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Christian starts his period abroad at the University of Melbourne
Oct. 7, 2014—October 2014. STORM Lab’s graduate student Christian Di Natali started a period of research work on Local Magnetic Actuation at the University of Melbourne under the supervision of Dr. Denny Oetomo.
The STORM is awarded a $1.5M NIH R01 Grant
Sep. 23, 2014—September 2014. The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at the NIH awarded the proposal “A magnetic capsule endoscope for colonoscopy in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease” with a 4-year Bioengineering Research Partnerships R01 grant. We will now work to develop a robotic platform for magnetic soft-tethered colonoscopy that can be transitioned to human...
The STORM Lab at SMIT 2014
Sep. 23, 2014—September 2014. Gabriel Scozzarro represented the STORM Lab the 26th International Conference of the Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (SMIT) in Shanghai, China. Gabriel was presenting the work “Ultra low-cost endoscopy for gastric cancer screening in low resource settings” by R. Caprara, C. Di Natali, M. Becanni, G. Scozzarro, D. Morgan, K. Obstein, P....
The STORM Lab at Eurosensors 2014
Sep. 10, 2014—September 2014. Marco is presenting a poster about wireless tissue palpation at Eurosensors 2014 in Brescia, Italy.
Wireless insufflation paper featured on the cover page of Endoscopy
Aug. 27, 2014—May 2014. The paper “Controlled colonic insufflation by a remotely-triggered capsule for improved mucosal visualization” by T. Pasricha, B. F. Smith, V. R. Mitchell, B. Fang, E. Brooks, J. Gerding, M. Washington, P. Valdastri, K. L. Obstein was featured on the cover page of the May 2014 issue of Endoscopy. Congratulations to the co-authors!!
STORM Lab second at the 2014 ASME Student Mechanism & Robot Design Competition
Aug. 25, 2014—August 2014. The work “Laparoscopic Retractor Based on Local Magnetic Actuation” by N. Garbin, C. Di Natali, J. Buzzi, E. De Momi, P. Valdastri and presented by Nicolò Garbin and Gabriel Scozzarro at the 2014 ASME Student Mechanism & Robot Design Competition in Buffalo, NY won the second place. Congratulations to everybody!
New grad students starting in the STORM Lab
Aug. 18, 2014—August 2014. The STORM Lab welcomes Piotr Slavinsky from University of Nebraska — Lincoln and Nicolò Garbin from Politecnico di Milano as new graduate students in Mechanical Engineering. We also welcome Addisu Taddese, moving his research primarily on medical robotics at the STORM Lab. We wish you all a great success in research. May your...
Moving to the new space
Aug. 15, 2014—August 15, 2014 (Ferragosto). After three years of operations in 600 sqft, the STORM Lab moves to a larger space (1,100 sqft). Here a quick peek to the new lab right after moving day.
STORM Lab at ICRA 2014
Aug. 7, 2014—June 2014. Charreau S. Bell presented at ICRA 2014 in Hong Kong the study “Six DOF Pose Estimation for Teleoperated Flexible Endoscopes Using Optical Flow: A Comparative Study” carried on in collaboration with Gianluca Mariottini’s group at University of Texas — Arlington.
Top 10 abstract at EUS 2014
Aug. 7, 2014—May 2014. The abstract “Laparoscopic wireless palpation probe: Feasibility of simulated tumor detection in a human prostate” by C. Mitchell, M. Beccani, C. Di Natali, A. Benson, S. D. Herrell, P. Valdastri was selected in the Top 10 for the Engineering and Urology Society Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL.