Luca Scimeca

AI Research Scientist & Founder

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Introducing RoboPatient — a soft robotics approach to training doctors

Cambridge researchers are designing the healthcare robotics of the future by investigating a robot-assisted approach to training doctors in medical examinations.

The RoboPatient soft robotic abdominal phantom used for palpation training

An article published by the University of Cambridge describes part of my work in using AI and robotics in the medical field.

Cambridge researchers are helping to design the healthcare robotics of the future by investigating a robot-assisted approach to training doctors in medical examinations. To read the full article, follow this link.

We have published part of this work in the leading robotics journal Soft Robotics. The research article is titled “Action Augmentation of Tactile Perception for Soft-Body Palpation”. In it we delve further into the complex realm of physical medical examination: we use a robotic platform and a mathematical framework both to understand and to employ complex palpation strategies, in order to achieve appropriate sensory perception for robotic medical diagnosis.

Cambridge article Paper (Soft Robotics) Code