Giada Gerboni: The incredible potential of flexible, soft robots
Giada Gerboni: A hajlékony, puha robotok hihetetlen lehetőségei
Giada Gerboni works in surgical robotics, supporting surgeons with new flexible robotic devices in order to make once impossible operations a reality. Full bio
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with minimal error,
alig hibázva ugyanazt a feladatot,
to watch them at work.
out of the factories,
perfectly known and measured like here,
nem egészen ismert és mérhető,
which doesn't require much precision,
egyszerű feladattal is,
you don't require much precision.
most of the time.
to emphasize speed and precision,
és pontos feladatokra tervezték,
into a very specific architecture.
elemek és motorok együttese,
set of rigid links
körüli tagokat.
measure your environment,
program every movement
can generate a very large fault,
is igen nagy bajt okozhat.
or you can get your robot damaged
vagy a robot károsodhat,
about the brains of these robots
programozzuk őket,
something wrong with it,
precise and strong
and ineffective in the real world,
és hatástalanná a valóságban,
with the real world.
anything else around you.
really able to do anything if you're soft,
of hydrostatic pressure,
with a much stiffer object than him.
sokkal keményebb tárgyakkal.
this coconut shell
of his tentacles,
an octopus can also open a jar.
a befőttesüveget is ki tudja nyitni.
just by the brain of this animal,
az állat agya teszi lehetővé,
maybe the clearest example,
talán a legszemléletesebb
that all living organisms have.
amely minden élő szervezetben megvan.
material and structure,
anyaga és fölépítése
during a physical task,
alapvető szerepet játszik
alkalmazkodásunkban,
variety of situations
különösebb tervezgetés
or calculations ahead.
some of this embodied intelligence
on excessive work
megterhelő feladatával!
the strategy of nature,
she's done a pretty good job
elég jó tervezőmunkát végzett,
for environment interaction.
környezetükkel való kölcsönhatásra.
uses soft material frequently
in this new field or robotics,
is not to make super-precise machines,
unexpected situations in the real world,
megoldására képes robotok gyártása,
is first of all its compliant body,
engedelmes testük teszi puhává,
that can undergo very large deformations,
anyagokból vagy szerkezetekből állnak,
we use what we call distributed actuation,
ún. elosztott meghajtást használunk.
the shape of this very deformable body,
a deformálható test alakját,
of having a lot of links and joints,
és csuklót igényel,
any stiff structure at all.
a soft robot is a very different process
más módszert föltételez,
csavarokat tartalmazó merev roboté,
where you have links, gears, screws
in a very defined way.
módon kell kombinálnunk.
your actuator from scratch
to a certain input.
you can just deform a structure
egyszerű deformálásával
és csatlakozásokkal.
with rigid links and joints,
some cool examples of soft robots.
a puha robotokra!
developed at Harvard University,
of pressure applied along its body,
nyomáshullámok hatására sétál,
he can also sneak under a low bridge,
alacsony híd alatt is átcsúszik,
a little bit different afterwards.
with power on board
változata is elkészült már,
and face real-world interactions
mert megbirkózik a helyzettel,
like a real fish does in water
amely úgy úszik, mint az igazi.
with distributed actuation
elosztott meghajtás mozgatja,
of the first projects
of soft robots.
with several tentacles
and do submarine exploration
és tengeralatti kutatást végez:
than rigid robots would do.
environments, such as coral reefs.
környezetben, pl. korallzátonyoknál.
by my colleagues in Stanford.
it grows from the tip,
in firm contact with the environment.
szorosan tapad a környezetéhez.
by plants, not animals,
nem pedig állatok adták,
in a similar manner
variety of situations.
különböző helyzetet a robot.
I like the most
kidolgozott alkalmazásokat
a closer interaction with the human body
kapcsolatot az emberi testtel,
a minimally invasive procedure.
beavatkozás végzésekor.
very helpful with the surgeon,
and straight instruments,
egyenes műszerekkel.
with very delicate structures
szervekkel kerülnek kapcsolatba
inside the surgical field
pl. hagyományos endoszkóppal
if you use a rigid stick,
soft camera robot for surgery,
puha robotot fejlesztettük ki,
from a classic endoscope,
endoszkóptól.
to the flexibility of the module
köszönhetően mozog,
and also elongate.
hajlítható és meghosszabbítható.
to see what they were doing
hogy vele eltérő irányból figyeljék
from different points of view,
about what was touched around.
mihez érnek hozzá.
not a real human body.
a test belsejében.
inside your body.
can even be done using a single needle,
egyszerű tűvel végezhető.
on a very flexible needle,
kifejlesztésén dolgozunk,
to use the interaction with the tissues
való beavatkozásra van tervezve,
many different targets, such as tumors,
célpontok, pl. daganatok elérését
the structure that you want to avoid
el akarunk kerülni.
exciting time for robotics.
terén izgalmas időket élünk.
with soft structures,
szerkezetekkel kell boldogulniuk,
and very challenging questions
to learn how to control,
hogyan szabályozzuk,
on these very flexible structures.
és hogy helyezzük el az érzékelőket.
to what nature figured out
az evolúció évmilliói alatt rájött.
és biztonságosabbá válnak,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Giada Gerboni - Biomedical engineerGiada Gerboni works in surgical robotics, supporting surgeons with new flexible robotic devices in order to make once impossible operations a reality.
Why you should listen
Giada Gerboni is a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University, in the Collaborative Haptics and Robotics in Medicine (CHARM) Lab. Gerboni is working on the design and control of needle-sized flexible robots, work that aims to improve current percutaneous tumor ablation procedures. As she says: "One of the most exciting parts of this research is to enable surgical operations in ways that, not long ago, had not yet been conceived."
Gerboni received BE and MS degrees in biomedical engineering from the University of Pisa and a PhD in biorobotics from The BioRobotics Institute of Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy. During her PhD, she specialized in surgical robotics, studying and developing innovative strategies for the actuation and sensing of soft and flexible instruments for applications in MIS (Minimally Invasive Surgery).
A new branch of robotics, called "soft robotics," is expanding the boundaries of robotic applications. Soft robotics faces the grand challenge of increasing the capabilities of robots to make them more suitable for physical interactions with the real world. It involves use of soft and flexible materials, deformable sensors and very different control strategies than traditional robots, which are designed to work in well-defined and confined environments. Gerboni has been involved in this field from the time of her PhD, and since then she has been exploring its potential in the medical/surgical area, where safe robot-environment interaction is crucial.
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