Robotics Engineering for Medical Applications
Event details
School of Physics, Engineering and Technology Webinar Series
Join us to explore the uses of robotics in medical applications. Find out how touch-sensitive, teleoperated robots are used to perform minimally-invasive surgery to remove cancers in the head and neck. Learn how we can mimic the surgical environment using low-cost, accessible training tools that allow surgeons to develop the skills needed for laparoscopic surgery. Discover how soft materials and advanced control systems can be used for soft robotic endoscopy, leading to more precise and less invasive methods of gastric cancer diagnosis. And explore how spectroscopy techniques can allow us to better understand cancer-causing pathogens at the molecular level.
About the speaker
Dr. Manish Chauhan is a Lecturer in Medical Engineering in the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology at the University of York. His research is interdisciplinary, and links robotics research into molecular biology and quantum physics, as well as developing applications for clinical trials. Prior to his current role, he was a Marie Curie Fellow at the STORM Lab in the School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering at the University of Leeds, where his research took place at the National Centre for Robotic Engineering and Applications. His Ph.D. in Bioengineering Robotics was awarded at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy, in 2017.