The Biorobotics and Human Modeling Lab, under the direction of George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Professor Jun Ueda, have developed a patient mounted injection needle robot for use in magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), a technology that combines MRI imaging and low-frequency vibrations to create a map (elastogram) that…
Waiman Meinhold Daniel E. Martinez ; John N. Oshinski ; Ai-Ping Hu ; Jun Ueda, A direct drive parallel plane piezoelectric needle positioning robot for MRI guided intraspinal injection Recent developments in the field of cellular therapeutics have indicated the potential of stem cell injections directly to the spinal cord.…
This paper describes a method for inverse kinematics that is tolerant to degenerate wheels structures, specifically to control the motion of the transformable, pseudo-omnidirectional mobile platform. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094114X20302093
Inventors at Georgia Tech and Emory have developed an MRI compatible robotic needle positioning system to improve both the speed and accuracy of the injection procedure. The robot uses linear piezoelectric motors to directly drive a parallel plane positioning mechanism. Feedback is provided through MRI images taken during the orientation…
Michael LiBretto, Yong K. Cho, Yong Han Ahn, Chang Soo Han, Jun Ueda, Configuration Optimization for End-Point Stabilization of Redundant Manipulators with Base Flexibility, ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control, Apr 2021, 1(2): 021001 (9 pages) [LINK]. This is a letter version of our ASME DSCC 2019 paper recommended…
Dr. Ueda’s lab receives supplemental funding from National Science Foundation (DCL NSF 20-027) to study data science methods for the current project #1662029. The award will establish new collaboration with Dr. Ai-Ping Hu (GTRI) and Dr. Ye Zhao (ME).
A paper from the PhD project of Euisun Kim has been published in Frontiers in Neurorobotics. [LINK to Frontiers] Euisun Kim, Waiman Meinhold, Minoru Shinohara, Jun Ueda, Statistical Inter-stimulus Interval Window Estimation for Transient Neuromodulation via Paired Mechanical and Brain Stimulation, Frontiers in NeuroRobotics, Volume 14, 2020
December 7th 2019. Students, faculty, their family and friends got together and celebrated holidays. Thank you all for coming!!
December 5th 2019. Eusiun successfully defended her PhD thesis on Robotic Induction of Neuromodulation via Paired Brain Stimulation with Mechanical Stimulation. Congratulations, Dr. Kim!!
A collaborative project with Dr. Mehmet Kurt at the Stevens Institute of Technology receives $280K Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Discovery Award from Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP), US Army. This project will develop multi-actuator technology for magnetic resonance elastography (MRE).