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Enhancing the Locomotion of an In Vivo Robot for Cardiac Surgery
F. Razjouyan, N. Patronik, M.A. Zenati, and C. Riviere
Proceedings of the IEEE 32nd Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, April, 2006, pp. 97 - 98.

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This paper describes a technique to improve the locomotion of a miniature crawling robot, (Heart Lander) that uses suction to adhere to the surface of the beating heart. During locomotion, maintaining a vacuum seal with at least one of the suction pads is crucial. A new algorithm was developed to analyze data from pressure sensors monitoring the suction pads to accurately determine the suction status. HeartLander demonstrated successful locomotion on a realistic beating heart model when the algorithm was implemented.

Associated center: MRTC
Associated lab/group: Medical Instrumentation Lab
Associated project: HeartLander

Number of pages: 2

F. Razjouyan, N. Patronik, M.A. Zenati, and C. Riviere, "Enhancing the Locomotion of an In Vivo Robot for Cardiac Surgery," Proceedings of the IEEE 32nd Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, April, 2006, pp. 97 - 98.

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   title = "Enhancing the Locomotion of an In Vivo Robot for Cardiac Surgery",
   booktitle = "Proceedings of the IEEE 32nd Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference",
   month = "April",
   year = "2006",
   pages = "97 - 98"
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