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An experience of telemanipulation with haptic device. The slave robot is a Kuka robot. The master robot is the haptic device omega by Force Dimension. This experience is part of the ROBOCAST European Project FP7. The final goal is a robotized neuro-surgery protype.

This video shows an experience of telemanipulation with haptic device. The task is to insert the a needle in a kiwi. The slave robot (Kuka) has a force sensor. The master robot is the haptic device omega (Force Dimension). This is a prototype in our Lab (http://sirslab.dii.unisi.it) at the University of Siena. This experience is part of the ROBOCAST European Project FP7. The final goal is robotized neuro-surgery. The kiwi has a visco elastic behaviour that resembles the brain. For additional information refer to Domenico Prattichizzo.

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Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy.

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Aiden Waters is fortunate to be living in the 21st century when a surgical option exists for treating Sturge-Weber Syndrome. This rare congenital condition affects one in 50,000 Americans. In 4-year-old Aiden's case, a deep purple birthmark on his face and scalp was the first sign that he had this rare syndrome. The birth mark is associated with blood vessels within his brain that with seizures were slowly destroying cortex. Violent seizures threatened the destruction of the other hemisphere. After anti-seizure medication began to lose its potency, a battery of tests were performed to see if Aiden might be a candidate for a hemispherectomy (the removal of the diseased or dying part of the brain). To qualify for this treatment, tests must show that the seizures are limited and completely isolated to the diseased portion of the brain. Aiden's surgery was performed by Dr. Gary Mathern, neurosurgical director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program at Mattel Children's Hospital...

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