University of Washington, BioRobotics Lab RAVEN Surgical Robot System
NASA NEEMO 12
RAVEN Surgical Robot, NASA NEEMO12 information and photo galleries
NASA's NEEMO 12 took place May 7-18, 2007 in the NOAA Aquarius Undersea Habitat, 3.5 miles off Key Largo, FL. The University of Washington, BioRobotics Lab RAVEN Surgical Robot was one of two surgical robot platforms used for telesurgery experiments in NASA NEEMO 12. In collaboration with University of Cincinnati, surgeons from the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital teleoperated from Seattle, WA to the Aquarius Undersea Habitat. Surgeons used the RAVEN to perform a variety of dry lab tasks that involve both gross manipulation as well as dexterous manipulations such as bi-manual block transfers and suturing. The RAVEN was also used for educational outreach program whereby a selected group of elementary school students teleoperated from Cincinnati. In a synergistic effort with the NASA ARES group, telemanipulation of geological samples was performed.
High Altitude Platforms for Mobile Robotic Telesurgery (HAPsMRT)
BioRobotics Lab RAVEN Surgical Robot
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