BME8138 - Robotics in Minimally Invasive Healthcare | ||||||||||
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* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice | ||||||||||
Course Aims | ||||||||||
There is a growing demand for minimally
invasive or even non-invasive diagnostics and therapeutics in modern
healthcare. The application of robotics in healthcare
brings benefits to the patients by ameliorating suffering and expediting
recovery. This course will cover the history and the state-of-the-art of the
development and deployment of robotic systems in minimally invasive healthcare.
This course will teach the concepts, working principles, constraints, and open challenges
in this field. Representative robotic systems will be analysed and compared from
the perspectives of human involvement (from teleoperation to AI-powered autonomy),
versatility (from disease-specific to general purpose), accessibility (from
expensive dedicated systems to low-cost mobile modules), and size scale (from
interacting with whole body to interacting with single cells). A library of topics
to discuss include da Vinci surgical systems, robotic catheters and endoscopes,
swallowable capsules, lab/organ-on-a-chip devices, AI in healthcare, micro/nanorobots,
etc. | ||||||||||
Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information) | ||||||||||
Continuous Assessment: 40% | ||||||||||
Examination: 60% | ||||||||||
Examination Duration: 2 hours | ||||||||||
Detailed Course Information | ||||||||||
BME8138.pdf | ||||||||||
Useful Links | ||||||||||
Department of Biomedical Engineering |