News
From WPI Automation and Interventional Medicine (AIM) Robotics Laboratory
2009
September
Prof. Fischer, Yi Wang, Hao Su, and Greg Cole represented the AIM Lab and WPI at the 2009 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC 2009) in Minniapolis, Minnesota. Yi Wang presented the paper titled "MRI Compatibility Evaluation of a Piezoelectric Actuator System for a Neural Interventional Robot" by Yi Wang, Greg Cole, Hao Su, Dr. Gregory Fischer, and Dr. Julie Pilitsis
June
The lab welcomes Master's student Kevin Harrington.
May
Prof. Fischer and Greg Cole represented the AIM Lab and WPI at the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2009) in Kobe, Japan. Greg Cole presented the paper titled "Design of a Robotic System for MRI-Guided Deep Brain Stimulation Electrode Placement" This presentation was also given at Tokyo University on May 12, and AIST on May 22.
April
Greg Cole has been awarded the 2nd place award in Engineering at the Annual WPI GRAD Research Day for his poster titled "Design of a Robotic System for MRI-Guided Deep Brain Stimulation Electrode Placement." Read more about the MRI Neurosurgery Robot for DBS.
The MRI-Compatible prostate robot is featured in Medical Design Magazine
February
WPI is hosting the first annual Robotics Innovation Competition and Conference (RICC) on Nov. 7-8, 2009.
Register at: http://ricc.wpi.edu/
The lab welcomes Doctoral student Hao Su.
January
Wang Yi attends the Medical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Interventional Systems (MRCIIS) winter school at Johns Hopkins.
Prof. Fischer was featured in the FIRST Robotics Competition newsletter. [1]
2008
December
Successful joint experiment at Brigham and Women's Hospital with our MRI Robot.
The lab welcomes Master's student Greg Cole.
August
The lab welcomes Doctoral student Wang Yi.
