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DESCRIPTION:An esteemed London IEEE Member\, Dr. Rajni Patel\, has been awa
 rded IEEE Canada's 2021 [A.G.L. McNaughton Award](https://www.ieee.ca/en/a
 wards/member-awards/#a-g-l-mcnaughton-award). Recipients of this medal are
  outstanding Canadian engineers recognized for their exemplary contributio
 ns to the engineering profession.\n\nAs part of recognizing this award\, w
 e have invited Dr. Patel to provide an overview of his research interests.
 \n\nAbstract\n\nTeleoperated (leader-follower) robotic systems offer advan
 tages to the user of increased dexterity and precision\, tremor filtering\
 , motion repeatability\, and the possibility of autonomous or semi-autonom
 ous functions. In the time of a pandemic such as COVID-19\, they provide a
  means of improved safety for healthcare workers through the possibility o
 f performing certain functions from short or long distances such as patien
 t monitoring\, assessment and treatment. However\, these teleoperated syst
 ems also have some disadvantages\, primarily as a result of limitations of
  the current technology. These issues will be discussed in the talk in the
  context of two specific areas of application: robotics-assisted medical i
 nterventions and robotics for neurological movement disorders. Particular 
 focus will be on issues arising from the absence of accurate haptic (sense
  of touch) feedback which prevents reflection to the user of realistic int
 eraction forces between a robot and a patient or objects in the robot’s 
 environment. The role of haptics-based teleoperation will be discussed bas
 ed on experimental studies to highlight the key issues associated with inc
 orporating force sensing\, haptics and teleoperation in patient-oriented r
 obotic systems and the advantages and potential uses of such interaction i
 n specific applications.\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Rajni Patel\, \n\nAgenda: \n12
 :30 Welcome and Introductions\n\n12:45 Dr Rajni Patel's presentation\n\n13
 :30 Q&A session\n\nLondon\, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vto
 ols.ieee.org/m/272963
LOCATION:London\, Ontario\, Canada\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.or
 g/m/272963
ORGANIZER:murraymacdonald@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:7
SUMMARY:Teleoperation\, Force Sensing\, Haptics and Control Issues in Medic
 al Robotics 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/272963
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>An esteemed London IEEE Member\, Dr. Rajni
  Patel\, has been awarded IEEE Canada's 2021 <a href="https://www.ieee.ca/
 en/awards/member-awards/#a-g-l-mcnaughton-award">A.G.L. McNaughton Award</
 a>. &nbsp\;Recipients of this medal are outstanding Canadian engineers rec
 ognized for their exemplary contributions to the engineering profession.</
 p>\n<p>As part of recognizing this award\, we have invited Dr. Patel to pr
 ovide an overview of his research interests.</p>\n<p><strong>Abstract</str
 ong></p>\n<p>Teleoperated (leader-follower) robotic systems offer advantag
 es to the user of increased dexterity and precision\, tremor filtering\, m
 otion repeatability\, and the possibility of autonomous or semi-autonomous
  functions. &nbsp\;In the time of a pandemic such as COVID-19\, they provi
 de a means of improved safety for healthcare workers through the possibili
 ty of performing certain functions from short or long distances such as pa
 tient monitoring\, assessment and treatment. &nbsp\;However\, these teleop
 erated systems also have some disadvantages\, primarily as a result of lim
 itations of the current technology. &nbsp\;These issues will be discussed 
 in the talk in the context of two specific areas of application: robotics-
 assisted medical interventions and robotics for neurological movement diso
 rders. &nbsp\;Particular focus will be on issues arising from the absence 
 of accurate haptic (sense of touch) feedback which prevents reflection to 
 the user of realistic interaction forces between a robot and a patient or 
 objects in the robot&rsquo\;s environment. &nbsp\;The role of haptics-base
 d teleoperation will be discussed based on experimental studies to highlig
 ht the key issues associated with incorporating force sensing\, haptics an
 d teleoperation in patient-oriented robotic systems and the advantages and
  potential uses of such interaction in specific applications.</p><br /><br
  />Agenda: <br /><p>12:30 Welcome and Introductions</p>\n<p>12:45 Dr Rajni
  Patel's presentation</p>\n<p>13:30 Q&amp\;A session</p>
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