Document Type: Conference Paper

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