This review is dedicated to the advanced applications of robotic technologies in the
industrial field. Robotic solutions in areas with non-intensive applications are presented, and …

This paper presents an integrated mapping of motion and visualization scheme based on a
Mixed Reality (MR) subspace approach for the intuitive and immersive telemanipulation of …

This letter presents a miniature manipulator with variable stiffness towards minimally
invasive transluminal endoscopic surgery, such as the endoscopic submucosal dissection …

Medical robots with audio-video-haptic streams, as indispensable devices for remote
healthcare, are playing ever-increasing roles in mitigating the spread of infectious diseases …

Transbronchial lung biopsy is an effective and less-invasive treatment for the early diagnosis
of lung cancer. However, the limited dexterity of existing endoscopic instruments and the …

Robots have been used extensively in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic since its
outbreak. One prominent direction is the use of robots for swab sampling, which not only …

The nasopharyngeal (NP) swab sample test, commonly used to detect COVID-19 and other
respiratory illnesses, involves moving a swab through the nasal cavity to collect samples …

Manual oropharyngeal (OP) swab sampling is an intensive and risky task. In this article, a
novel OP swab sampling device of low cost and high compliance is designed by combining …

The demand for autonomous nasopharyngeal swab sampling robot systems is increasing
owing to the recent outbreak of the respiratory virus pandemic. To protect the medical staff …

A biarc fitting algorithm is proposed for the designed concentric cable-driven manipulator
working in oropharyngeal (OP) swab samplings. This algorithm makes the concentric cable …