Grant: Alliance Grants
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
$30,000.00
Design and development of an autonomous brain acupuncture robot
EF 2023-24
Résumé
The goal of the project is to design, develop, and test an autonomous electroacupuncture robot based on the industrial partner's patent ("An Automatic Acupuncture Robot"). The project outcome is to expect a working prototype of a brain acupuncture robot capable of automatic acupoint localization, needle insertion, and acupoint stimulation and evaluation. The proposed project is to improve the original design of the existing 6 DoF robotic arm in the GRASP lab to adapt the acupuncture application by adding a newly designed head positioning system and a needle-handling end-effector. It aims to address four challenges in design optimization, perception, and advanced control of the robotic system during the operation listed below:1. Design optimization of the existing system to meet the requirement of an autonomous acupuncture robot. 2. Design and develop a real-time head position device and system to sense and locate acupoints. 3. Design and develop an end-effector to hold and operate the acupuncture needles with force feedback.4. Vision-guided motion control and autonomous implementation with consideration of position, speed, force, and depth in operations.
Programme
Alliance Grants
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
586085-2023
Name nom
Lang, Haoxiang H
Department département
Automotive, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Organization id
19222
Institution établissement
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2023
Competition year année de concours
2023
Award amount
30000
Program id
ALLRP
Program name en
Alliance Grants
Program name fr
Subventions Alliance
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
1206
Area of application group en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application group fr
Avancement des connaissances
Area of application en
Engineering
Area of application fr
Génie
Research subject code
2109
Research subject group en
Mechanical engineering
Research subject group fr
Mechanical systems and instrumentation
Research subject en
Génie mécanique
Research subject fr
Instrumentation et systèmes mécaniques
Application title
Design and development of an autonomous brain acupuncture robot
Keyword
Autonomous System; Design and Fabrication; Design Optimization; Machine Learning; Machine Vision; Motion Control; Path Planning; Robotics; Sensors and Actuators
Application summary
The goal of the project is to design, develop, and test an autonomous electroacupuncture robot based on the industrial partner's patent ("An Automatic Acupuncture Robot"). The project outcome is to expect a working prototype of a brain acupuncture robot capable of automatic acupoint localization, needle insertion, and acupoint stimulation and evaluation. The proposed project is to improve the original design of the existing 6 DoF robotic arm in the GRASP lab to adapt the acupuncture application by adding a newly designed head positioning system and a needle-handling end-effector. It aims to address four challenges in design optimization, perception, and advanced control of the robotic system during the operation listed below:1. Design optimization of the existing system to meet the requirement of an autonomous acupuncture robot. 2. Design and develop a real-time head position device and system to sense and locate acupoints. 3. Design and develop an end-effector to hold and operate the acupuncture needles with force feedback.4. Vision-guided motion control and autonomous implementation with consideration of position, speed, force, and depth in operations.
