The BioRobotics lab founded by Prof. B. Hannaford at the University of Washington is a 1200 ft^2 research facility currently shared by Prof. Chizeck and Prof. Rosen and their collaborators. This lab serves as a melting pot of research, technology and human resources in Robotics and Biomedical Engineering. The Biorobotics Lab is working closely with the Center of Video Endoscopic Surgery (CVES). The CVES lab is frequently used for studies associated with surgery.

 

Generic Hardware

• 3 Seiko bench-top industrial robots: 2 XY2000 and 1 RT 2000. Assembly cell tooling and parts feeder for 5-part assembly using XY2000 robot.
• Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC-Direct 205 series).

• 5-axis mini direct drive robot.
• Pen Based Haptic Interface
• High Bandwidth Force Display
• Fingertip Haptic Display
• Linear Haptic Display
• Force Reflective Endoscopic Grasper (FREG)
• Instrumented Endoscopic Tool (IET)
• BlueDRAGON
• Motorized Endoscopic Grasper (MEG)
  

Computes Hardware / Software