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Head of Group

Prof Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena

B415C Bessemer Building

South Kensington Campus

 

About us

The MIM Lab develops robotic and mechatronics surgical systems for a variety of procedures.

Research lab info

What we do

The Mechatronics in Medicine Laboratory develops robotic and mechatronics surgical systems for a variety of procedures including neuro, cardiovascular, orthopaedic surgeries, and colonoscopies. Examples include bio-inspired catheters that can navigate along complex paths within the brain (such as EDEN2020), soft robots to explore endoluminal anatomies (such as the colon), and virtual reality solutions to support surgeons during knee replacement surgeries.

Why it is important?

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How can it benefit patients?

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Meet the team

Mr Zejian Cui

Mr Zejian Cui

Mr Zejian Cui
Research Postgraduate

Mr Zhaoyang Jacopo Hu

Mr Zhaoyang Jacopo Hu

Mr Zhaoyang Jacopo Hu
Research Postgraduate

Mr Spyridon Souipas

Mr Spyridon Souipas

Mr Spyridon Souipas
Casual - Other work

Ms Emilia Zari

Ms Emilia Zari

Ms Emilia Zari
Research Postgraduate

Citation

BibTex format

@inproceedings{Runciman:2023:10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10161573,
author = {Runciman, M and Franco, E and Avery, J and Rodriguez, y Baena F and Mylonas, G},
doi = {10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10161573},
pages = {1--7},
publisher = {IEEE},
title = {Model based position control of soft hydraulic actuators},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10161573},
year = {2023}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - CPAPER
AB - In this article, we investigate the model based position control of soft hydraulic actuators arranged in an an-tagonistic pair. A dynamical model of the system is constructed by employing the port-Hamiltonian formulation. A control algorithm is designed with an energy shaping approach, which accounts for the pressure dynamics of the fluid. A nonlinear observer is included to compensate the effect of unknown external forces. Simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, and experiments achieve positioning accuracy of 0.043 mm with a standard deviation of 0.033 mm in the presence of constant external forces up to 1 N.
AU - Runciman,M
AU - Franco,E
AU - Avery,J
AU - Rodriguez,y Baena F
AU - Mylonas,G
DO - 10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10161573
EP - 7
PB - IEEE
PY - 2023///
SP - 1
TI - Model based position control of soft hydraulic actuators
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10161573
UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10161573
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/104013
ER -

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Bessemer Building
South Kensington Campus
Imperial College
London, SW7 2AZ
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