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The STORM Lab at ICRA 2016
Ph.D. students Nicolo Garbin and Piotr Slawinski, along with Dr. Valdastri, traveled to the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Stockholm, Sweden (May 16-21, 2016) to present their paper: N. Garbin, P. Slawinski, G. Aiello, C. Karraz, P. Valdastri, “Laparoscopic… Read MoreJune 6, 2016
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The STORM Lab at DDW 2016
May 21-24, 2016. The abstract “Evaluation of a Novel Magnetic Actuated Capsule Endoscope for Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Preliminary Feasibility Study” by Addisu Z. Taddese, Piotr R. Slawinski, Kyle B. Musto, Pietro Valdastri, Keith L. Obstein was presented at a poster session at the Digestive Disease Week 2016… Read MoreMay 28, 2016
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STORM Lab research featured by WIRED Magazine
May 26, 2016. STORM Lab research on magnetic and painless colonoscopy has been featured by WIRED Magazine. Read the article here. Read MoreMay 27, 2016
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STORM Lab research featured by NSF Science360’s Super Science Show
December 2015. In NSF Science360’s Super Science Show, Charlie and Jordan explore Vanderbilt’s new open-source medical capsule robots’ hardware and software. Researchers around the globe who want to customize medical capsule robots won’t have to start from scratch anymore. Here the link to the coolest description ever of… Read MoreDecember 7, 2015
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The HydroJet featured by VUCast for low-cost gastric cancer screening in low-income countries
The HydroJet platform — designed to provide an ultra-low-cost option for gastric cancer screening in rural areas of low-income countries — has been featured in a clip by VUCast. VUCast Vanderbilt in Central America… Read MoreNovember 17, 2015
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The NSF-funded design environment for medical capsule robots goes open-source and is featured by IEEE Spectrum
November 2015. The open source design environment for the rapid prototyping of medical capsule robots is officially launched. Read more here. IEEE Spectrum, the main magazine of IEEE, features our design environment in this report by Emily Waltz. Read MoreNovember 4, 2015
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STORM Lab educational robotic toolkit wins $10,000 competition
The STORM Lab educational robotic toolkit has been selected as one of the three winners of the Silicon Labs and Digi-Key Your IoT contest. Eka Susilo will now receive $10,000 in Silicon Labs Components supplied through Digi-Key to expand the robotic toolkit and bring it to local high… Read MoreAugust 4, 2015
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STORM Lab educational robotic toolkit featured by Vanderbilt press
The educational robotic toolkit developed at the STORM Lab has been featured by Vanderbilt press. The modular design for tiny robots – snap-together, removable magnetic plates that include motorized wheels, an accelerometer, a barometer and other functions, depending on what the user wants to do – is an affordable… Read MoreAugust 4, 2015