Workshop ICRA 2013

Evaluating effectiveness and acceptance of robots in surgery: user centered design and economic factors

Monday, May 6, 2013, 9:00 – 18:00

FULL DAY WORKSHOP

Organizers: Paolo Fiorini, Giancarlo Ferrigno, Joerg Raczkowsky


List of topics

The workshop will cover (but won't be limited to) the following topics:

1. User centered design in surgical robots
2. Modular surgical robots design
3. Surgical robots technology assessment
4. Standardization of surgical robots
5. New approaches to surgical robots for increased clinical uptake (bio-inspired, autonomous, ...)
6. Use cases showing new requirements (end users)
7. Exploitation barriers to surgical robots
8. Coordination actions for requirements definitions
9. The role of the training in robotic surgery clinical uptake
10. Ethical and legal issues