The students built a wireless swimming robot in Wireless Mechatronics Class given by Dr.Pietro Valdastri.

The students, Christian Di Natali, Hunter Gilbert, Erdem Erdemir and the teaching assistant Marco Beccani built a wireless swimming robot in Wireless Mechatronics Class given by Dr. Pietro Valdastri.... KEEP READING

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The paper “Magnetic Mechanism for Wireless Capsule Biopsy” by M. Simi, G. Gerboni, A. Menciassi and P. Valdastri is one of the three winners of the 3-in-5 competition at the 2012 Design of Medical Devices Conference. Congratulations Massimiliano!!!

Read the ViSE press release.  ... KEEP READING

Posted on Thursday, April 12th, 2012 in News | Comments Off on The paper “Magnetic Mechanism for Wireless Capsule Biopsy” by M. Simi, G. Gerboni, A. Menciassi and P. Valdastri is one of the three winners of the 3-in-5 competition at the 2012 Design of Medical Devices Conference. Congratulations Massimiliano!!!

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Remote active magnetic actuation for a single-access surgical robotic manipulator Paper

The paper “Remote active magnetic actuation for a single-access surgical robotic manipulator” by C. Di Natali and P. Valdastri has been accepted for CARS 2012.... KEEP READING

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Magnetic Mechanism for Wireless Capsule Biopsy Paper

The paper “Magnetic Mechanism for Wireless Capsule Biopsy” by M. Simi, G. Gerboni, A. Menciassi and P. Valdastri has been selected for the 3-in-5 competition at the 2012 Design of Medical Devices Conference. Only 10 papers out of 112 contributions have been selected for the competition.... KEEP READING

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The “Magnet-Assembly” team was able to put together the two halves of our big permanent magnet!!!

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Our new moka – caffettiera – is ready to prepare coffees for the long nights at work!!!

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Our new 3D printer, an Object Alaris 30, is ready to print our capsule robots!!!

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Welcome Giulia!!!

Welcome Giulia!!! Giulia is working toward her Master Thesis in BME at University of Pisa.... KEEP READING

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Welcome Sissi and Lorenza!!!

Welcome Sissi and Lorenza!!! Sissi and Lorenza are working toward their Master Thesis in BME at University of Pisa.... KEEP READING

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Welcome Charreau!!!

Welcome Charreau!!! Charreau starts an internship at the STORM Lab toward admission as Grad student.... KEEP READING

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Trans-abdominal Active Magnetic Linkage for Robotic Surgery: Concept Definition and Model Assessment Paper

The paper “Trans-abdominal Active Magnetic Linkage for Robotic Surgery: Concept Definition and Model Assessment” by C. Dinatali, T. Ranzani, M. Simi, A. Menciassi and P. Valdastri has been accepted for IEEE ICRA 2012... KEEP READING

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Magnetic Mechanism for Wireless Capsule Biopsy Paper

The paper “Magnetic Mechanism for Wireless Capsule Biopsy” by M. Simi, G. Gerboni, A. Menciassi and P. Valdastri has been accepted for the 2012 Design of Medical Devices Conference... KEEP READING

Posted on Friday, December 23rd, 2011 in News | Comments Off on Magnetic Mechanism for Wireless Capsule Biopsy Paper

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The ViSE (Vanderbilt Initiative in Surgery and Engineering) kicks off

VISE Website... KEEP READING

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Lucy Lawless, actress and singer, at our TEDMED 2011 stand

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Dean Kamen, Segway’s inventor and President of DEKA Research & Development Corporation, at our TEDMED 2011 stand

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