![]() The robot has potential in a broad range of applications and medicine is an exciting direction for our research to take.” “For medical applications there are a lot of safety adjustments to make on the design and control method of the probe to make it suitable for inspecting inside the human body. ![]() “We have started early tests to see if the robot can navigate and has enough motion capabilities to perform surgical procedures,” explains UTC Director, Professor Dragos Axinte. ![]() Such kinds of medical procedures are currently performed with endoscopic tools, but COBRA could offer more dexterity, accuracy, and high-definition views for surgical teams. The UTC has now secured Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Impact Accelerator funding to adapt COBRA into the first robot in the UK specifically for throat cancer and injury surgery. The continuum (snake-like) robot, called COBRA, has been developed at the University of Nottingham and has been successfully demonstrated in jet engine inspection and repair, as well as nuclear plant installation and maintenance, and is being now refined for medical use.īased in the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) in Manufacturing and On-Wing Technology at the University, COBRA’s researchers are the only group in the world to have perfected this kind of remote-controlled technology for industry. A repair robot that takes inspiration from the bendiness and sensing ability of snakes to access hard-to-reach places in harsh, industrial environments is now being exploited for use in human surgery.
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