Medical Robotics 1 (4 ECTS)

Overview

Description:
This course will cover:

  • Introduction to Medical Robotics – State of the Art
  • Design of Surgical Robots – Operational Safety
  • Motion Generation and Control
  • Force-based control in medical and surgical robotics

This course includes practical exercises designed to help students better understand the course material.

Objectives:
The objective of this course is to provide students with an introduction to the field of surgical robotics. The goal is to enable students to understand the needs expressed by clinicians and to illustrate, through several examples, the process that led to the design and development of robots used in surgical procedures. Certain design elements and control architectures will be discussed, with an emphasis on the need to ensure the safety of both the patient and the medical team.

Hourly volumes:

Lectures: 16.5 hours
Tutorials:
Lab sessions: 24 hours
Fieldwork: 0 hours

Required prerequisites:

Bachelor's degree in science or health sciences.

Recommended prerequisites:

No changes

More information

Assessment:

Continuous Integral Control (CIC)

Course Syllabus:

This course will cover:

  • Introduction to Medical Robotics – State of the Art
  • Design of Surgical Robots – Operational Safety
  • Motion Generation and Control
  • Force-based control in medical and surgical robotics

This course includes practical exercises designed to help students better understand the course material.

Contacts

Program Director: Salih Abdelaziz (salih.abdelaziz@umontpellier.fr), Emmanuel Le Clézio (
) Administrative Contact(s): Claudie Fabry