From WPI Automation and Interventional Medicine (AIM) Robotics Laboratory

This is our old page, please see the new AIM Lab website at: http://aimlab.wpi.edu

This laboratory is affiliated with

• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• WPI Robotics Engineering

The primary focus of the WPI Automation and Interventional Medicine Robotics Research Laboratory is the design and development of enabling technologies for medical robotics and robot-assisted surgery.

The Director for this Laboratory is:
Prof. Gregory Fischer

Some of our key research areas are:

• Medical robotics and Image-guided surgery
• Robot-assisted prostate cancer therapy and stereotactic neurosurgery
• MRI compatible mechatronics (sensors, actuators and control systems)
• Haptics and telesurgery
• Human-robot interaction

Current areas of research are described here: Current Research

Or see a research overview here: YouTube Video

Please see the Facilities page for more information about our available facilities and resources.

More information about the students, staff, faculty, and other collaborators can be found here: People

To contact or visit us, please see the information posted here: Contact Us

Collaborators

Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD, USA:

• Computer Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology (CISST) Engineering Research Center (ERC)
• Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics

Harvard Medical School - Boston, MA, USA:

• Brigham and Women's Hopspital (BWH) Surgical Planning Lab (SPL)

Queens University - Kingston ON, Canada:

• Laboratory for Percutaneous Surgery (Perk Lab)

University of Massachusetts Medical School - Worcester, MA, USA:

• UMass Med

Acoustic MedSystems, Inc. (AMS) - Champaign, IL

• Acoustic MedSystems

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