Title :
Systematic Design of Medical Capsule Robots
Author :
Beccani, Marco ; Tunc, Hakan ; Taddese, Addisu ; Susilo, Ekawahyu ; Volgyesi, Peter ; Ledeczi, Akos ; Valdastri, Pietro
Author_Institution :
Sci. & Technol. Of Robot. in Med. (STORM) Lab., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
Abstract :
Medical capsule robots that navigate inside the body as diagnostic and interventional tools are an emerging and challenging research area within medical CPSs. These robots must provide locomotion, sensing, actuation, and communication within severe size, power, and computational constraints. This paper presents the first effort for an open architecture, platform design, software infrastructure, and a supporting modular design environment for medical capsule robots to further this research area.
Keywords :
control system synthesis; medical robotics; patient diagnosis; robot programming; software architecture; Systems; medical CPS; medical capsule robots; open architecture; patient diagnosis; platform design; software infrastructure; systematic design; Biomedical monitoring; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical robots; Robots; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
Journal_Title :
Design & Test, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MDAT.2015.2459591
