Design and Implementation of a Bespoke Robotic Manipulator for Extra-corporeal UltrasoundShuangyi Wang 1, James Housden 1, Yohan Noh 1, Anisha Singh 2, Junghwan Back 3, Lukas Lindenroth 3, Hongbin Liu 3, Joseph Hajnal 1, Kaspar Althoefer 4, Davinder Singh 2, Kawal Rhode 1
1School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London, 2Xtronics Ltd, 3Department of Informatics, King's College London, 4Faculty of Science & Engineering, Queen Mary University of London
This paper introduces the design and implementation of a bespoke robotic manipulator for extra-corporeal ultrasound examination. The system has five degrees of freedom with lightweight joints made by 3D printing and a mechanical clutch for safety management.
