Medical Robots are transforming the healthcare landscape by applying robotic technologies across several aspects of patient care. Though medical robots can be classified based on several aspects such as field of application, target anatomical region or surgical and non-surgical robots, an important classification is based on the compliant nature of the robotic systems i.e., soft robotics and robots with rigid structures. Through this dissertation we present the development of two medical robotic devices, each falling under two separate categories i.e., a soft robotic device applied to tele-palpation and training and a rigid robotic device for orthognathic surgery. We design and develop a novel tactile display apparatus to facilitate medical palpation and enable early diagnosis of a possibly cancerous tumor or thyroid lump. We also design and develop a prototype of a surgical robotic device for orthognathic surgery, that can eliminate the intra-operative device registration, thereby simplifying the robotic procedure with a smaller footprint.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ucf.edu/oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:etd2020-2902 |
| Date | 01 January 2022 |
| Creators | Sikander, Sakura |
| Publisher | STARS |
| Source Sets | University of Central Florida |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020- |
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