STIFF-FLOP

EU FP7-Project STIFF-FLOP will focus on Challenge 2 - Cognitive systems and robotics.

In minimally invasive surgery, tools go through narrow openings and manipulate soft organs that can move, deform, or change stiffness. There are limitations on modern laparoscopic and robot-assisted surgical systems due to restricted access through Trocar ports, lack of haptic feedback, and difficulties with rigid robot tools operating inside a confined space filled with organs. Also, many control  ...