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GermanyJet Propulsion LaboratoryKahn Medical Robotics Lab, TechnionKAIST KAIST, Seoul, KoreaKatholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Mechanical EngineeringKlinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde Universitätsklinikum LeipzigKlinikum rechts der Isar der TUM, Arbeitsgruppe MITIl'Equipe AVR; LSIIT, Université Louis Pasteur, Illkirch, FRANCELAAS / CNRSLabor für Biomechanik und experimentelle OrthopädieLaboratoire Ampere UMR CNRSLaboratoire d’Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier, University of Montpellier IILaboratoire Robotique de Paris (LRP), LIRMM, CEALaboratoire TIMCLaboratoire TIMC-IMAG, La TroncheLaboratorio di Biomechanica, Insituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Laboratorium für Medizinrobotik, Sektion sensorische BiophysikLaboratory for Biomechanis and Experimental Orthopaedics, University Medical Centre Mannheim, University of HeidelbergLaboratory for Biorheology and Medical Ultrasonics, University of Montréal Hospital Research CenterLaboratory for Computational Motor Control, Johns Hopkins UniversityLaboratory of Biomechanical Engineering, University of TwenteLaboratory of Robotic Systems, École Polytéchnique Fédérale de LausanneLARM, CassinoLehrstuhl für angewandte Informatik IIILehrstuhl für Informatikanwendungen in der Medizin TU MünchenLehrstuhl Informatik VI, TU MünchenLemelson-MIT Leonard MedicalLIRMMLIRMM UMR 5506 CNRSLIRMM, CHU, LAAS, Sinters SA.LIRMM, distributed by Zimmer Inc, Warsaw, IN, USALIRMM, LRP, CEA/SRSI and Pitié Salpêtrière hospital (Paris), in the framework of ROBEA LIRMM, LRP, TIMC , CEA, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, CHU de Grenoble LIRMM-UMR CNRS, University of Montpellier IILSIIT, Université Louis Pasteur, Illkirch, FRANCEMAHI Lab, Rice UniversityMAKO Surgical SystemsMechanical Engineering Department, KAISTMechanical Engineering Department, Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMechanical Engineering Department, Yuan Ze UniversityMechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, Hitachi, ATRE-LabMechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, Hitachi, ATRE-Lab, Brigham&Women, Radiolog Dept (Kikinis)Mechanical Engineering, University of MaineMechanical Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of DelawareMechatonics Faculty, FH Regensburg, Mechatronicsin Medicine Group, Imperial College LondonMEDACTA AGMedical Applications Research GroupMedical IntelligenceMedical Robotics GroupMemorial Medical CenterMERCIS Lab, Case Western Reserve UniversityMicro Technology and Medical Device Engineering, TU MünchenMicrodexterity Systems, Inc.Microdexterity Systems, Inc. und SandiaMIMEDMIMED, TU MünchenMitsuishi lab.(NML), School of Engineering, University of TokyoMobile Robotics Sweden ABMoscow State Industrial University,MRC-systems GmbHNanoRobotics Lab, Carnegie Mellon UniversityNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering (HSBE), Surgical AssisNational Taipei University of TechnologyNeurovisualization Lab., University of VirginiaNorthwestern University, Laboratory for Intelligent Mechanical Systemsnovineon Healthcare Technology Partners GmbHOlympus Corp.OLYMPUS Optical Co., Ltd.ONERA/DCSDOsaka University, Department of Mechanical EngineeringPatent, no institution knownPERCRO, Scuola Superiore Sant'AnnaPhilips Medical SystemsPMAR Robot Design Research Group, DIMEC, University of GenovaPRAXIM medivision, TIMC, NCL laboratory at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, CanadaPrecision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of TechnologyPrecision Impants AGPRISM Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel UniversityProsurigcs LtdPrzemys_owy Instytut Automatyki i Pomiarów PIAPReha-StimResearch Group On Intelligent Robotics and Systems, Technical University of CataloniaRestauration robotics IncRitsumeikan University, Nakagyo-kuRobarts Research InstituteRobocast ConsortiumRobot Design Center, Oklahoma State UniversityRobotic Systems & Technologies, IncRobotics and Bio-Mechatronics Lab., POSTECHRobotics and Bio-Mechatronics Laboratory at POSTECH, KOREARobotics Institute, Beihang UniversityRobotics Institute, Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, BeijingRobotics Institute, Carnegie MellonRobotics Institute, Harbin Institute of TechnologyRobotics Laboratory Politecnico die MilanoRobotics Laboratory, Dept. of electrical Engineering and Computer Sciene, Santa Clara UniversityRobotics Research Centre, Division of Mechatronics and Design, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological UniversityRWTH-Aachen / Lehrstuhl für Biomedizinische Technik RWTH-Aachen / Lehrstuhl für Medizintechnik Saga University, HonjomachiSchool of Computing and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen’s UniversitySchool of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Hanyang UniversitySchool of Engineering, Tokyo University, JapanSchool of Engineering, University of Tokyo School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeSchool of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological UniversitySchool of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue UniversitySchool of Science and Engineering, The Clinico-Medical Science Laboratory, Tokyo Denki UniversitySensor Based Planning Lab, Carnegie Mellon UniversitySensory-Motor Systems Lab.Sinters SASmart Systems Research Lab, NASA, AMESSRI InternationalStanford research InstituteSurgical Assist Technology GroupSurgical Planning Lab, Brigham & Woman's Hospital, BostonSurgical Robotics LabTechnion - Israel Institute of TechnologyTelerobotics and control LaboratoryThe Acrobot Company Ltd.The Mechatronics Group, DIMEGThe Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon UniversityThe University of TokyoTokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo Institute of Technology, YokohamaTokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyTokyo Women's Medical University (AIST, Tsukuba, Japan)Uni KA, Uni HD, DKFZUniversity Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Laboratory for BiomechanicsUniversity Medical Center, UtrechtUniversity of BristolUniversity of Genova, PMAR Robot Design Research GroupUniversity of Tokyo, JapanUniversity School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Matsumoto, JapanUROBotics Lab, Johns Hopkins University URobotics Laboratory, Urology, Johns Hopkins MedicineURS GmbHVarian Medical Systems, Inc.Vision and Robotics Laboratory Waseda UniversityWaseda University, TokyoWittenstein intens GmbHz-KAT Inc. ------------------------------------- [ project status ] ------------------------------------- commercially availablecommerical usecommerical use, wird nicht mehr hergestelltexperimental set-upexperimental usen/a ------------------------------------- [ seriell, parallel or hybrid ] ------------------------------------- "Pill" with special "sticking feet"1 DOF1 DOF rotation1 DOF, translatory1 linear axis, 1 rotation, 1 grasping1-achs needle insertion1-axis drilling machine, handheld1-DOF1-DOF actuate clamp on a passive arm1-DOF drill guide mounted to SPINEBOT1-DOF in-out1-DOF linear drive1-DOF piezo-driven1-DOF telcopic intramedullary nail2 active DOFs2 Bendable 8-DOF arms 1 single bendable endoscope2 DOF bending and rotating kinematics2 DOF bending kinematics, Guidance of laser fibre2 DOF flexble tube, 2x-DOF manipulating arms2 DOF parallel kinematics2 DOF platform2 rotational DOF 2-axis positiong table2-axis special kinematics2-DOF rotatoric kinematics2-DOF (3?), handheld kinematics2-DOF Bohrmaschine die am CT-Scanner befestigt wird.2-DOF forceps2-DOF forceps bending manipulator2-DOF forceps handheld forceps manipulator2-DOF kinematics (in/out, rotation) mounted to a headframe2-DOF movement of a prism2-DOF movements of the field of viw2-DOF nitinol bending tool tip2-DOF pan/tilt unit on 6-DOF passive arm, 1-DOF linear motion unit for zooming2-DOF parallel (lever-) kinematics2-DOF parallel kinematics, selfmade2-DOF RCM2DOF scanning2x1 DOF2x3 DOF2x4 DOF +1x3 DoF camera guidance3 6-DOF arms based on 4-bar-parallelogramm and SCARA-kinematics. Two passive, 1 active3 DOF (left/right, up/down, in/out movements, movable CCD3 DOF (left/right, up/down, in/out movements. bending tip3 DOF bendin instrument tip3 DOF bending laparsocopic instrument guidance3 DOF forceps kinematics with supporting stand3 DOF mobile platform3 DOF mobile platform with 6-DOF articulated arm3 DOF moving3 DOF of which one linear is actuated3 DOF parallel kinematics with pneumatic muscles as actuators3 DOF passive pre-positioning (SCARA), 5-DOF active robot3 DOF rotation at instrument tip3 DOF table, beam shaper (multi-lead collimator), beam rotates around patient3 DOF, articulated arm, hydraulically actuation3 DOF: 2-DOF arcs and in/out-movements3 industrial articulated arm robots3 joints, 1 actuator3 single-DOF fingers3 translational stages mounted orthogonally3+3-axis selfmade serial parallelogram kinematics set-up on a carriage3+3-axis Trokar (in vivo pig-Test)3-axis articulated arm3-axis forceps kinematics, selfmade3-axis kinematics3-axis paralle kinematics3-axis parallel kinematics (tripod) with piezo actuation3-axis portal robter with 3-DOF hand3-axis-RCM kinematics3-DOF "Delta"-Kinematics3-DOF active endoscopy moving two 5-DOF forceps3-DOF actulated arm 3-DOF bending needle made from a standard 20-gauge Biopsy needle3-DOF bending needle made from nitinol with a gripper at the distal end3-DOF bending, pre-curved nitinol tubes3-DOF Cartesian stage and 2 DOF isocentric instrument guidance3-DOF Delta, Servomotoren (PAD?)3-DOF electro-hydraulically actuated serial kinematics3-DOF Endscopic guidance: left/right, up/down, in(out)3-DOF hybrid Cartesian and parallel kinematics3-DOF kinematics (height, angle, depth, breast clamping3-DOF kinematics (pan, tilt, zoom)3-DOF omnidirectional platform (4 wheels), 7-DOF arm by Schunk3-DOF parallel kinematics stage moves two independant 1-DOF needle drivers3-DOF parallel kinematics with rotating actuators3-DOF patient table positioning3-DOF poistioning, 1 DOF rotating kinematics3-DOF rotation3-DOF serial kinematics3-DOF serial kinematics (2 trans., 1 rot.)3-DOF tendon-driven wristlike-manipulator3-DOF translational robot on passive holder3-DOF translatoric stage, 2-DOF passive RCM kinematics3-DOF wrist with divergent axes, 3 DOF passive positioning device3-DOF-SCARA3-fingered hand with opposed thum4 (in/out, inlcination angle, 2 rotations for the ultarsound probe)4 articulated robot arms, special suturing tool4 axis (3 active translating, 1 passsive rotating) serial kinematics4 DOF serial arm4+1DOF serial chain4-axis kinematics, selfmade4-axis parallel kinematics, selfmade4-DOF articulated arm4-DOF articulated arm with hydraulic