Lab News
The paper "Remote active magnetic actuation for a single-access surgical robotic manipulator" by C. Di Natali and P. Valdastri was awarded with the “OLYMPUS ISCAS Best Paper Award” at the XVI Annual Conference of the International Society for Computer Aided Surgery (ISCAS) co-located with Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) 2012 in Pisa, Italy.
Jun. 30, 2012—Read the VUSE press release.
The students built a wireless swimming robot in Wireless Mechatronics Class given by Dr.Pietro Valdastri.
May. 4, 2012—The students, Christian Di Natali, Hunter Gilbert, Erdem Erdemir and the teaching assistant Marco Beccani built a wireless swimming robot in Wireless Mechatronics Class given by Dr. Pietro Valdastri.
Remote active magnetic actuation for a single-access surgical robotic manipulator Paper
Feb. 10, 2012—The paper “Remote active magnetic actuation for a single-access surgical robotic manipulator” by C. Di Natali and P. Valdastri has been accepted for CARS 2012.
Magnetic Mechanism for Wireless Capsule Biopsy Paper
Feb. 10, 2012—The paper “Magnetic Mechanism for Wireless Capsule Biopsy” by M. Simi, G. Gerboni, A. Menciassi and P. Valdastri has been selected for the 3-in-5 competition at the 2012 Design of Medical Devices Conference. Only 10 papers out of 112 contributions have been selected for the competition.
Welcome Giulia!!!
Jan. 9, 2012—Welcome Giulia!!! Giulia is working toward her Master Thesis in BME at University of Pisa.
Welcome Sissi and Lorenza!!!
Jan. 5, 2012—Welcome Sissi and Lorenza!!! Sissi and Lorenza are working toward their Master Thesis in BME at University of Pisa.
Welcome Charreau!!!
Jan. 5, 2012—Welcome Charreau!!! Charreau starts an internship at the STORM Lab toward admission as Grad student.
Trans-abdominal Active Magnetic Linkage for Robotic Surgery: Concept Definition and Model Assessment Paper
Dec. 31, 2011—The paper “Trans-abdominal Active Magnetic Linkage for Robotic Surgery: Concept Definition and Model Assessment” by C. Dinatali, T. Ranzani, M. Simi, A. Menciassi and P. Valdastri has been accepted for IEEE ICRA 2012
Magnetic Mechanism for Wireless Capsule Biopsy Paper
Dec. 23, 2011—The paper “Magnetic Mechanism for Wireless Capsule Biopsy” by M. Simi, G. Gerboni, A. Menciassi and P. Valdastri has been accepted for the 2012 Design of Medical Devices Conference
The ViSE (Vanderbilt Initiative in Surgery and Engineering) kicks off
Nov. 17, 2011—VISE Website
