Although substantial advancements have been achieved in robot-assisted surgery, the
blueprint to existing snake robotics predominantly focuses on the preliminary structural …

Introduction: Gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy forms a significant proportion of clinicians'
workloads. However, little attention is given to the ergonomic aspects of endoscopy. This …

Abstract Purpose of Review Gastrointestinal endoscopy includes a wide range of
procedures that has dramatically evolved over the past decades. Robotic endoscopy and …

Background Current soft endoscope intervention mainly depends on the skills of
endoscopists, especially for the orientation of the endoscope within the human tortuous …

Background A scope actuation system assists a surgeon in steering a scope for navigating
an operative field during an interventional or diagnostic procedure. Each system is tailored …

Background and study aims: We introduced a new platform for performing colonoscopy with
robotic steering and automated lumen centralization (RS-ALC) and evaluated its technical …

Objective: Developing robotic tools that introduce substantial changes in the surgical
workflow is challenging because quantitative requirements are missing. Experiments on …

The twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome is a severe fetal anomaly appearing in up to 15% of
identical twin pregnancies. This anomaly occurs when twins share blood vessels from a …

Background Flexible endoscopes are increasingly used to perform advanced intraluminal
and transluminal interventions. These complex interventions demand accurate and efficient …

Background Some difficulties are common when using endoscopes. Steering is not intuitive,
the endoscope weight is a physical burden to physicians and communication problems often …