RoboPatient - Robot assisted learning of constrained haptic information gain
Lead Research Organisation:
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Department Name: Engineering
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Fumiya Iida (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Costi L
(2021)
Comparative Analysis of Model-Based Predictive Shared Control for Delayed Operation in Object Reaching and Recognition Tasks With Tactile Sensing.
in Frontiers in robotics and AI
Costi L
(2022)
Bioinspired Soft Bendable Peristaltic Pump Exploiting Ballooning for High Volume Throughput
in IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
Gilday K
(2022)
Intelligent Soft Hands and Benchmarking towards General-Purpose Robotic Manipulation
in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Hashem R
(2022)
Bio-Inspired Robots Imitating Human Organs with Embodied Intelligence Behaviour
in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
He L
(2021)
An Abdominal Phantom With Tunable Stiffness Nodules and Force Sensing Capability for Palpation Training
in IEEE Transactions on Robotics
He L
(2023)
Robotic Simulators for Tissue Examination Training With Multimodal Sensory Feedback.
in IEEE reviews in biomedical engineering
| Description | We have developed a robotic framework to give positive impact on the training processes of practitioners. We conducted thorough interviews and workshop to discuss the practical needs and challenges with the practitioners, and started investigating the solutions toward these findings. One of the main outcome of this project is to develop a robotic platform of physical palpation that can be control by human users while evaluating the physical contact quality. |
| Exploitation Route | We submitted an additional funded research proposal to take the findings forward to be used in more practical situations, possibly including more practitioners and equipment manufacturers. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Electronics Healthcare |
| Description | Discussions with actual practitioners have led to mutual understanding of practical needs and technological challenges to be investigated collectively in the future. A number of younger students have expressed their interests in studying and researching in this area of technologies. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
| Sector | Education,Electronics,Healthcare |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal |
| Description | International Workshop on Embodied Intelligence |
| Amount | £22,159 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T033142/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Materials: Soft Functional Materials for Bio-Robotics |
| Amount | £25,202 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/X004961/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2022 |
| End | 10/2023 |
| Description | Self-Healing Soft Robotics |
| Amount | € 2,950,446 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | Grant Agreement ID: 828818 |
| Organisation | European Commission H2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 05/2019 |
| End | 05/2022 |
| Description | Soft, Self-responsive, Smart MAterials for RoboTs |
| Amount | € 3,978,529 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | EC Contract No: 860108 |
| Organisation | Marie Curie |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 02/2024 |
| Description | Collaborations with Prof Perla Maiolino at Oxford University |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Oxford Hub |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Experimental research and collaborative publications based on the sensor technologies of the partner. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provide the technological expertise in tactile sensing and data analysis for the experimental research and publications. |
| Impact | Model-Free Soft-Structure Reconstruction for Proprioception Using Tactile Arrays. L Scimeca, J Hughes, P Maiolino, F Iida. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 4 (3), 2479-248, 2019 |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Fumiya Iida visiting the University of Tokyo |
| Organisation | University of Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I stayed at the University of Tokyo for five months to discuss new research collaboration projects. I have also contributed to the group meetings and student/researcher supervision at the host institution. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partner provided me the research opportunities with their group members. They also gave us many opportunities to present our work in various departments and universities. |
| Impact | Not yet published |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Prof Kohei Nakajima visit to Cambridge January-March 2019 |
| Organisation | University of Tokyo |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Research collaboration with Prof Nakajima for co-supervision of students as well as co-publication of technical papers. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Based on the theoretical physics background of Prof Nakajima, we have established unique experimental research collaborations on the analysis of unconventional robot dynamics. |
| Impact | Collaborations are still in progress and the outcome needs to come in the near future. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Thilina Lalitharatne |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | A researcher visiting our lab for collaborative experimental research for the RoboPatient project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Experimental expertise and discussions for producing new research results |
| Impact | We have co-authored technical publications in robotics journals and conferences. We have co-supervised undergrad and postgrad research students. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | UK-RAS Network Strategic Task Group on Soft Robotics |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We co-develop a academic-industry network of soft robotics researchers and end users. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We co-develop a academic-industry network of soft robotics researchers and end users. |
| Impact | We have organized two workshops with the stake holders in 2020, to discuss the current issues of the field and actions to be taken. Each workshop attracted 20-30 participants both from academia and industry. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | UK-RAS Network Strategic Task Group on Soft Robotics |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We co-develop a academic-industry network of soft robotics researchers and end users. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We co-develop a academic-industry network of soft robotics researchers and end users. |
| Impact | We have organized two workshops with the stake holders in 2020, to discuss the current issues of the field and actions to be taken. Each workshop attracted 20-30 participants both from academia and industry. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | BT Public Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to give a seminar for BT Public Engagement Team to introduce Soft Robotics Research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Embodied Intelligence Workshop 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | International workshop on Embodied Intelligence held on March 22-24, 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://embodied-intelligence.org |
| Description | ICRA2020 BPIL Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave an invited talk at Brain Inspired Perception Interaction and Learning Workshop held in the context of International Conference of Robotics and Automation (ICRA2020). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://brain-pil.github.io/icra2020/ |
| Description | International Conference of Embodied Intelligence 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Online free conference to invite world-leading researchers in the field of Embodied Intelligence |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://embodied-intelligence.org |
| Description | Invited Seminar at Nanjing University of Science and Technology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to give a seminar talk at Nanjing University of Science and Technology. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Invited Talk at IROS2020 RoPat Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave an invited talk at IROS2020 RoPat Workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/morph-lab/events/ropat20-iros-workshop/ |
| Description | Invited Talk at IROS2020 Workshop on Application-Driven Soft Robotic Systems: Translational Challenges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave an invited talk at IROS2020 Workshop on Application-Driven Soft Robotic Systems: Translational Challenges |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://ori.ox.ac.uk/labs/srl/iros2020/ |
| Description | Invited lecture at the IROS2021 Workshop on Robotics for the future of smart factory applications |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture at the IROS2021 Workshop on Robotics for the future of smart factory applications |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited lecture at the IROS2021 Workshop on Self-Healing Soft Robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture at the IROS2021 Workshop on Self-Healing Soft Robotics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited lecture at the Seasonal School on Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies based on Soft Robotics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited lecture at the Seasonal School on Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies based on Soft Robotics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Online seminar talk at Beihang University (China) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited seminar talk at Beihang University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Plenary Talk at TAROS 2020 Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I gave a plenary lecture at the TAROS conference about the topic of Soft Robotics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/conference/fac-eng/taros/index.aspx |
| Description | SMART Project Training Event Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I geve an introductory lecture of soft sensing in the training event for EU H2020 Innovative Training Network Project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.smartitn.eu/training-events/ |
| Description | UK-RAS Conference Plenary Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I gave a plenary talk at the UK RAS Conference, for mostly academic researchers and students in Robotics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ukras.org/publications/ras-proceedings/UKRAS20/ |