actuation4-DOF dual planar (hybrid) kinematics4-DOF hybrid kinematics (Tripod with additional z-axis)4-DOF kinematics4-DOF Parallelogram kinematics4-DOF SCARA (by Sankyo)4-DOF SCARA (IBM 7575)4-DOF SCARA robot for industrial deployment (IBM 7576), "Persicope-type" optics4-DOF SCARA-kinematics4-DOF: pivoting and 2 DOF pan&tilt-kamera movements4DOF active RCM holder, two 4-DOF arms: 4+2 4DOF4DOF-arme5 axis serial kinematics, selfmade5 DOF SCARA5+2 DOF parallel kinematics mounted to the patients abdomen5-axis -SCARA for industrial deployment5-axis articulated arm5-axis SCARA for industrial deployment5-axis SCARA-type articulated arm5-axis seial kinematics (3 trans., 2 rot axes)5-axis serial kinematics 5-axis serial kinematics, selfmade5-DOF (two five-bar parallel mechanisms mounted in parallel)5-DOF bending kinematics5-DOF fluoroscopic imager5-DOF hybrid kinematics (2-DOF stage, 2-DOF five-bar-linkage, 1-DOF insertion)5-DOF motorised patient positioning table5-DOF parallel kinematics5-DOF parallel kinematics with fixed actuator5-DOF parallel kinematics with pneumatic stepper motors5-DOF parallelogram kinematics5-DOF SCARA5-DOF serial kinematics (slave arm), parallel kinematics (master-arm) two slave arms5-DOF serial kinematics: 4-DOF stage and 1-axis tool movements5-DOF, articulated arm, selfmade5-DOF-kinematics:two 5-bar planar arms move a connecting element6 DOF articulated arm (A460 by CRSPlus)6 DOF articulated arm kinematics for industrial dployment (PUMA 200)6 DOF PUMA 5606 DOF SCARA robot for industrial deployment6 DOF serial mechanism, US-actuated6-Achs-Knickarm (Stäubli RX 130)6-Achs-Knickarm, Industrieroboter6-Achsen Hexapod, handgehalten, Eigenbau6-axis articulated arm ("virtuose arm")6-axis articulated arm (MACRO-Manipulation) carries 6 DOF selfmade parallel kinematics (MICRO-Manipu6-axis articulated arm for industrial deployment 6-axis articulated arm for industrial deployment (KUKA)6-axis articulated arm for industrial deployment (PUMA 560)6-axis articulated arm industrial robot (Kawasaki FS-02)6-axis articulated arm kinematics (selfmade)6-axis articulated arm robot ( PUMA 260), robot moves socillating saw and a drill guide6-axis articulated arm robot (by Stäubli) 6-axis articulated arm robot for industrial deployment6-axis articulated arm robot for industrial deployment (by MOTOMAN)6-axis articulated arm robot for industrial deployment (KUKA KR3)6-axis articulated arm robot for industrial deployment (PUMA 260)6-axis articulated arm, ceeling-mounted6-axis hexapod, bone-mounted, selfmade6-axis hexapod, selfmade6-axis industrial articulated arm robot6-axis passive serial kinematics (like a Faro-arm)6-axis SCARA-type articulated arm6-axis serial kinematics, selfmade6-axis-Hexapod (by PI)6-axis-Hexapod, selfmade6-axis: 3 rot DOF around invarioant point, Additinally 6 displacement axes, 900 kg (sic!)6-DOF articualted arm for industrial deployment6-DOF articulaed arm kinematics for industrial deployment (by Mitsubishi)6-DOF articulated arm6-DOF articulated arm (by Stäubli, see Caspar)6-DOF articulated arm (CRS F3)6-DOF articulated arm (PUMA 562) with an additional 3-DOF parallel robot attached6-DOF articulated arm (Zebra ZERO by Integrated Motions, Inc., Berkeley, CA, USA)6-DOF articulated arm for industrial deployment6-DOF articulated arm for industrial deployment (Mitsubishi PA10)6-DOF articulated arm for industrial deployment (Mitsubishi RV1A)6-DOF articulated arm for industrial deployment (Säubli, see CASPAR)6-DOF articulated arm for insudtrial deployment (PUMA 200)6-DOF articulated arm kinematics for industrial eploymet (Stäubli RX90, ex CASPAR)6-DOF articulated arm next to the OR table6-DOF articulated arm robot6-DOF articulated arm robot (Mitsubishi)6-DOF articulated arm robot (NEUROMATE?)6-DOF articulated arm robot by FANUC6-DOF articulated arm robot combined with 6-DOF parallel kinematics6-DOF articulated arm robot for industrial deployment6-DOF articulated arm robot for industrial deployment (American CIMFLEX)6-DOF articulated arm robot for industrial deployment (American Robot Co)6-DOF articulated arm robot for industrial deployment (by CRS)6-DOF articulated arm robot for industrial deployment (Kawasaki FS-03N)6-DOF articulated arm robot for industrial deployment (KUKA KR3)6-DOF articulated arm robot for industrial deployment (PUMA), moves RiceWrist6-DOF articulated arm robot for industrial deployment (Stäubli RX-60)6-DOF articulated arm robot for industrial deployment (Stäubli RX-90)6-DOF articulated arm robot for industrial deployment (Stäubli RX130)6-DOF articulated arm robot for industrial deployment (Stäubli RX60), ceeiling-mounted6-DOF articulated arm robot for industrial deployment (Unimation PUMA 500)6-DOF Epizactor6-DOF Hexaglide6-DOF Hexaglide kinematics6-DOF Hexapod6-DOF hexapod (by PI)6-DOF hexapod with serve-pneumatic actuation6-DOF Hexapod, selfmade6-DOF industrail articulated arm (ABB)6-DOF industrail articulated arm robot6-DOF pantograph with passive joints6-DOF paralell kinematics with fixed actuators6-DOF parallel kinematics (hexaglide)6-DOF parallel kinematics (Hexapod)6-DOF parallel kinematics, hexaglide-principle6-DOF parallel kinematics: 3 revolute joints, 3 translatoric joints actuated6-DOF parallel kinematics: 3 rotating joints, 3 translatorical joints actuated6-DOF parallel kinematics: 3 rotational joints, 3 prismatic joints6-DOF passive arm (actively lockable) mounted to passive multi-purpose holding device6-DOF robot mounted to head-frame, parallel-kinematics joysticks at console6-DOF selfmade serial kinematics6-DOF serial kinematics6-DOF serial kinematics (articulated arm)6-DOF serial kinematics, selfmade6-DOF-articulated arm kiematics for industrial deployment (Unimation PUMA 260)6-DOF-articulated arm kinematics on a 2-DOF base. All joints actively constrained6-DOF-parallel kinematics (Merlet-Platform)6-DOFhexapod (by PI) plus linear axis6DOF parallel kinematics, force controlled6DOF passive/active arm (patent)7 DOF dual planar five-bar linkage kinematics7-axis Delta-Robot parallel kinematics (ABB?)7-axis serial kineatics: 3-DOF Cartesian stage, 2-DOF gimbal, and 2-DOF drilling device7-DOF anthropomorphic arm7-DOF arm kinematics7-DOF articulated arm for industrial deployment (Mitsubishi PA 10)7-DOF articulated arm kinematics7-DOF articulated arm, Eigenbau7-DOF self made articulated arm. Hybrid kinematics7-DOF serial mini-arms7-DOF, serial kinematics (slave arm), parallel kinematic (master-arm)7-xis articulated arm robot for industrial deployment, only 4 DOF availableAdept viper s650adopted 6-DOF robot (PUMA 560)AID universal robot arms: snake-like (5 DOF), camera: pan/tilt (2 DOF)articualted armarticualted armsarticulated armArticulated arm (7DOF) by DLR, upper arm 385mm, forearm310mm, max 30N, WS around 200x200x100mm, m<1articulated arm with 7 DOF (by DLR and KUKA), upper arm 385mm, forearm: 310mm, max. 30N force, WS aarticulated armsarticulated arms (see AESOP)articulated arms mounted to the OR tablebenutzen derzeit in Phantom, wollen aber selbst was entwickeln.both legs: 2x2 DOFbridge-like set-up above the patient, selfmadeCartesian StageCartesian stage, selfmadeCFK patient table with parallel kinematics (Hexapod)complete DaVinci system, complete PENELOPE system and a hand full of robotic sub systemsDLR lightweight Arm III made by KUKAEigenbauEpizaktor with 3 DOFfetus support manipulator with flexible balloon-based stabilizer for endoscopic intrauterine surgeryfive-bar linkage mechanism to orientate the needle in 2 DOF. A third DOF is provided by moving the sfixed platform, adjustable height, one toolchanger, one 4-DOF armfixed platform, adjustable in height, two arms with 2 DOF and a gripperflexible endoscope (90/0/90)°, 3.5mm outer and 0.8mm inner diammeter, laser guiadance fiber insideforceps kinematics, 3 DOF eachforceps, bendable, rotation 7 DOFfour 8-DOF articulatd arm robots Gimbal mechanism, invarian point, friction wheel for in/out movementhandgehaltenes Instrument, Storzhandheld instrument (by Storz)handheld instrument, 2-DOF supporthandheld instrument, selfmadeheadframe with three independant probes with 3 DOF eachHexapodHexapod with an additional linear axisHexapod with two platforms realised as rings. Force sensors integratedk.A.large number of jointslever mechanism. Movemnets around an invariant pointMitsubishi PA10 articulated arm robotmobile 2-DOF platform and two 7-DOF articulated armsMobile basis with two main and two additioanl catapillar drives. 3 DOF articulated arm (see packbot)mobile platform (holonomic, spehrical wheels), 160cm high, 100kgMobile platform around 120cm high, 90,7 kg in weightmobile platform, about 1467mm high, 3-DOF movements, two 7-DOF arms, 111kg weightmobile robotmobile with monidirectional wheelsmobile, 3 DOF, flagella- or bacteria-drivenmobile, no moving partsmobile, steerable by external magnetic fieldmodified NEUROMATEmodular (2 DOF each) units. Prototype made of two units (--> 4 DOF)motorised 5-DOF measuring arm motorized O-Ring structureMRI compatible, special device. Mounted to the patient's abdomenmulti-joints finger (10mm diameter)n/aOnly a 6-DOX parallel kinematics setup (Hexapod) describedpan/tilt-kinematicspan/tilt-movements with parallelogram kinematics on passive stageparalle kinematics with constant leg length (Merlet-Platform). Legs rolling and crossed.parallel kinematics (Merlet-platform)parallel kinematics on seven length-variable struts and a balancerparallel kinematics with 6 DOF and additional linear axis based on the Surgiscopeparallel kinematics with four 2-link legsparallel kinemtaics. Mounted to the patient's abdomen. Use in CT scannerparallelogram kinamaticspassive 5 DOF articulated armpillPneumatically actuated serial kinematicsRCM mechanism (4 DOF) head flexion (1 DOF)RCM: 1DOF, needle insertion: 1 DOF, needle rotation: 1 DOF =3SCARA (adept) with a 3-DOF parallel robot mounted to the TCPScara-arm, horizontally movable, carries endoscopic toolSCARA-type kinematics with double forearm. Sonode: 4DOF, needle: 7 DOFSCARA-type serial kinematics Eigenbausearial kinematicsSee Endoassistselfmade 3-DOF kinematicsselfmade parallel kinematics (tripod)selfmade parallel kinematics. Pneumatic actuators, MR compatibleselfmade serial kinematicsserial kinematicsserial kinematics MRI-compatibleserial kinematics with 4 DOFserial kinematics with a 3-DOF Cartesian stage and 3 rotational DOFserial kinematics: xy-stage, angle adjustment and "tapping"-action to drive the needlesingle-axis in/out movements of the milling toolslefmade hexapodslefmade tripodSMA-driven snake-like kinematicsSMA-driven, inchworm actuationsnake-like kinematicssnake-like kinematics, selfmadesnake-like selfmade kinematicssnake-like, bendablesnake-like-kinematicssomewhat mobilespecial 3-DOF hybrid kinematics, Pantographspecial articulated arm, invariant pointspecial device. Mounted to the patient's abdomenspecial kinematics and carrying armspecial kinematics consisting of translatoric and rotatoric axesspecial kinematics with pivoting rotating and extension movementsspecial kinematics with rotating and pivoting movementsspecial kinematics: turning, panning, insertionspecial MRI-compatible serial kinematicsspecial parallel kinematics special selfmade kinematics mounted to a 6-DOF articulated arm robotspecial selfmade kinematics with a carrier armspecial selfmade parallel kinematicsspecial selfmade serial kinematics with 2 DOF translation stage and 3 DOF wristspecial serial kinematicsspecial tongue-like kinematicsspezielle Kinematik (3 Achsen) an passiven Trägerarm (7 DOF) z.T. EigenbauStäubli RX90 articulated arm robotsteerable endoscopic system (3 DOF), two 6 DOF manipulating armsstereotactic frame, 3 Stepper motorssupposed to be a KUKA articulated arm robotsystem sucks to heart surfacethe articulateda arms with 6 DOF each, 4.2mm in diameterthree 6-DOF arms based on 4-bar-parallelogramm and SCARA-kinematics. two passive, 1 activethree arms with 4 DOF each. Movements around an invariant point. 2-DOF bending forcepsthree DOF per leg, 2 translational DOF for the pelvisthree snake-like set-ups, selfmadetwo 2 DOF arms with grippers in common guadance tubetwo 2-axis rotating stagestwo 3-axis hybrid kinematics setupstwo 3-DOF arms, mounted to the inside of the abdominal wall by magnets, foldable, stereo visiontwo 3-DOF orthesisestwo 4-DOF parallelogram set-ups (orthesises) with a 3-DOF joint at the hip and a 1-DOF joint at the two 4-DOF-endoscopic instruments, one camera guidance mounted to a 3-DOF stage =7 DOFtwo 5 DOF robotic arms with serial kinematicstwo 6-DOF parallel link manipulatorsTwo 6-DOF ScarasTwo 7-DOF pivoting arms, selfmadetwo concentric goniometers: in/out/rotation, voice-control, image detection (9Hz), 4 DOFtwo five-bar-linkage mechanisms mounted in parallel, 5th Dof by tilting rear mechanismtwo orr three 2-DOF bending grasperstwo selfmade arms with 6 DOFtwo serail 7-DOF armstwo sinle axis displacementsTwo units with 4 DOF eachvery special 6 DOF hybrid kinematics: 2 parallel compound rests move on a ring. The tool has anotherwirde-guided 3-axis kinematics o a rigid standwire driven 6-DOF articulated arm (see WAM)wire-kinematicsworm-like kinematicsxy-table and 1 angle displacementxyz-translationsZeiss MKM robot or Robotics Research 1607 articulated arm robot -------------------------------------

456 Projects
disziplin	name	development team	institute	country (city)	function	details
general surgery	Active Trokar	Nakamura	Department of Mechano-Informatics, University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	endoscopic interventions
imaging	AKTORMED	Rasmus	Arbeitsgruppe MITI	Germany (München)	endoscopic interventions, tele surgery, master-slave system
general surgery	ARTEMIS	Voges, Fischer	Institut für angewandte Informatik, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe	Germany (Karlsruhe)	laparoscopic interventions, tele surgery, master-slave system
general surgery	BBA	Surry	Robarts Research Institute	Canada (London, Ontario)	breast biopsy under ultrasonic control
general surgery	BLACK FALCON	Akhil J. Madhani	Lemelson-MIT	USA (Cambridge, MA)	laparoscopic interventions, tele surgery, master-slave system
general surgery	BLUEDRAGON	Rosen, Brown	Biorobotics Laboratory, University of Washington	USA (Seattle)	determination of the ROM for endoscopic surgery
general surgery	B-ROB1	Kronreif	Austrian Research Centers	Austria (Seibersdorf)	biopsy under CT control
general surgery	B-ROB2	Kronreif	Austrian Research Centers	Austria (Seibersdorf)	biopsy under CT control
general surgery	CT-Bot	Ng Wan Sing	Computer Integrated Medical Intervention Laboratory	France (Singapore)	biopsy under CT control
general surgery	D2M2	Dombre	LIRMM	France (Montpellier)	endoscopic interventions
general surgery	DAVINCI	Intuitive Surgical	Intuitive Surgical Ltd.	USA (Sunnyvale, CA)	laparoscopic interventions, tele surgery, master-slave system
general surgery	ENDOBOT	Kang	Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	USA (Troy, NY)	laparoscopic interventions, remote controlled and autonomous (e.g. suturing)
general surgery	ENDOPAR	Prof. Alois Knoll, Hermann Mayer	Lehrstuhl Informatik VI, TU München	Germany (München)	laparoscopic interventions, tele surgery, master-slave system
general surgery	ENDOXIROB	Dombre, Michelin	LIRMM, CHU, LAAS, Sinters SA.	France (Montpellier)	laparoscopic interventions, tele surgery, master-slave system
general surgery	GTSS	Green	Stanford research Institute	USA (Arlington. VA)	laparoscopic interventions, tele surgery, master-slave system
general surgery	HYPER-FINGER	Higashikawa	Department of Micro System engineering, Nagoya University	Japan (Nagoya)	Minimally invasive surgery in deep organs
general surgery	INNOMOTION	Innomedic GmbH	Innomedic GmbH	Germany (Herxheim)	biopsy
general surgery	IRASIS	de Mathelin	LSIIT, Université Louis Pasteur, Illkirch, FRANCE	France (Illkrich)	biopsy under CT control
general surgery	KIMRO	Virtanen	Department of mechanical Engineering, University of Oulu	Finland (Oulu)	interventions under MRI-control
general surgery	LAPROTEK	Brock Rogers	endoVia medical	USA (Norwood, MA)	laparoscopic interventions, tele surgery, master-slave system
general surgery	LARS	Taylor	CISST, Johns Hopkins University	USA (Baltimore, MD)	several surgical procedures and experiments
general surgery	LPR	Cinquin	Laboratoire TIMC-IMAG, La Tronche	France (La Tronche)	biopsy under MRI control
general surgery	MARGE	Dombre	LIRMM, LRP, CEA/SRSI and Pitié Salpêtrière hospital (Paris), in the framework of ROBEA	France (Montpellier)	several surgical procedures and experiments
general surgery	MC2E	Morel Dombre Gravez	Laboratoire Robotique de Paris (LRP), LIRMM, CEA	France (Paris)	endoscopic interventions
ophthalmology	MICRON	Ang, Rivière, Khosla	Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon	USA (Pittsburgh, PA)	handheld tremor compensation for micro surgery
general surgery	MICROSURGICAL ASSISTANT	Taylor	Computer Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology	USA (Baltimore, MD)	tremor compensation for micro surgery
general surgery	MIRA	Voges	Institut für angewandte Informatik, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe	Germany (Karlsruhe)	interventions in closed MRI
general surgery	MR SAM	Miller, Petitt, Chinzei	Intelligent Systems for Medicine Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Western Australia	Australia (Perth)	robotic procedures in open MRI
general surgery	OSCAR	Voges	Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe	Germany (Karlsruhe)	guidance of endoccopes and biopsy needles
general surgery	PADEMIS	Meier	Institute of Microsystems Technology, TU Ilmenau	Germany (Ilmenau)	minimally invasive interventions
general surgery	PADYC	Troccaz	Laboratoire TIMC	France (Grenoble)	pericardiale punctions
general surgery	PARADEX	Charles, Stoughton	Microdexterity Systems, Inc. und Sandia	USA (Albuquerque, NM)	microsurgery, remote-controlled
general surgery	RAMS / AMES	NASA (Hari Das), Microdexterity (Stuart)	Jet Propulsion Laboratory	USA ("Pasadena, CA; Albuquerque, NM")	laparoscopic interventions, tele surgery, master-slave system
general surgery	ROBIN HEART	Nawrat Zbigniew	IPS Foundation of Cardiac Surgery Dev	Poland (Zabrze)	cardiac surgery
general surgery	ROBITOM	Fischer	Institut für angewandte Informatik, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe	Germany (Karlsruhe)	biopsy in closed MRI
general surgery	ROBOTIC LASER COAGULATOR	Suzuki T, Sakuma	Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	laparoscope, lightsource, laserpointer and laser coalugator in a 11mm diameter system
general surgery	TEC HEARTLANDER	Rivière	The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University	USA (Pittsburgh, PA)	minimally invasive cardiac surgery
general surgery	TONATIUH	Mosso	Bioelectronics Laboratory, CINVESTAV, Mexico City	Mexico (Reyes Ixtacala Tlalnepantla)	tele surgery
general surgery	UMI	Dohi, Hata, Hong	ATRE-Lab, University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	tumour biopsy under ultrasonic control
general surgery	ZEUS	Intuitive Surgical	Intuitive Surgical Ltd.	USA (Sunnyvale, CA)	laparoscopic interventions, tele surgery, master-slave system
general surgery	CAN02	Salcudean	School of Computing and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen’s University	Canada (Kingston, Ontario)	Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery
general surgery	DEU01	Hirzinger	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt	Germany (Wessling)	endoscopic interventions
general surgery	DEU08	Kalender	Institute of Medical Physics	Germany (Erlangen)	needle guidance in the CT scanner
general surgery	DEU14	Peer	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR	Germany (Hamburg)	handheld tremor compensation for micro surgery
orthopaedics	ISR01	Shoham, Kunicher	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Israel (Haifa)	see project ISR02 and ISR03
general surgery	ISR03	Shoham, Kunicher	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Israel (Haifa)	steering of (very) flexible needles
general surgery	ITALIA03	Rovetta	Robotics Laboratory Politecnico die Milano	Italy (Milano)	bone marrow explantation
general surgery	JAP01	Chinzei, Hata, Koseki	Surgical Assist Technology Group	USA, Japan (Tokyo, Boston)	prostate biopsy in the MRI scanner
general surgery	JAP03	Daeyoung, Sakuma	ATRE-Lab, University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	liver biopsy in the MRI scanner
general surgery	JAP16	Suzuki N	Institute for High-dimensional Medical Imaging, the Jikei University School of Medicine	Japan (Tokyo)	two endoscopic forceps
general surgery	JAP17	Shimachi, Fujiwara, Hakozaki	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iwate University,	Japan (Iwate)	endoscopic tools
general surgery	JAP21	Dohi	ATRE-Lab, University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	MR-guided thermotherapy for liver tumors
general surgery	JAP22	Yamashita, Dohi	Graduate School for Information Science & Technology	Japan (Tokyo)	Multislider linkage mechanism, forceps manipulator
general surgery	KOR02	Kwon, Woo	KAIST, Seoul, Korea	Korea (Seoul)	Remote controlled surgery
general surgery	SING01	Ng Wan Sing	Computer Integrated Medical Intervention Laboratory CIMIL	Singapore (Singapore)	breast biopsy under ultrasonic control
general surgery	Telesurgical Workstation	Sastry	Medical Robotics Group	USA (Berkeley, CA)	laparoscopic interventions, tele surgery, master-slave system
general surgery	USA03	Yanof	Philips Medical Systems	USA (Cleveland, OH)	needle guidance
general surgery	USA07	Stuart	Microdexterity Systems, Inc.	USA (Albuquerque, NM)	remote controlled micro surgery
general surgery	USA08	Zoran Lazarevic	Columbia University	USA (New York)	Coronary Artery Graft Bypass Surgery
general surgery	USA17	Cavusoglu	MERCIS Lab, Case Western Reserve University	USA (Cleveland, Ohio)	Breast cancer Biopsy, smart probe-online-diagnosis
imaging	AESOP	Intuitive Surgical	Intuitive Surgical Ltd.	USA (Sunnyvale, CA)	camera positioning
imaging	CLEM	Leung	Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Chinese University of Hongkong	France (Hongkong)	endoscopic camera guidance
imaging	CROBOT ENDOCRAWLER	Radermacher	RWTH-Aachen / Lehrstuhl für Biomedizinische Technik	Singapore (Aachen)	guidance of an endoscope in the gastro-intestinal tract
imaging	EDR	Ishihara	Department of medical Informatics	Japan (Ehime)	tele sonography
imaging	EMIL	Anna Carrozza, Arianna Menciassi, Dario	ARTS Lab, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna,	Italy (Pisa)	guidance of an endoscope in the gastro-intestinal tract
imaging	ENDOASSIST	Armstrong Healthcare	Armstrong Healthcare Ltd.	UK (High Wycombe)	endoscopic camera guidance
imaging	ENDOSISTA	Armstrong Healthcare	Armstrong Healthcare Ltd.	UK (High Wycombe)	endoscopic camera guidance
imaging	FIPS	Dr. Fischer	Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe	Germany (Karlsruhe)	endoscopic camera guidance
imaging	GABIE	Dombre	LIRMM, LRP, TIMC , CEA, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, CHU de Grenoble	France (Montpellier)	minimally invasive telesonography
imaging	HIPPOCRATE	Dombre, Delgorges, Novales, Fa. Sinters	Sinters SA	France (Toulouse)	Automatic guidance of an ultrasound sonode over the patient's tissue
imaging	HYPER ENDOSCOPE	Ikuta	Biomedical Micromechanics Laboratory	Japan (Nagoya)	guidance of an endoscope through the gastro-intestinal tract
imaging	LAPARO-NAVIGATOR, NAVIOT	Tsuji, Sakuma, Inada	Biomedical Precision engineering Laboratory, University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	automatic guidance of an endoscope
imaging	LER	Troccaz, Berkelman	Laboratoire TIMC	France (Grenoble)	automatic guidance of an endsocope system is mounted to the patient's abdomen
imaging	MINOP2	Radermacher	RWTH-Aachen / Lehrstuhl für Biomedizinische Technik	Germany (Aachen)	guidance of an exoscope
imaging	COPRIN (MIPS)		Compass Internatinal Inc.	France (Rochester, NM)	automatic guidance of an endoscope
imaging	MUSYC	Dario, Carrozza	ARTS Lab, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna,	Italy (Pisa)	guidance of an endoscope through the gastro-intestinal tract, pneumatic actuation
imaging	OTELO	Vieyres, Delgorges, Novales, Fa. Sinters	Sinters SA	France (Toulouse)	Automatic guidance of an ultrasound sonode over the patient's tissue
imaging	PAROMIS	Radermacher	RWTH-Aachen / Lehrstuhl für Biomedizinische Technik	Germany (Aachen)	endoscopic camera guidance, voice-control
imaging	TER	Troccaz	Laboratoire TIMC	France (Grenoble)	Automatic guidance of an ultrasound sonode over the patient's tissue, system is mounted to the patient's abdomen
imaging	Ultrasound Robot (MEDIROB)	Forsberg	Mobile Robotics Sweden AB	Sweden (Stockholm)	Automatic guidance of an ultrasound sonode over the patient's tissue
imaging	CAN01	Abolmaesumi,Salcudean	School of Computing and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen’s University	Canada (Kingston, Ontario)	Automatic guidance of an ultrasound sonode over the patient's tissue
imaging	DEU10	Schweikard	Institut für Robotik und Kognitive Systeme	Germany (Lübeck)	motorised fluoroscope
imaging	USA02	Brudick	Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Caltech	USA (Pasadena, CA)	guidance of an endoscope in the gastro-intestinal tract
imaging	USA05	Rentschler	Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center	USA (Omaha, NE)	drop-in-cameras: 1) clamping2) pan/tilt mit tripod and 3) wheeled
neurosurgery	ALPHA	Stuart	Microdexterity Systems, Inc.	USA (Albuquerque, NM)	remote-controlled system for neurosurgical interventions
neurosurgery	COMPASS	Berkelmann	Laboratoire TIMC	USA (Grenoble)	instrument guidance
neurosurgery	CRANIO	Taniguchi, Miyazaki	Department of Mechanical Science and Bioengineering Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka university	Germany (Toyonaka)	skull bone reconstruction
neurosurgery	DAANS	Rossi	The Mechatronics Group, DIMEG	Italy (Padova)	instrument guidance
neurosurgery	EVOLUTION 1	URS	URS GmbH	Germany (Schwerin)	instrument guidance
neurosurgery	IGOR	Cinquin	Laboratoire TIMC	France (Grenoble)	neurosurgical interventions
neurosurgery	MINERVA	Glauser, Jaccottet	Group for surgical robotics and instrumentation	Switzerland (Lausanne)	instrument guidance in the CT scanner
neurosurgery	NEUROARM	"Sutherland; Louw"	Department of clinical neuroscciences	Canada (Calgary)	telesurgery under MRI control
neurosurgery	NEUROBOT, ATRE	Ng Wan Sing	Computer Integrated Medical Intervention Laboratory CIMIL	Japan (Singapore)	micro-forceps and endoscope for neurosurgery
neurosurgery	NEUROBOT, CIMIL	Dohi	ATRE-Lab, University of Tokyo	Singapore (Tokyo)	instrument guidance, skull-base surgery
neurosurgery	NEUROMATE	ex IMMI	Integrated Surgical Systems Ltd.	USA (Davis, CA)	guidance o a drill sleeve
neurosurgery	NEUROSISTA	Armstrong Healthcare	Armstrong Healthcare Ltd.	UK (High Wycombe)	instrument guidance
neurosurgery	PATHFINDER	Armstrong Healthcare	Armstrong Healthcare Ltd.	UK (High Wycombe)	instrument guidance
neurosurgery	SURBOT	Rossi	The Mechatronics Group, DIMEG	Italy (Padova)	instrument guidance
neurosurgery	WAM	Quaid	z-KAT Inc.	USA (Hollywood, FL)	instrument guidance
neurosurgery	DEU04	Navab Loser	Lehrstuhl für Informatikanwendungen in der Medizin TU München	Germany (München )	needle guidance under CT control
neurosurgery	DEU06 DKFZ	Barthold-Beß	DKFZ Dept. of medical physics	Germany (Heidelberg)	stereotactic neurosurgical interventions
neurosurgery	DEU07 MRC	Götz	MRC-systems GmbH	Germany (Heidelberg)	stereotactic neurosurgical interventions and laser ablation
neurosurgery	DEU13	Schlegel, Doll	DKFZ, Institute for nuclear medicine	Germany (Heidelberg)	stereotactic neurosurgical interventions
neurosurgery	ISR04	Uri Rapoport	Patent, no institution known	Israel (Moshav)	stereotactic neurosurgical interventions
neurosurgery	JAP07	Masamune, Stoianovici, Dohi	Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, Hitachi, ATRE-Lab, Brigham&Women, Radiolog Dept (Kikinis)	Japan (Ibaraki, Tokyo)	needle guidance for neurosurgery
neurosurgery	JAP08	Kan, Dohi	Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, Hitachi, ATRE-Lab	Japan (Ibaraki, Tokyo)	instrument guidance, master-slave MRI-compatible
neurosurgery	JAP10	Fujie, Dohi, Iseki	Faculty of advanced Techno-Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University	Japan (Tokyo)	Multi-DOF brain retract manipulator
neurosurgery	JAP12	Masamune, Dohi	Advanced Therapeutic Engineering Laboratory, Tokyo Denki University	Japan (Tokyo)	MRI compatible needle guidance
neurosurgery	JAP13	Iseki	Tokyo Women's Medical University (AIST, Tsukuba, Japan)	Japan (Tsukuba)	transnasal neuro surgery under MRI control
neurosurgery	JAP14	Shimada	Department of Micro System Engineering, Nagoya University	Japan ( Nagoya)	micro surgical manipulator for small cavities
neurosurgery	MM-2	Asai, Dohi, Misuishi	School of Engineering, Tokyo University, Japan	Japan (Tokyo)	"Microneurosurgery; master-slave-system"
neurosurgery	JAP23	Takizawa	Dept. Of Neurosurgery, Ohta Memorial Hospital, Hiroshima	Japan (Hiroshima)	instrument guidance
neurosurgery	JAP24	Tanimoto, Fukuda, Fujimura	Fukuda Lab, Nagoya University, Nagoya	Japan (Nagoya)	instrument guidance
neurosurgery	TW02	Tsai	Mechanical Engineering Department, Yuan Ze University	Taiwan (Taipei)	stereotactic milling of the skull
neurosurgery	USA15	Simaan	CISST, Johns Hopkins University	USA (Baltimore, MD)	needle guidance for neurosurgery
OMS and ENT	A73	Bumm, Wurm, Steinhart	HNO-Klinik Erlangen	Germany (Erlangen)	milling of the sphenoid bone: automatic or via joystick control
OMS and ENT	NAVIGATED CONTROL	Lüth	Surgical Robotics Lab	Germany (Berlin)	handheld milling. Mill stops when a predefined safe area is left
OMS and ENT	Otto von der Decke	Lüth, Bier	Surgical Robotics Lab	Germany (Berlin)	instrument guidance
OMS and ENT	OTTO2	Lüth, Bier	Surgical Robotics Lab	Germany (Berlin)	instrument guidance
OMS and ENT	RobacKA	Wörn, Haßfeld	Uni KA, Uni HD, DKFZ	Germany (Karlsruhe, Heidelberg)	several procedures within OMS and ENT
OMS and ENT	ROBIN	Dirk Malthan	Laboratorium für Medizinrobotik, Sektion sensorische Biophysik	Germany (Tübingen)	Implantation of hearing aids
OMS and ENT	ROBOPOINT	Lüth, Bier	Surgical Robotics Lab	Germany (Berlin)	instrument guidance
OMS and ENT	RONAF	Henrich, Stolka, Waringo, Plinkert, Federspil	Lehrstuhl für angewandte Informatik III	Germany (Bayreuth)	milling of the lateral scull base, implantation of hearing aids
OMS and ENT	SURGICOBOT	Gravez	CEA-List, CHU Amiens	France (Fontenay-aux-Roses)	Milling of the skull
OMS and ENT	DEU05 Lüth	Lüth, Bier	Surgical Robotics Lab	Germany (Berlin)	Oral and Mallofacial surgery under CT control
OMS and ENT	DEU11	Meixensberger	Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery, Leipzig	Germany (Leipzig)	mechatronical system for microlaryngoscopy
OMS and ENT	UK01	Brett	Advanced Manufacturing and Automation Research Centre	UK (Bristol)	milling of the staple
ophthalmology	DEU09	Schweikard	Institut für Robotik und Kognitive Systeme	Germany (Lübeck)	retinale vascular punction
ophthalmology	USA12	Kienzle, Stulberg	Northwestern University, Laboratory for Intelligent Mechanical Systems	USA (Chicago, IL)	guidance of a micro pipette
ophthalmology	USA16	Robert Mah	Smart Systems Research Lab, NASA, AMES	USA (San Francisco, CA)	guidance of a sleeve
orthopaedics	ACROBOT	The Acrobot Company	The Acrobot Company Ltd.	UK (London)	milling of the implant bed for knee arthroplasty (unicondylar)
orthopaedics	ACUBOT	Cleary, Taylor, Stoianovici, Kavoussi	Brady Urological Institute	USA (Baltimore, MD)	punction of the vertebral column
orthopaedics	ARTHROBOT	Kwon, Jong-Hwa	Telerobotics and control Laboratory	Korea (Seoul)	milling of the implant bed for hip arthroplasty
orthopaedics	BRIGIT	Dombre, Maillet	LIRMM, distributed by Zimmer Inc, Warsaw, IN, USA	France (Montpellier)	milling of the implant bed for knee arthroplasty
orthopaedics	CAPAMAN2	Carbone	LARM, Cassino	Italy (Cassino)	Milling of bone
orthopaedics	CASPAR	URS-Ortho	URS GmbH	Germany (Schwerin)	milling of the implant bed for hip and knee arthroplasty, crutiate ligament replacement
orthopaedics	CRIGOS	Prof. Klaus Radermacher	RWTH-Aachen / Lehrstuhl für Biomedizinische Technik	Germany (Aachen)	drilling and millikng of bone: bone reconstruction (CRANIO), cement removal (MINARO)
orthopaedics	Galileo	Precsison Implants	Precision Impants AG	Switzerland (Aarau)	guidance of sawblade gauges for knee arthroplasty
orthopaedics	GP-System	MEDACTA AG	MEDACTA AG	Switzerland (Castel san Pietro)	guidance of sawblade gauges for knee arthroplasty
orthopaedics	IMAGE REGISTRATION	VANDER SLOTEN, VAN AUDEKERCKE, VAN DER PERRE	Division BMGO	Belgien (Leuven)	knee arthroplasty
orthopaedics	ITD	Schwarz, Pott, Scharf, Männer, Badreddin	Labor für Biomechanik und experimentelle Orthopädie	Germany (Mannheim)	Milling and drilling of bony structures, automatic stabilisation and alignment of the tool, tremor compensation, handheld tool
orthopaedics	LUKE	Brainlab	Brainlab AG	Germany (Feldkirchen)	orthopeadic interventions
orthopaedics	MARS / Spine Assist	Shoham, Kunicher	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Israel (Haifa)	drilling of pedicles, intramedullary distal locking
orthopaedics	MBARS	Jaramaz, DiGioia	Sensor Based Planning Lab, Carnegie Mellon University	USA (Pittsburgh, PA)	milling of the tibial plateau, mechanical scanning of the bone's surface
orthopaedics	MIAS	Carrozza	CRIM Lab, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna,	Italy (Pisa)	Active arthroscope for minimally inavasive articular surgery
orthopaedics	MINARO	Radermacher	RWTH-Aachen / Lehrstuhl für Biomedizinische Technik	Germany (Aachen)	cement removal for hip revision
orthopaedics	MINARO2	Radermacher	RWTH-Aachen / Lehrstuhl für Biomedizinische Technik	Germany (Aachen)	cement removal for hip revision
orthopaedics	MODICAS	Wahrburg, Kerschbaumer	Institut für Regelungs- und Steuertechnik - Zentrum für Sensorsysteme	Germany (Siegen)	automatic alignment of the acetabulum reamer for hip arthroplasty
orthopaedics	NAVIPED	Ortmaier, Weiss, Konietschke	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Brainlab	Germany (Wessling)	pedicle screwing
orthopaedics	ORTHOSISTA	Armstrong Healthcare	Armstrong Healthcare Ltd.	UK (High Wycombe)	guidance of a drill sleeve
orthopaedics	PFS	DiGioia, Jaramaz	Center for Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery	USA (Pittsburgh, PA)	Freehand Sculping of Bone
orthopaedics	PRAXITELES	Praxim Plaskos	PRAXIM medivision, TIMC, NCL laboratory at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada	France (La Tronche)	bone mounted robot for image-free knee surgery
orthopaedics	RAO ASSISTANT MANIPULATOR	Yanagihara, Fujie	Waseda University, Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	system to assist rotational acetabular osteotomy surgery
orthopaedics	ROBODOC	Kazanides, Barger	Integrated Surgical Systems Ltd.	USA (Davis, CA)	milling of the implant bed for hip arthroplasty
orthopaedics	ROBONAV	Witherspoon, Börner (?)	Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfuhrt/M	Germany (Frankfurt / Main)	optical detection of bone movement (and compensation?) for robodoc hip and knee arthroplasty
orthopaedics	VECTORBOT	Brainlab / DLR	Brainlab AG	Germany (Feldkirchen)	instrument guidance or pedicle screwing
orthopaedics	VISAROMED	Stallkamp et al.	Fraunhofer IPA	Germany (Stuttgart)	pedicle screwing
orthopaedics	ISR02	Shoham, Kunicher	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	Israel (Haifa)	Bone registration, knee arthroplasty
orthopaedics	ITALIA01	Marcacci	Biomechanics Lab, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli	Italy (Bologna)	knee arthroplasty
orthopaedics	JAP06	Masamune	Advanced Therapeutic Engineering Laboratory, Tokyo Denki University	Japan (Tokyo)	percutaneous procedures und CT- and MRT control
orthopaedics	JAP11	Masamune	Advanced Therapeutic Engineering Laboratory, Tokyo Denki University	Japan (Tokyo)	vertebral column surgery
orthopaedics	JAP20	Sugita, Mitusishi	University of Tokyo, Japan	Japan (Tokyo)	knee arthroplasty
orthopaedics	KOR01	Park et al.	CISS, Hanyang University	Korea (Seoul)	percutaneous spine surgery
orthopaedics	TW01	Yen	Institute of Automation Technology, National Taipei University of Technology	Taiwan (Taipei)	hands-on knee arthroplasty
orthopaedics	UK02	Bouazza-Marouf	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Loughborough University of Technology	UK (Loughborough)	osteosynthesis
orthopaedics	USA13	Santos-Munne, Stulberg, Kienzle	Northwestern University, Laboratory for Intelligent Mechanical Systems	USA (Chicago, IL)	knee arthroplasty
orthopaedics	USA14	Kwoh	Memorial Medical Center	USA (Long Beach, CA)	pedicle screwing
radio therapy	CYBERKNIFE	Accuray	Accuray Ltd.	USA (Sunnyvale, CA)	tumour irradiation, automatic alignment of the beam, determination of the tumour's position in x-ray pictures
radio therapy	HEXAPOD	Medical Intelligence	Medical Intelligence	Germany (Schwabmünchen)	patient psoitioning for tumour irradiation
radio therapy	MOCOMP	Schweikard	Medical Applications Research Group	Germany (München)	tumour irradiation, automatic alignment of the beam, realtime tracking of the toumour's position
radio therapy	NOVAC7		Hitesys spa	Italy (Aprilia)	automatic beam alignment
radio therapy	PPS	Drouet, Meggiolaro, Dubowsky	FIELD AND SPACE ROBOTICS LABORATORY, MIT	USA (Cambridge, MA)	patient psoitioning for tumour irradiation
rehabilitation	ARMIN	Tobias Nef, Robert Rieneer	Institut für Automatik, ETH Zürich	Switzerland (Zürich)	physiotherapy
rehabilitation	ARTHUR	Reinkensmeyer	Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine	USA (Irvine, CA)	active movement of patient's legs while walking on a treadmill
rehabilitation	AUTOAMBULATOR	Healthsouth	Healthsouth	USA (Birmingham, AL)	active movement of patient's legs while walking on a treadmill
rehabilitation	HAPTIC WALKER	Schmidt	Fraunhofer IPK	Germany (Berlin)	moves patient's legs in 3 DOF
rehabilitation	LOKOMAT	Jezernik, Morari	Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zürich	Switzerland (Zürich)	active movement of patient's legs while walking on a treadmill
rehabilitation	MARIBOT	Rossi	The Mechatronics Group, DIMEG	Italy (Padova)	active movement of the patient's arm in 5 DOF
rehabilitation	MIT-MANUS	Krebs	Mechanical Engineering Department, Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	USA (Cambridge, MA)	upper limb rehabilitation
rehabilitation	NEREBOT	Rossi	The Mechatronics Group, DIMEG	Italy (Padova)	active movement of the patient's arm in 3 DOF
rehabilitation	PAM	Reinkensmeyer	Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine	USA (Irvine, CA)	active movement of patient's hip while walking on a treadmill
rehabilitation	REHAROB	Gusztáv Arz	Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Manufacturing Engineering	Hungary (Budapest)	system for physiotherapy
rehabilitation	RUTGERS ANKLE	Girone, Deutsch	CAIP Center at Rutgers University, Building 706, Busch Campus, 96 Frelinghuysen Rd.	USA (Piscataway, NJ)	physiotherapy
rehabilitation	STRINGMAN	Rolf Bernhardt	Fraunhofer IPK	Germany (Berlin)	active movement of patient's upper part of the body while walking on a treadmill
rehabilitation	RUS01	Golovin, Grib	Moscow State Industrial University,	Russia (Moskau)	massage
fMRI	USA10	Grace	Northwestern University, Laboratory for Intelligent Mechanical Systems	USA (Chicago, IL)	Robot for fMRI: force is applied to the hand of the patient
telepresence	BLOODHOUND	Yamauchi	irobot Corp	USA (Burlington, MA)	autonomous mobile robot for the care of wounded soldiers. Telediagnosis.
telepresence	ROBODOCTOR RUDY		InTouch Health	USA (Goleta, CA)	telepresence. Robot is controlled via joystick and transmits voice and picture bidirectionally
trauma surgery	DERMAROB	Duchemin, Téot, Dombre	LIRMM	France (Toulouse)	automatic guidance of a dermatom over the patient's skin
trauma surgery	FITBONE	Wittenstein intens GmbH	Wittenstein intens GmbH	Germany (Igersheim)	motorized fixateur intern
trauma surgery	Intelligent Fixator	Seide	BG Krankenhaus Hamburg	Germany (Hamburg)	motorized fixateur extern
trauma surgery	REPOROBO	Nehrlich, Monkman	Mechatonics Faculty, FH Regensburg,	Germany (Regensburg)	reposition of femur fractures
trauma surgery	ROBOPED	Krüger	Fraunhofer IPK	Germany (Berlin)	examination of knee injuries
trauma surgery	SCALPP	Duchemin, Téot	LIRMM UMR 5506 CNRS	France (Montpellier)	automatic guidance of a dermatom over the patient's skin
trauma surgery	DEU03	Westphal, Wahl	Institute for robotics and process control	Germany (Braunschweig)	reposition of femur fractures
urology	Active Holder for MR-guided surgery	Schorr, Chinzei, Bzostek = JAP7!!!	ATRE-Lab, University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	prostate biopsy, instrument guidance, catheter localization
urology	PAKY	Kavoussi, Taylor, Stoianovici	Brady Urological Institute	USA (Baltimore, MD)	biopsy of the vertebral column and the kidney
urology	PROBOT	Davies	Imperial College	UK (London)	prostate resection
urology	UROBOT	Ng Wan Sing	Computer Integrated Medical Intervention Laboratory	Singapore (Singapore)	prostate resection, commercionalized version is called SABOT
urology	ITALIA02	Rovetta	Robotics Laboratory Politecnico die Milano	Italy (Milano)	Brachytherapy of the prostate
urology	USA04	Fichtinger	Engineering Research Center, Johns Hokins Univ. Baltimore, MD, USA	USA (Baltimore, MD)	Brachytherapy of the prostate
general surgery	ARAMIS	Prof. Alois Knoll, Hermann Mayer	Lehrstuhl Informatik VI, TU München	Germany (München)	remote controlled surgery
orthopaedics	HGS / TGS	MAKO Surgical Systems	MAKO Surgical Systems	USA (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)	guidance of milling tools
general surgery	ACCUROBAS	Wörn	Institute for Process Control and Robotics	Germany (Karlsruhe)	remote controlled surgery
urology	AcuBot1 V2-RND	Shah, Stoianovici, Cleary	URobotics Laboratory, Urology, Johns Hopkins Medicine	USA (Baltimore, MD)	device to place a (biopsy-)needle into an rogan. The needle is spinned
rehabilitation	ARM GUIDE	Reinkensmeyer	Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine	USA (Irvine, CA)	gives active force feedback to the patient's arm during stroke reha
rehabilitation	Bi-Manu-Track	Hesse, Bardeleben A, Werner	Reha-Stim	Germany (Berlin)	Moves hand and forearm of the patient
ophthalmology	BioMicroRobot	Nelson	Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zurich, CH	Switzerland (Zürich)	"""tissue manipulation"". System is moved by external magnetic fields. Basic science!"
orthopaedics	BITESS-II	Kim, Chung, Suh	Robotics and Bio-Mechatronics Lab., POSTECH	Korea (Pohang)	milling of bores for pedicle screws. Gives force-feedback
general surgery	BLOODBOT	Davies	Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London	UK (London)	semi-automatic taking of blood samples
neurosurgery	BRAIN SPATULA	Hirzinger	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt	Germany (Wessling)	automatic retraction of brain tissue
urology	CAN03	Fenster et al.	Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Institute	Canada (London, Ontario)	Brachytherapy of the prostate
neurosurgery	CAN04	Drake, Kreindler	Division of Neurosurgery Hospital for Sick Children and Dept. Of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto	Canada (Toronto)	tissue manipulation? Navigation?
imaging	CAN05	Hurteau, Gagner	Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, École polytéchnique de Montréal	Canada (Montréal)	remote-controlled camera guidance
general surgery	CAN07	McEwen, Auchinleck, Bussani	Andronic Devices Ltd.	Canada (Richmond, BC)	tissue retraction, instrument holding
imaging	CAN08	Lemieux	Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke	Canada (Sherbrooke)	remote controlled ceiling-mounted cameras
imaging	CAN09	Janvier, Cloutier	Laboratory for Biorheology and Medical Ultrasonics, University of Montréal Hospital Research Center	Canada (Montréal)	Automatic guidance of an ultrasound sonode over the patient's tissue
orthopaedics	CAPAMAN2bis	Carbone	LARM, Cassino	Italy (Cassino)	milling
telepresence	CAREOBOT	Parlitz	Fraunhofer IPA	Germany (Stuttgart)	mobile robot for house-keeping and nursing
telepresence	CAREOBOT2	Parlitz	Fraunhofer IPA	Germany (Stuttgart)	mobile robot for house-keeping and nursing
telepresence	CAREOBOT3	Parlitz	Fraunhofer IPA	Germany (Stuttgart)	mobile robot for house-keeping and nursing
general surgery	CH01	van de Venn	IMS, Zürcher Hochschule	Switzerland (Winterthur)	remote-controlled surgery
rehabilitation	CH02	Riener	Sensory-Motor Systems Lab.	Switzerland (Zürich)	moves one arm of the patient in an MR scanner
fMRI	CH03	Riener	Sensory-Motor Systems Lab.	Switzerland (Zürich)	moves one leg of the patient in an MR scanner
fMRI	CH04	Bleuler, Gassert	Laboratory of Robotic Systems, École Polytéchnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Switzerland (Lausanne)	haptic interface
imaging	CHINA01	Gouzheng	820 Institute, School of Electronics and Information technology, Shanghai Jiaotong University	PR China (Shanghai)	guidance of an endoscope through the gastro-intestinal tract
neurosurgery	CHINA02	Chen, Tian	Robotics Institute, Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Beijing	PR China (Beijing)	instrument guidance
general surgery	CHINA03	Wang, Meng	Department of Electronc Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	PR China (Hong Kong)	gastrointestinal moving robot
general surgery	CHINA04	Luo, Chen	Dept. of Precision Instruments and Mechanology, Tsinghua University	PR China (Beijing)	ultrasound-guided microwave tumor ablation in the liver
trauma surgery	CUHK-I	Maurin	LSIIT, Université Louis Pasteur, Illkirch, FRANCE	PR China (Strasbourg)	passive arm for navigating a drilling machine
imaging	COVER	Merlet	Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automation	Japan (Le Chesnay)	remote controlled guidance of a laparoscope
general surgery	CT-Bot2	Maurin	l'Equipe AVR; LSIIT, Université Louis Pasteur, Illkirch, FRANCE	France (Strasbourg)	needle guidance
orthopaedics	CYCLOBOT	Pott, Schwarz	Laboratory for Biomechanis and Experimental Orthopaedics, University Medical Centre Mannheim, University of Heidelberg	Germany (Mannheim)	milling of bone, bone-mounted
imaging	DEU15	Hirzinger	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt	Germany (Wessling)	automtic camera guidance
general surgery	DEU16	Hirzinger	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR	Germany (Wessling)	beating heart surgery
orthopaedics	DEU17	Radermacher	RWTH-Aachen / Lehrstuhl für Medizintechnik	Germany (Aachen)	bone cement removal
imaging	DEU18	Wurst, Bauer	ISW, Uni Stuttgart, Germany	Germany (Stuttgart)	automatic camera guidance
OMS and ENT	DEU19	Lüth	Dept.of Micro Technology and Micro Device Technology, Boltzmannstraße 15, TU München	Germany (Garching, D)	remote-controlled surgery
imaging	DEU20	Niethard, Radermacher, Kalender	Institut für Medizinische Physik, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg	Germany (Erlangen)	spatial manipulation of a fluoroscope
general surgery	DEU21	Jenne	DKFZ	Germany (Heidelberg)	movemnt of a High Intensity Focussed Ultrasound-head (HIFU)
imaging	DEU22	Tretbar, Stolka, Federspil	Fraunhofer IBMT	Germany (St. Ingbert)	measurement of the thickness of the skull
urology	DEU23	Lüth	Surgical Robotics Lab	Germany (Berlin)	Brachytherapy of the prostate
OMS and ENT	DEU24	Strauss	Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde Universitätsklinikum Leipzig	Germany (Leipzig)	tissue retraction
telepresence	DO-U-MI	Park, Chung	Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	Korea (Daejeon)	tele presence. robotic housekeeping aid, robotic walking frame
imaging	DUMASS	Cuschieri	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Abertay, Dundee	UK (Dundee)	endoscopic camera guidance
general surgery	ENDOHAND	Daum GmbH, Invivo GmbH	Invivo GmbH	Germany (Schwerin)	small telesurgical system, tendon-driven or electrially actuated
general surgery	ENDO-NAVI-ROBOT	Danieli, Moschella	Dipartimento di Meccanica dell’Università della Calabria	Italy (Rende)	telesurgical interventions: 1 active 6-DOF arm moves an endoscopic camera, 2 passive 6-DOF arms carry a 4-DOF active robot navigationg the instruments
general surgery	ENDO-PLATFORM	Sastry, Wendlandt	Intelligent Machines & Robotics Lab., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA	USA (Berkeley, CA)	remote-controlled surgery
imaging	Endoscopic Micro-Capsule	Behkam, Sitti	NanoRobotics Lab, Carnegie Mellon University	USA (Pittsburgh, PA)	swallowable robot
imaging	ERM	Muñoz	Instituto de Automática y Robótica Avanzada de Andalucía, Universidad de Málaga	Spain (Malaga)	guidance of an endoscope
general surgery	ExAblate2000	Insightec Ltd.	Insightec Ltd.	Israel (Tirat Carmel)	bewegt einen Ultraschallrefelkot (im Wasserbad, unter dem Patiententisch) und zielt auf den POI
neurosurgery	ExAblate4000	Insightec Ltd.	Insightec Ltd.	Israel (Tirat Carmel)	Moves an HIFU-head in a water-bath underneath the patient's head
trauma surgery	FLEP	Graham, Xie,	Department of Mechanical Enigneering, University of Auckland	New Zealand (Auckland)	femur fraction repositioning
general surgery	FORMS	Furusho, Kobayashi	Osaka University, Department of Mechanical Engineering	Japan (Osaka)	placement of a curved needle and aspiration biopsy under US control
radio therapy	FRA01	Buhour	IPNO, CPO, Orsay	France (Orsay)	Toumor irradiation, automatic alignment of the patient in a proton beam
neurosurgery	FRA05	Benabid Cinquin	Departments of Neurosurgery, Biomathematics and Medical Informatics and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Grenoble University Hospital, la Tronche, France	France (Grenoble)	stereotactic interventons under Mr imaging
dermatology	FRA06	Mordon	INSERM Université	France (Lille)	Port Wine Stains removal
imaging	FREEHAND	Prosurgics	Prosurigcs Ltd	UK (Bracknell)	camera guidance for endoscopic surgery, controlled by head movements
radio therapy	GAMMAKNIFE	Lars Leksell	Elekta AB	Sweden (Stockholm)	tumor radiation treatment by 201 Cobalt60 sources, patient positioning
rehabilitation	GT1	Hesse	Reha-Stim	Germany (Berlin)	Bewegt die Beine des Patient wie auf einem Laufband nur ohne Band
imaging	HISAR	Funda, Taylor	IBM T.J. Watson Research Center	USA (Yorktown Heights, NY)	camera guidance, ceiling-mounted
trauma surgery	HIT-RAOTS	Kong, Wu	Robotics Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology	PR China (Harbin)	automatic repositiong of fractured bones using TCM-methods
orthopaedics	HUESO		Division of Electronics Engineering & Systems, Technical University of Cartagena	Spain (Cartagena)	Guidance of a milling tool
general surgery	HVSPS	Can, Knoll, Feussner	Klinikum rechts der Isar der TUM, Arbeitsgruppe MITI	Germany (Munich)	minimally invase 3-Arm telesurgical worksation
imaging	IMAGTRAC	Kimura, Umehara, Matsumoto	Department of Surgery, Fujinomiya City Hospital	Japan (Fujinomiya )	guidance of an endoscope under develeopment since 1996
general surgery	INKOMAN	Schlaak, Röse	Institut für Elektromechanische Konstruktionen, TU Darmstadt	Germany (Darmstadt)	inkorporierbarer Teleroboter, monolitsiches Design, wegwerfbar, Piezoantriebe
neurosurgery	IRNS	Graves, Downs	Neurovisualization Lab., University of Virginia	USA (Charlottesville, VA)	remote-controlled microscope for tele-consultation
neurosurgery	ISR05	Shoham, Kósa	Kahn Medical Robotics Lab, Technion	Israel (Haifa)	medical tasks in the sub-arachnoid space of the spine
general surgery	ITALIA05	Sensi, Dario	ARTS Lab, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna	Italy (Pisa)	tremor compensation
trauma surgery	ITALIA06	Bruzzone	PMAR Robot Design Research Group, DIMEC, University of Genova	Italy (Genova)	patient transport in ambulance cars
orthopaedics	ITALIA07	Casadei	Laboratorio di Biomechanica, Insituti Ortopedici Rizzoli,	Italy (Bologna)	robotic discectomy
general surgery	ITALIA08	Dario	Department of Engineering, "Centro E Piaggio", University of Pisa	Italy (Pisa)	Palpation of arteries in the wrist
orthopaedics	ITALIA09	De Momi	Bioengineering Department Politecnico di Milano	Italy (Milano)	robotic cutting-jig alignment during knee arthroplasty
orthopaedics	JAP25	Gotani	Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka Trauma and Microsurgery Center,	Japan (Sakai)	microsurgical interventions in orthopaedic, trauma, and reconstructive surgery
orthopaedics	JAP26	Gotani	Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka Trauma and Microsurgery Center,	Japan (Sakai)	microsurgical interventions in orthopaedic, trauma, and reconstructive surgery
general surgery	JAP27	Makikawa	Ritsumeikan University, Nakagyo-ku	Japan (Kyoto)	imaging, tissue sampling drug delivery
general surgery	JAP29	Masamune, Dohi	ATRE-Lab, University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	Laser-coalugation and ablation for twin-to-twin-transfusion syndrom
general surgery	JAP30	Fujie	Graduate school of Science and Engineering, Waseda University	Japan (Tokyo)	endoscopic off-pump coronary artery bypass, heartbeat cancelling
trauma surgery	JAP31	Warisawa, Mitsuishi	School of Engineering, University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	repositiong of femur fractures
trauma surgery	JAP32	Mitsuishi	Mitsuishi lab.(NML), School of Engineering, University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	scaphoid fracture reduction (hand surgery)
general surgery	JAP33	Mitsuishi, Iizuka, Fujiwara	Department of Engineering Synthesis, University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	remote controlled micro surgery
general surgery	JAP34	Mitsuishi	Department of Engineering Synthesis School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	Remote controlled surgery
imaging	JAP35	Mitsuishi	Department of Engineering Synthesis School of Engineering, University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	remote controlled ultrasound-based diagnosis
general surgery	JAP36	Masamune, Dohi	Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	intrauterine remote controlled surgery
general surgery	JAP37	Koseki	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Institute for Human Science and Biomedical Engineering (HSBE), Surgical Assis	Japan (Tokyo)	intra-MR microsurgery
imaging	JAP38	Yamauchi	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST),	Japan (Tsukuba)	dual-view endoscope with image shift
imaging	JAP39	Kobayashi	Institute of Environmental Studies, The University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	endoscope using rotating prisms to chang the viewing angle
ophthalmology	JAP40	Yamaguchi, Mitsuishi	The University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	treatment and manipulation of vitreoretinal tissue
imaging	JAP41	Goto, Fujie	University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Matsumoto, Japan	Japan (Mtsumoto)	microscope guidance, passive device, motorized brakes
general surgery	JAP42	Hashizume, Ikeda	Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University	Japan (Fukuoka)	intra-MR tissue ablation
general surgery	JAP43	Suzuki, Sakuma	Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	laparoscopic surgery remote controlled
imaging	KALAR	Kwon DS	KAIST	Korea (Seoul)	guidance of an endoscope
rehabilitation	KINARM	Scott	BKIN technologies Ltd	Canada (Kingston, Ontario)	moves one or two arms in 3 DOF for rehabilitation or scientific questions. Also available for primates
general surgery	KINEMEDIC	Ortmaier, Hirzinger, Seibold	DLR, Wesseling	Germany (Wesseling)	instrument guidance
orthopaedics	KOR03	Jongwon Lee	Robotics and Bio-Mechatronics Laboratory at POSTECH, KOREA	Korea (Seoul)	opening of the cortical bone of vertebral bodies and inserts screws. Tool changer available.
imaging	LAPMAN	MedSys SA	Gembloux, Belgium	Belgien (Gembloux)	automatic guidance of an endoscope
OMS and ENT	MICROASSISTANT	Hein	AMT - KISUM / Department of Computing Science – University of Oldenburg	Germany (Oldenburg)	milling of bone in the middle ear
rehabilitation	MIME	Marcia K. O’Malley	MAHI Lab, Rice University	USA (Houston, TX)	moves hand an arms in 3 DOF
general surgery	MIROSURGE	Hirzinger	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt	Germany (Wessling)	remote-controlled surgery with force-feedback
imaging	MKM	Carl Zeiss	Carl Zeiss Meditec AG	Germany (Oberkochen)	microscope guidance, active device
rehabilitation	MOTIONMAKER	Métrailler	Fondation Suisse pour les Cyberthèses	Switzerland (Monthey)	moves the legs of the patient for rehabilitation
urology	MR BOT	Muntener, Cleary, Stoianovici	UROBotics Lab, Johns Hopkins University	USA (Baltimore, MD)	Brachytherapy (seed placing) of the prostate
neurosurgery	NEUROBOT	Davies	Mechatronicsin Medicine Group, Imperial College London	UK (London)	instrument guidance
radio therapy	NOVALIS		Varian Medical Systems, Inc.	USA (Palo Alto, CA)	beam shaping and patient positioning
rehabilitation	NZ01	Jamwal, Xie	Department of Mechanical Enigneering, University of Auckland	New Zealand (Auckland)	moves the ankle in 3 rotational DOF
OMS and ENT	ODONTO-NAVI-ROBOT	Danieli, Moschella	Dipartimento di Meccanica dell’Università della Calabria	Italy (Rende)	1 passive arm carries a 2-DOF x-y-stage with a optical pattern scanner
OMS and ENT	ORALROBOT	Hassfeld, Brief, Boesecke	Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Computer-Assisted Surgery, University of Heidelberg,	Germany (Heidelberg)	instrument guidance
orthopaedics	ORTHO-NAVI-ROBOT	Danieli, Moschella	Dipartimento di Meccanica dell’Università della Calabria	Italy (Rende)	measurement of bone position (2 passive 6-DOF arms), mechanical scanning of bone surfaces (3rd 6-DOF arm)
imaging	OTELO2	Vieyres, Delgorges, Novales, Fraisse	Laboratoire d’Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier, University of Montpellier II	France (Montpellier)	automatic guidance of a ultrasound sonode over the patient's tissue
imaging	PASEO	Nishikava, Miyazaki	Department of Mechanical Science and Bioengineering Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka university	Japan (Toyonaka)	remote controlled guidance of a laparoscope
general surgery	PENELOPE	Robotic Systems & Technologies, Inc	Robotic Systems & Technologies, Inc	USA (Bronx, NY)	nursebot: hands and retrieves instruments
imaging	PENTERO	Carl Zeiss		Germany (Oberkochen)	microscope guidance, active device
imaging	PILLCAM	Given Imaging	Given Imaging, Ltd.	Israel (Yoqneam)	imaging, up to two cameras
rehabilitation	RENUS-1	Klimasara, Pilat	Przemys_owy Instytut Automatyki i Pomiarów PIAP	Poland (Warsaw)	moves the forarm in 4 DOF
rehabilitation	RiceWrist	Marcia K. O’Malley	MAHI Lab, Rice University	USA (Houston, TX)	moves the hand in 3 DOF
neurosurgery	ROBOCAST	EU consortioum (7th framework programme)	Robocast Consortium	Italy (Milano)	instrument guidance
neurosurgery	ROBOSCOPE	Davies	Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London	UK (London)	stereotatctic interventions based on MR images
telepresence	RP6		InTouch Health	USA (Santa Barbara, CA)	Telepresence. Robot moves autonomously or joy-stick-controlled. Bi-directional transmission of sound and video data
general surgery	SENSEI	HansenMedical	HansenMedical	USA (Mountain View, CA)	heart catheter guidance
general surgery	SensorForceps	Hirzinger	Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt	Germany (Wessling)	remote-controlled surgery with force-feednack. Micro froceps
general surgery	SING02	Chauhan	School of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University	Singapore (Singapore)	Ablation of mamma toumors with High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)
general surgery	SING03	Phee	School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Singapore (Singapore)	gatsrointestinal endoscope, master-slave remote control
urology	SING04	Phee	School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Singapore (Singapore)	TRUS-guided transperineal prostate biopsy
orthopaedics	SKI	Sullivan, Soni	Robot Design Center, Oklahoma State University	USA (Stillwater, OK)	Measurement of scoliotic degeneratios of the spine before and after surgery
imaging	SMART	Taniguchi, Miyazaki	Department of Mechanical Science and Bioengineering Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka university	Japan (Toyonaka)	remote controlled guidance of a laparoscope
neurosurgery	SmartTrepan	Radermacher	RWTH-Aachen / Lehrstuhl für Biomedizinische Technik	Germany (Aachen)	skull trepanation
general surgery	SNAILSURGEON	Cepolina, Zoppi	University of Genova, PMAR Robot Design Research Group	Italy (Genua)	Three snake-like instruments for tissue manipulaton
general surgery	SNR-R1	Yoshimitsu, Masamune	School of Science and Engineering, The Clinico-Medical Science Laboratory, Tokyo Denki University	Japan (Tokyo)	nursebot, hands and retrieves instruments (electrode knife and blood aspirator)
general surgery	SNR-R2	Yoshimitsu, Masamune	School of Science and Engineering, The Clinico-Medical Science Laboratory, Tokyo Denki University	Japan (Tokyo)	nursebot, hands and retrieves six different instruments
imaging	SOLOASSIST	Knapp	Aktormed GmbH	Germany (Barbing)	Automatic or voice-controlled guidance of an endoscope.
orthopaedics	SPA02	Fraile, Rodriguez	Biomedical Engineering Division, Fundacion CARTIF	Spain (Valladolid)	Drilling and milling of bone
imaging	SPA03	Casals	Intelligent Robotics and Systems Group, Technical University of Catalonia	Spain (Barcelona)	guidance of endoscopic cameras
OMS and ENT	SPA04	Casals	Intelligent Robotics and Systems Group, Technical University of Catalonia	Spain (Barcelona)	cutting of bone
imaging	SPA07	Muñoz	Dpto. De Ingeniera de Sistemas y Automática, Universidad de Málaga	Spain (Malaga)	guidance of endoscopic cameras
general surgery	SPA08	Hernansanz, Giralt	Research Group On Intelligent Robotics and Systems, Technical University of Catalonia	Spain (Barcelona)	virtual boundary definition
neurosurgery	SPANS	Tseng	Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical enigneering, National Central University	Taiwan (Chungli)	guidance of needles
orthopaedics	SPINEBOT	Chung, Lee, Yi	School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Hanyang University	Korea (Hanyang)	Pedicle screw placement, biopsy
imaging	SURGISCOPE	ISIS S.A.S.	ISIS S.A.S.	France (St. Martin d'Heres)	microscope guidance, active device
general surgery	SUSM	Mashimo	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology	Japan (Tokyo)	rotating gripper/forceps
imaging	TMS	Schweikard	Institute for Robotics and Cognitive Systems, University of Lübeck	Germany (Lübeck)	TMS, transcranial magnetic stimulation
trauma surgery	TRAUMAPOD	Garcia	SRI International	USA (Menlo Park, CA)	fully automated trauma surgery
orthopaedics	TW03	Yen	National Taipei University of Technology	Taiwan (Taipei)	Knie-arthroplasty, hands-on, impedance control
trauma surgery	TW04	Hung, Fang	Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Taipei	Taiwan (Taipei)	femur fraction repositioning
telepresence	TWENDY-ONE	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University	Japan (Tokyo)	telepresence, robotic housekeeping aid
general surgery	UK03	Khodabandehloo, Buckingham	University of Bristol	UK (Bristol)	moves a cutting blade along the boundary layer btween soft and hard tissue
general surgery	UK04	Lamperth, Davies	Department. of Mechanical Enigneering, Imperial College London, UK	UK (London)	moves a tool in an Mr scanner
neurosurgery	UK05	Lamperth, Davies	Department. of Mechanical Enigneering, Imperial College London, UK	UK (London)	moves a HIFU-head around an invariant point
fMRI	UK06	lamperth	Dept. of Mechanical Enigneering, Imperial College London, UK	UK (London)	moves one leg of the patient in an MR scanner
general surgery	USA18	Munro	Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles	USA (Los Angeles, CA)	off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery
imaging	USA19	Taylor	IBM T.J. Watson Research Center	USA (Yorktown Heights, NY)	1-DOF (in-out) camera guidance on a passive (ENDEX) arm
imaging	USA20	Taylor	IBM T.J. Watson Research Center	USA (Yorktown Heights, NY)	guidance of an endoscopic camera
imaging	USA21	Matsen, Kaiura	Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington	USA (Seattle, WA)	guidance of an endoscopic camera
orthopaedics	USA22	Burdea, Levy	Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Rutgers University	USA (Piscataway, NJ)	knee arthroplasty
imaging	USA23	erdman, Yacoub	Dept of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota	USA (Minneapolis)	guidance of an X-ray source for substraction radiography
general surgery	USA24	Leonard	Leonard Medical	USA (Huntingdon, PA)	Breast cancer biopsy, MRI guided
imaging	USA25	Wyrobek, Stoianovici	UROBotics Lab, Johns Hopkins University	USA (Baltimore, MD)	1-DOF (in/out)-guidance of an endoscopic camera
urology	USA26	Khalili, Zomlefer	Robotics Laboratory, Dept. of electrical Engineering and Computer Sciene, Santa Clara University	USA (Santa Clara, CA)	(surgical) interventions in an MR scanner
rehabilitation	USA27	DiMaio, Hata	Surgical Planning Lab, Brigham & Woman's Hospital, Boston	USA (Boston, MA)	passive movement of both legs of a patient (CPM-method)
urology	USA28	Levy, Ramani	School of Mechanical Engineering,	USA (West Lafayette, IN)	biopsy of the prostate
ophthalmology	USA29	Dolan	Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University	USA (Pittsburgh, PA)	Keratotomy
imaging	USA30	Agrawal, Fattah	Mechanical Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware	USA (Newark, DE)	guidance of a microscope
rehabilitation	USA31	Hata	Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School	USA (Boston, MA)	leg orthesises
general surgery	USA32	Shahinpoor	Mechanical Engineering, University of Maine	USA (Orono, ME)	liver biopsy in open MRI
general surgery	USA33	Gildenberg	Restauration robotics Inc	USA (Sunnyvale, CA)	guidance of a catheter through the vascular system
dermatology	USA34	Zhang, Yu	Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester	USA (Rochester, NY)	hair transplantation
urology	USA35	Kazanzides, Hata	Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University	USA (Baltimore, MD)	Brachytherapy (seed placing) of the prostate
neurosurgery	USA36	Behkam, Sitti	NanoRobotics Lab, Carnegie Mellon University	USA (Pittsburgh, PA)	Guidance of a drilling tool
general surgery	USA37	Flint, Taylor, Simaan	CISST, Johns Hopkins University	USA (Baltimore, MD)	mobile robot for deployment in water-filled cavities
OMS and ENT	USA09	Shadmehr	Laboratory for Computational Motor Control, Johns Hopkins University	USA (Baltimore, MD)	Master-slave-system for laryngoscopy
rehabilitation	WALKTRAINER	Métrailler, Brodard	EPFL, LSRO/STI	Switzerland (Lausanne)	active or passive movements of the hip and the legs of a patient
orthopaedics	WATO	Shi, Zhao	Inst. Image Processing & Pattern Recognition, Shanghai Jiao Tong University	PR China (Shanghai)	knee arthroplasty
telepresence	WENDY	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University	Japan (Tokyo)	telepresence. robotic housekeeping aid
OMS and ENT	FRA04	Chaumont, Lefebvre	GREAH, Université de Le Havre	France (Le Havre)	dental applications
rehabilitation	CADEN7	Perry	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington	USA (Seattle, WA)	upper limb (arm) rehabilitation
general surgery	CARDIOLOCK	Bachta	Équipe Automatique, Vision et Robotique, LSIIT, Strasbourg I University	France (Strasbourg)	heart movement stabilization during CABG surgery
general surgery	COBRASURGE	Zhang, Lehman	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln	USA (Lincoln, NE)	minimally invasive surgery
OMS and ENT	DELTASCOPE	Lüth	Micro Technology and Medical Device Engineering, TU München	Germany (Garching, D)	movement of an endoscopic camera
OMS and ENT	EMS	Lüth	MIMED, TU München	Germany (München )	movement of an endoscopic camera
general surgery	ENDOSAMURAI	Olympus	Olympus Corp.	Japan (Tokyo)	telesurgery, NOTES-procedures
general surgery	FUSBOT	Chauhan	Robotics Research Centre, Division of Mechatronics and Design, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University	Singapore (Singapore)	Moves an ultrasound reflector (in a water bath underneath the patient) and aims at the POI
rehabilitation	HAL	Suzuki	Graduate School of Systems and information Engineering, University of Tsukuba	Japan (Tsukuba)	lower limp rehabilitation with an exoskeleton
rehabilitation	HANDEXOS	Carrozza	ARTS Lab Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna	Italy (Pisa)	moves (a single) finger of the patient
general surgery	IREP	Xu, Simaan	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University	USA (New York)	single port minimally invasive rigid lapraoscopic tool with two arms and a vision system
rehabilitation	L-EXOS	Frisoli, Rossi	PERCRO, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna	Italy (Pisa)	moves left arm of the patient in 4 DOF, 1 passive for wrist supination/pronation
rehabilitation	LOPES	Ekkelenkamp, van der Kooji	Laboratory of Biomechanical Engineering, University of Twente	The Netherlands (Enschede)	leg and hip rehabilitation, gait training
imaging	MEDIWORM	Ikuta	Center for Robotic Systems in Microelectronics, University of California	USA (Santa Barbara, CA)	active gastroscope
rehabilitation	MR_CHIROD	Khanicheh, Mavroidis	Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University	USA (Boston, MA)	applies resistive force during gripping motion using electrorheological fluids
urology	MRI-P	Goldenberg	Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto	Canada (Toronto)	biopsy (prostate)
general surgery	MSS	Die, Komeda	Vision and Robotics Laboratory	Japan (Saitama)	heart catheter guidance
OMS and ENT	NAVIGATED CONTROL	Lüth	Surgical Robotics Lab	Germany (Berlin)	Milling of bone. Stops when trajectory boundary is crossed
neurosurgery	NEUROMASTER	Liu	Robotics Institute, Beihang University	PR China (Beijing)	instrument guidance
general surgery	RAVEN	Lum, Rosen, Sinanan	Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington	USA (Seattle)	telesurgical workstation
rehabilitation	REACHMAN	Burdet	Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London	UK (London)	moves hand and wrist, gripping movements
rehabilitation	REHABEXOS	Vertechy,	PERCRO, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna	Italy (Pisa)	moves left arm of the patient in 4 DOF, 1 passive for wrist supination/pronation
rehabilitation	RGTW	Shibata	Graduate School of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology	Japan (Saitama)	lower limb rehabilitation with air-muscle driven exo-skeleton. Under´-water deployment
general surgery	RSS	Degani, Ota	The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University	USA (Pittsburgh, PA)	bending laroscope
imaging	SMA-ACM II	Ikuta	Center for Robotic Systems in Microelectronics, University of California	USA (Santa Barbara, CA)	active gastroscope
rehabilitation	SUEFUL-7	Kiguchi, Li	Saga University, Honjomachi	Japan (Saga)	upper limb (arm) rehabilitation
imaging	SYRTECH	Gourdon	Vision and Robotics Laboratory	France (Bourges)	automated guidance of a ultrasonic probe
rehabilitation	TAURUS	Bockholt, Kramer	Fraunhofer IGD	Germany (Darmstadt)	neck rehabilitation
general surgery	TUM-POINT	Lüth	MIMED	Germany (Munich)	Instrumentenführung
imaging	VECTOR	Schurr	novineon Healthcare Technology Partners GmbH	Germany (Tübingen)	imaging, bleeding detection, biopsy, clipping
radio therapy	VERO	Brainlab	Brainlab AG	Germany (Heimstetten)	beam shaping and alignment
general surgery	VESALIUS	Peirs, Reynaraerts	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven	Belgien (Leuven)	CO2 laser ablation, endoscopic tools
general surgery	VIACATH	Abott, Peine	School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University	USA (West Lafayette, IN)	NOTES procedures
imaging	VIKY	EndoControl	EndoControl, Inc.	France (La Tronche)	automatized camera guidance. System is mounted to a passive arm
rehabilitation	WAO-1	Ishii, Katsumata	Graduate school of Engineering, Osaka University	Japan (Osaka)	bilateral head massage for the treatment of temporomandibular joint disorders
rehabilitation	WPAL	Kagawa, Uno	Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Nagoya University, 1 Furocho, Chikusaku	Japan (Nagoya)	lower limp rehabilitation with an exoskeleton
general surgery	BE01	Peirs, Reynaraerts	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Mechanical Engineering	Belgien (Leuven)	dexterity enhancement for robot-aided surgery
general surgery	CAN10	Okazawa, Salcudean, Rohling	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia	Canada (Vancuver, BC)	Biopsy
general surgery	CAN11	Bassan	Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, The University of Western Ontario	Canada (London, Ontario)	remote controlled surgey, haptic interface
neurosurgery	CAN12	Shen	Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dalhousie University	Canada (Halifax)	drills holes in the skull
fMRI	CH05	Riener	Sensory-Motor Systems Lab.	Switzerland (Zürich)	moves the wrist in an MR scanner
OMS and ENT	CH06	Salzmann, Weber, Nolte	ARTORG Center - ISTB, University of Bern	Switzerland (Bern)	implantation of hearing aids
neurosurgery	DEU04	Navab Loser	Lehrstuhl für Informatikanwendungen in der Medizin TU München	Germany (München )	Nadelführung für neurosurgery im CT
OMS and ENT	DEU25	Burgner, Wörn	Institute for Process Control and Robotics, University of Karlsruhe	Germany (Karlsruhe)	robot-assisted laser cochleostomy
OMS and ENT	DEU26	Eilers, Leinung	Institute of Robotics, Leibniz University Hannover	Germany (Hannover)	robot assisted cochlear implant insertion
trauma	DEU27	Wendlandt, Müller	University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Laboratory for Biomechanics	Germany (Lübeck)	Fixateur extern, automatisiert
OMS and ENT	DEU28	Lüth	Department of Micro Technology and Medical Device Engineering (MIMED), Technische Universität München	Germany (München )	middle ear milling
general surgery	FRA07	van Meer	LAAS / CNRS	France (Toulouse)	disposable robotic alaproscopic instrument
general surgery	FRA08	Reboulet	ONERA/DCSD	France (Toulouse)	parallel kinematics instrument tip (3 rotations)
rehabilitation	FRA09	Moubarak	Laboratoire Ampere UMR CNRS	France (Lyon)	moves the patient's arm as an exo-skeleton
general surgery	FRA10	Dombre, Dominici	LIRMM-UMR CNRS, University of Montpellier II	France (Montpellier)	heart motion compensation
urology	ITALIA02	Rovetta	Robotics Laboratory Politecnico die Milano	Italy (Milano)	prostate biopsy
rehabilitation	ITALIA10	Steinisch, Comani	Behavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics Center, University "G. d'Annunzio"	Italy (Chieti)	arm reahibilitation using virtual environments
general surgery	JAP44	Harada, Fuije	Waseda University	Japan (Tokyo)	laparoscopic surgery, TTTS-treatment.
general surgery	JAP45	Azuma, Arai	Department of Bioengineering and Robotics, Tohoku University	Japan (Sendai)	Laparoscopic microsurgery, NOTES procedures
general surgery	JAP46	Nakamura, Dohi, Masamune	Department of Precision Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	Laparoscopic instrument
general surgery	JAP47	Harada, Fuije	Waseda University	Japan (Tokyo)	MR-controlled intra-uterine microsurgery
general surgery	JAP49	Aramaki	OLYMPUS Optical Co., Ltd.	Japan (Tokyo)	micro Laparoscopic instrument, bending action SMA actuation
general surgery	JAP50	Osaki	Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama	Japan (Kanagawa)	3-fingered assemblable tissue retractor through a single 12mm-tocar
general surgery	JAP51	Song	Department of Intelligent Mechanical Systems Engineering, Kagawa University	Japan (Takamatsu)	Haptic feedback control
general surgery	JAP52	Takemura	Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology	Japan (Tokyo)	Minimally invasive surgerywith active instrument tip. 3-DOF piezo actuator
neurosurgery	JAP53	Jujimoto, Arata	Department of Computer and Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology	Japan (Nagoya)	neurosurgical master-slave system
rehabilitation	JAP54	Honda	Fundamental Technology Research Center, Honda R&D Co.,Ltd.	Japan (Saitama)	walking support (lower limb rehabilitation?)
general surgery	JAP55	Kobayashi	Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University	Japan (Tokyo)	tumour detection via palpation, insertion of biopsy needle through palpation probe
ophthalmology	JAP56	Nakano, Sugita	The University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	cannulation of retinal vessels
general surgery	JAP57	Ohno, Yu	Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University	Japan (Chiba)	3-DOF moving platform for NOTES procedures with vacuum cups to attach to the inner peritoneum
general surgery	JAP58	Onogi, Kobayashi, Sakuma	Intelligent Modeling Laboratory, The University of Tokyo	Japan (Tokyo)	punction of vertebrae
general surgery	JAP59	Oshima, Tanaka	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Japan (Tokyo)	tissue retraction during laparoscopic surgery, Six gripping configurations possible
general surgery	KOR04	Park	Mechanical Engineering Department, KAIST	Korea (Daejeon)	Remote controlled NOTES surgery
urology	NL01	Van Schelven	University Medical Center, Utrecht	The Netherlands (Utrecht)	prostate biopsy
rehabilitation	TW05	Song	Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University	Taiwan (Hsinchu)	robotic walking frame
general surgery	UK07	Taylor, Gaskell	Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces & Interfaces School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds	UK (Leeds)	n/A
neurosurgery	UK08	Davies	Imperial College	UK (London)	moves three US probes on a head-frame
general surgery	USA18	Cavusoglu	MERCIS Lab, Case Western Reserve University	USA (Cleveland, Ohio)	off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery
general surgery	USA38	Lehmann	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln	USA (Lincoln, NE)	NOTES procedures
general surgery	USA39	Dupont, Sears	Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Boston University	USA (Boston, MA)	telerobotic microsurgery, sterreable needle
general surgery	USA40	Webster, Cowan	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University	USA (Baltimore, MD)	steerable needle
general surgery	USA41	Berkelmann	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii-Manoa	USA (Honolulu HI)	remote controlled surgery, patient mounted
general surgery	USA42	Cavusoglu	Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University	USA (Cleveland, OH)	needle insertion in small animals
rehabilitation	USA43	Chen	Center for Applied Science and Engineering, University of Delaware/duPont Hospital for Children	USA (Wilmington, DE)	head-movement-controlled robot for therapy and interaction
rehabilitation	USA44	Reinkensmeyer	Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley	USA (Berkeley, CA)	bimanual upper-limp reha with transporting and squeezing tasks
general surgery	USA45	Wilson, Cleary	ISIS Center, Department of Radiology	USA (Washington, DC)	moves a biopsy needle in three translational DOF with the bore of a 7T MR scanner
general surgery	USA46	Tholey, Desai	PRISM Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University	USA (Philadelphia, PA)	Coronary Artery Graft Bypass Surgery with force feedback
rehabilitation	USA47	Wang, Sarkar	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University	USA (Nashville, TN)	upper limb (arm) rehabilitation