Funded by Royal Thai Government through Mahidol University
Total (2006-2010) – 19,960,000 THB (587,000 USD)
Collaboration with Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Ramadhibodi, Mahidol University

This project is to develop surgical robotic systems for applications in total-knee replacement (TKR) and laparoscopic surgery. The studies are separated in stages; clinical studies, design and development, lab experiments, phantom experiments, cadaveric tests, clinical trials, final adjustments, and near commercializing. The researchers are expected 3 outcome systems

1. OrthoBot (for TKR application)
2. LapaRobot
3. EndoBot (for Laparoscopic application)

References

1. Interactive 3D Force/Torque Parameter Acquisition and Correlation Identification during Primary Trocar Insertion in Laparoscopic Abdominal Surgery: 5 Cases
2. A Technique for Mimicking Soft Tissue Manipulation from Experimental Data to a Wave Equation Model for a New Laparoscopic Virtual Reality Training System
3. MU-LapaRobot: A Corporative Surgical Robot for Laparoscopic Surgery
4. Euclidean Distance and Workspace Region Based Control Algorithm for Collision Avoidance in a Laparoscopic Surgical Robot: MU-LapaRobot
5. Development of Wire-Driven Laparoscopic Surgical Robotic System, “MU-LapaRobot”
6. On The Design And Development of A Novel 4-DOF Wire-Driven Laparoscopic Surgical Robotic System, “MU-LAPAROBOT”
7. Design of A New Laparoscopic-Holder Assisting Robot
8. Layered Workspace Based Control Algorithm for Collision Avoidance in a Laparoscopic Surgical Robot: µ-LapaRobot
9. MU-LapaRobot: A Novel 4-DOF Wire-Driven Laparoscopic Surgical Robot System for Cooperative and Tele-Operative Procedures
10. Workspace Analysis for A New Design Laparoscopic Robotic Manipulator”, MU-LapaRobot1″
11. Compliance Constraint Control Based Minimally Invasive Surgery (Mis): Primary Trocar Insertion for Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Platform
12. A Mathematical Model of Soft Tissue Using Wave Equation for Realistic Visualization in a New Laparoscopic Virtual Reality Training System
13. Design and Development of A Novel Laparoscopic Robotic System (MU-LAPAROBOT)