Use of Robot for Medical and Biological Purpose

ALL INDIA SHRI SHIVAJI MEMORIAL SOCIETY’S
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, PUNE.

BY
MAYUR WAKHARE
AND
ADITYA MUKHEDKAR

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* INTRODUCTION.......................................................3 * WHY ROBOTS AND AUTOMATION IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE.......................................................3 * ROBOTCS TOOLS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS..............4 * KEY TECHNOLOGY.................................................5 * FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH CHALLENGES......6 * QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE OBSERVATIONS.......................................................7 * CONCLUSION............................................................8 * REFERNCES...............................................................9

ROBOTICS FOR BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL APPLICATIONS

Authors-
Yuan Zheng, George Bekey, Arthur Sanderson

BACKGROUND
This chapter describes research activities currently conducted in the world that are related to robotics for biological and medical applications. Robotics for medical applications started fifteen years ago while for biological applications it is rather new (about five years old). In this chapter, we first discuss why we need robots and automation in biology and medicine. Then we present robotic tools, devices and systems, key technologies, and fundamental research challenges that are relevant to the two applications. Research activities conducted and visited by the assessment team in the U.S., Japan, Korea and Europe are introduced.

WHY ROBOTS AND AUTOMATION IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Biological Applications
The primary purpose for use of robotics in biology is to achieve high throughput in experiments related to research and development of life science. Those experiments involve the delivery and dispensation of biological samples/solutions in large numbers each with very small volumes. Typical applications include
high-throughput

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