{"id":105,"date":"2012-07-11T14:55:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T14:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nus.edu.sg\/biomm\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2021-03-28T03:36:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T03:36:03","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"INTRODUCTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Projects\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mmbie-1lip61o.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-106 size-medium\" style=\"margin: 8px;\" title=\"mmbie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mmbie-1lip61o-300x250.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mmbie-1lip61o-300x250.gif 300w, http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mmbie-1lip61o-150x125.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe research group of Medical Mechatronics at the Department of Biomedical Engineering of NUS aims to facilitate surgical and intervention systems by engineering approaches, which are also known as Computer-Integrated Surgical (CIS) and Computer-Integrated Interventional Systems (CIIS). To meet clinical needs, we are collaborating with clinicians and aiming to extend their capability of planing and&nbsp;carrying&nbsp;out surgical interventions more accurately, safely, efficiently, effectively and less invasively, based on the advances of technologies in mechatronics, medical imaging, signal processing, surgical navigation, computer vision, robotic control, sensing and biomechanical analysis. For more information about our research projects, please check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com.sg\/citations?user=rcF7N44AAAAJ\">Google Scholar<\/a> profile or click <a title=\"Projects\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/category\/projects\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/category\/projects\/\">Projects by Category<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/category\/projects\/surgical-robotics\/\">Surgical Robotics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/category\/projects\/navigation\/\">Navigation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/category\/projects\/positioning\/\">Positioning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/category\/projects\/planning\/\">Planning<\/a><\/li>\n<li>C4R:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/cognitive\/\">cognitive<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/compliant\/\">compliant<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/continuum\/\">continuum<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/cooperative\/\">cooperative<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Projects by Tags\/Keywords<\/h3>\n<div class=\"tagcloud\"><a class=\"tag-link-132 tag-link-position-3\" title=\"2 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/actors\/\">ACTORS<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-51 tag-link-position-4\" title=\"1 topic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/calibration\/\">calibration<\/a> &nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-117 tag-link-position-7\" title=\"2 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/cognitive\/\">cognitive<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-68 tag-link-position-8\" title=\"1 topic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/compliant\/\">compliant<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-66 tag-link-position-9\" title=\"8 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/continuum\/\">continuum<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-67 tag-link-position-10\" title=\"2 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/cooperative\/\">cooperative<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-71 tag-link-position-11\" title=\"2 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/curvilinear\/\">curvilinear<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-49 tag-link-position-12\" title=\"1 topic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/ema\/\">EMA<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-37 tag-link-position-13\" title=\"7 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/flexible-robots\/\">flexible robots<\/a><a class=\"tag-link-106 tag-link-position-14\" title=\"2 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/forcetorque-sensing\/\">Force\/torque sensing<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-65 tag-link-position-15\" title=\"2 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/guidewires\/\">guidewires<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-53 tag-link-position-16\" title=\"1 topic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/hand-eye-coordination\/\">hand-eye coordination<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-63 tag-link-position-17\" title=\"2 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/igi\/\">IGI<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-102 tag-link-position-18\" title=\"1 topic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/itubot\/\">itubot<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-86 tag-link-position-20\" title=\"2 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/kinect\/\">Kinect<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-128 tag-link-position-21\" title=\"2 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/kinematics\/\">Kinematics<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-35 tag-link-position-22\" title=\"3 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/magnetic-robotics\/\">magnetic robotics<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-39 tag-link-position-23\" title=\"6 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/navigation\/\">Navigation<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-133 tag-link-position-24\" title=\"2 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/nmrc\/\">NMRC<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-124 tag-link-position-25\" title=\"2 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/onr\/\">ONR<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-87 tag-link-position-27\" title=\"1 topic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/planning\/\">Planning<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-81 tag-link-position-28\" title=\"1 topic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/positioning\/\">positioning<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-26 tag-link-position-29\" title=\"8 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/robotics\/\">robotics<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-107 tag-link-position-30\" title=\"1 topic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/sensor\/\">sensor<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-82 tag-link-position-31\" title=\"1 topic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/sensor-netwok\/\">sensor netwok<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-70 tag-link-position-32\" title=\"1 topic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/servoing\/\">servoing<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-40 tag-link-position-33\" title=\"1 topic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/shape-sensing\/\">shape sensing<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-103 tag-link-position-34\" title=\"2 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/smf\/\">SMF<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-27 tag-link-position-35\" title=\"3 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/soft-robotics\/\">soft robotics<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-76 tag-link-position-36\" title=\"1 topic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/statistical-atlas\/\">statistical atlas<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-99 tag-link-position-37\" title=\"7 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/surgical-robotics\/\">Surgical Robotics<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-43 tag-link-position-38\" title=\"2 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/teleoperation\/\">teleoperation<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-69 tag-link-position-39\" title=\"1 topic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/tendon-driven\/\">tendon driven<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-125 tag-link-position-40\" title=\"3 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/tier2\/\">Tier2<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-72 tag-link-position-41\" title=\"7 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/tracking\/\">tracking<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-104 tag-link-position-42\" title=\"1 topic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/transnasal\/\">transnasal<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"tag-link-80 tag-link-position-43\" title=\"3 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/ultrasound\/\">Ultrasound<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-31 tag-link-position-44\" title=\"2 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/vascular-intervention\/\">vascular intervention<\/a> <a class=\"tag-link-44 tag-link-position-45\" title=\"2 topics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/tag\/visual-servoing\/\">visual servoing<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Funding agencies:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>CUHK<\/li>\n<li>MOST China<\/li>\n<li>MOE SG<\/li>\n<li>NMRC\/MOH<\/li>\n<li>ONR USA<\/li>\n<li>NUSRI<\/li>\n<li>NUS\/NUH<\/li>\n<li>SMF<\/li>\n<li>Temasek Laboratories Seed Grant (Remote-controlled biorobot)<\/li>\n<li>ASTAR TSRP (Human-Robot Collaborative Sensing and Perception)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/logo_MOE1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2438 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/logo_MOE1.jpg\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/logo_MOE1.jpg 268w, http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/logo_MOE1-150x39.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nmrc-logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2445\" src=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nmrc-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nmrc-logo.jpg 266w, http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nmrc-logo-150x38.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/smflogo.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2444\" src=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/smflogo.png\" alt=\"\" height=\"100\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MIL_US_ONR_Logo_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2442\" src=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MIL_US_ONR_Logo_lg-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MIL_US_ONR_Logo_lg-300x135.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MIL_US_ONR_Logo_lg-768x346.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MIL_US_ONR_Logo_lg-778x350.jpg 778w, http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MIL_US_ONR_Logo_lg-150x68.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/MIL_US_ONR_Logo_lg.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nuh1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2441\" src=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nuh1-300x115.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nuh1-300x115.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nuh1-150x58.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/nuh1.jpg 584w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/moh-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2447\" src=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/moh-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/moh-logo.jpg 164w, http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/moh-logo-150x89.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/NUS_Logo_JPG_-_Portrait1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2440\" src=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/NUS_Logo_JPG_-_Portrait1-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/NUS_Logo_JPG_-_Portrait1-227x300.jpg 227w, 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To meet clinical needs, we are collaborating with clinicians and aiming to extend\u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/introduction\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2922,"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions\/2922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.labren.org\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}