Giada Gerboni: The incredible potential of flexible, soft robots
Джада Гербони: Мягкие роботы — невероятный потенциал
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,
миллионы раз с минимальным числом ошибок.
to watch them at work.
out of the factories,
perfectly known and measured like here,
и не организована идеально,
which doesn't require much precision,
не требующую сверхточности...
you don't require much precision.
не нужна большая точность.
most of the time.
to emphasize speed and precision,
в скорости и точности,
into a very specific architecture.
их конструкции.
set of rigid links
взаимосвязанных частей
друг относительно друга.
measure your environment,
организованное пространство,
program every movement
и запрограммировать каждое движение
can generate a very large fault,
может спровоцировать сбой.
or you can get your robot damaged
или вывести робота из строя,
about the brains of these robots
мы их программируем.
something wrong with it,
precise and strong
точным и сильным,
and ineffective in the real world,
неэффективным в реальном мире,
with the real world.
для взаимодействия с окружающей средой.
anything else around you.
really able to do anything if you're soft,
что-либо делать, если ты слишком мягкий.
of hydrostatic pressure,
гидростатического давления,
которое легко передвигается
with a much stiffer object than him.
намного твёрже себя.
this coconut shell
of his tentacles,
an octopus can also open a jar.
может даже открыть банку.
just by the brain of this animal,
возможностям его мозга,
maybe the clearest example,
я бы сказала, ярчайший пример
that all living organisms have.
material and structure,
during a physical task,
в физической активности.
variety of situations
or calculations ahead.
и сложных вычислений.
some of this embodied intelligence
этот телесный интеллект
on excessive work
the strategy of nature,
стратегию природы,
she's done a pretty good job
неплохо поработала
for environment interaction.
в естественной среде.
uses soft material frequently
часто использует мягкие материалы,
in this new field or robotics,
в новом направлении робототехники,
is not to make super-precise machines,
не делать сверхточные машины,
unexpected situations in the real world,
в условиях естественной неопределённости,
is first of all its compliant body,
композитные материалы,
that can undergo very large deformations,
способных подвергаться большой деформации.
we use what we call distributed actuation,
распределённый привод,
the shape of this very deformable body,
форму этого пластичного корпуса,
of having a lot of links and joints,
связок и суставов.
any stiff structure at all.
какая-либо жёсткая структура.
a soft robot is a very different process
процесс сборки мягкого робота
where you have links, gears, screws
соединения, шестерёнки и винты,
in a very defined way.
your actuator from scratch
to a certain input.
you can just deform a structure
деформируете структуру,
with rigid links and joints,
с обычными твёрдыми соединениями.
только одну вводную,
some cool examples of soft robots.
примеры мягких роботов.
developed at Harvard University,
of pressure applied along its body,
волнам давления в его корпусе,
he can also sneak under a low bridge,
проскользнуть под низкой перегородкой,
a little bit different afterwards.
немного по-другому.
with power on board
с бортовым электропитанием.
and face real-world interactions
в условиях сложного реального мира,
like a real fish does in water
как настоящая рыба в воде
with distributed actuation
содержащему привод,
of the first projects
of soft robots.
with several tentacles
с несколькими щупальцами.
and do submarine exploration
than rigid robots would do.
environments, such as coral reefs.
такой как коралловые рифы.
by my colleagues in Stanford.
моими коллегами из Стэнфорда.
it grows from the tip,
используя давление газа,
in firm contact with the environment.
твёрдо закреплена в среде.
by plants, not animals,
были не животные, а растения,
in a similar manner
аналогичным образом
variety of situations.
различных ситуаций.
I like the most
применение роботов —
a closer interaction with the human body
с человеческим телом
a minimally invasive procedure.
травмирующей процедуры.
very helpful with the surgeon,
очень пригодиться хирургам,
and straight instruments,
и твёрдые негибкие инструменты.
with very delicate structures
с очень тонкими структурами
inside the surgical field
если использовать что-то негнущееся,
if you use a rigid stick,
исследователей из Европы
soft camera robot for surgery,
from a classic endoscope,
от обычного эндоскопа тем,
to the flexibility of the module
с помощью пластичных модулей,
and also elongate.
в любом направлении.
to see what they were doing
для контроля манипуляций
from different points of view,
с разных точек обзора
about what was touched around.
not a real human body.
inside your body.
количества источников света.
can even be done using a single needle,
может быть проведена лишь одной иглой.
on a very flexible needle,
над очень пластичной хирургической иглой,
to use the interaction with the tissues
для взаимодействия с тканями
many different targets, such as tumors,
к различным целям типа опухоли,
the structure that you want to avoid
которые нельзя задевать,
exciting time for robotics.
для робототехники!
with soft structures,
and very challenging questions
to learn how to control,
on these very flexible structures.
на этих пластичных структурах.
to what nature figured out
не приблизились к тому,
за миллионы лет эволюции.
помогая людям.
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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