Boston Incubation Center
Established on the foundation of Canon U.S.A.’s corporate philosophy, Kyosei, in November 2012, Canon entered into collaborative research agreements with Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital to develop medical robotics technologies.
This collaboration has led to the opening of the Boston Incubation Center (Formally Healthcare Optics Research Laboratory) in Cambridge, Massachusetts in June 2013.
The research laboratory is approximately 13,600 square feet and is the home of skilled employees dedicated to developing medical robotics technologies with the ultimate goal of bringing medical device to market for a variety of applications.
The areas that the technology will address include:
- Intelligent Continuum Robot System
Boston Incubation Center, Canon U.S.A. is working in conjunction with its parent company, Canon Inc.
Intelligent Continuum Robot System
Continuum robots, so-called snake-like robots, have been an area of active interest in clinical and engineering applications. The continuum robots can uniquely adjust and modify their shape at any point along their length. This key feature allows working in confined spaces and complex environments where standard rigid-link robots cannot work. Examples of such instances are minimally invasive medical applications, maintenance for power plants, gas turbines/jet engines, and rescue in hazardous places. The most significant of its implications is with medical applications since catheters and endoscopes already fulfill their role in today's minimally invasive procedures. Canon's strong expertise in innovative motion control and imaging is focused on developing an intelligent continuum robot with superior dexterity in ultra-compact systems.
Reference
[i] Takahisa Kato, Ichiro Okumura, Hidekazu Kose, Kiyoshi Takagi, Nobuhiko Hata. Tendon-driven continuum robot for neuroendoscopy: validation of extended kinematic mapping for hysteresis operation, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, pp 1-14, First online: 17 October 2015.
[ii] Takahisa Kato, Ichiro Okumura, Sang-Eun Song, Alexandra J. Golby, and Nobuhiko Hata, Tendon-Driven Continuum Robot for Endoscopic Surgery: Preclinical Development and Validation of a Tension Propagation Model, IEEE/ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS, VOL. 20, NO. 5, OCTOBER 2015.
Three Bending Sections
(*Tip, **Middle, ***Proximal)
Tight Bending Curvature
(+: radius 6mm)
1) Tip Angulation
2) Tip Shift
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