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Author: Prabhu TL

Prabhu TL is a SenseCentral contributor covering digital products, entrepreneurship, and scalable online business systems. He focuses on turning ideas into repeatable processes—validation, positioning, marketing, and execution. His writing is known for simple frameworks, clear checklists, and real-world examples. When he’s not writing, he’s usually building new digital assets and experimenting with growth channels.

Robotic System Application Control and Progress

Novel Assistive Robot for Self-Feeding

Assistive robots,  with  which  users  can interact directly, have  attracted worldwide attention. They  can  assist  people with  disabilities and  older  persons in the  activities of daily  living. Assistive robots could be employed for improving quality of life as they can be adjusted according to demographic changes. There  are  several  crucial  issues  to be considered with regard to  these  robots,  such  as  customizing them  according to  the  specific  culture of the users  as well as ensuring cost-effectiveness (Mann,  2005). In Korea,  the official number of registered people with  disabilities due  to illnesses,  injuries, and  the natural aging  process  has already exceeded two million  (Employment Development Institute, 2009). More than  one-third of these disabled people are the elderly. Moreover, due to longer  life spans and  a decline  in birthrate, the elderly make  up over 10% of the population in Korea. As a result,  effective caregiving with restricted resources is an urgent problem. In  order to  achieve  efficient  caregiving for  people with  disabilities and  elderly persons, caregivers should physically interact with the people. For example, caregivers have to assist people in  performing the  routine activities of  their  daily  lives,  such  as  eating,  changing clothes,  changing their  posture, moving from  one location  to another, and  bathing. Among these  activities, eating  meals  is  one  of  the  most  essential daily  activities. In  this  regard, caregivers  must  interact …

August 11, 2021 · Prabhu TL
Robotic System Application Control and Progress

Target Point Manipulation Inside a Deformable Object

Target  point  manipulation inside  a deformable object  by a robotic  system  is necessary in many  medical and  industrial applications such  as breast  biopsy,  drug injection,  suturing, precise  machining of deformable objects etc. However, this is a challenging problem because of the  difficulty of imposing the  motion of the  internal target  point  by a finite  number of actuation points located  at the  boundary of the  deformable object.  In addition, there  exist several  other  important manipulative operations that  deal  with  deformable objects  such  as whole  body  manipulation  [1],  shape  changing  [2],  biomanipulation  [3]  and   tumor manipulation [4] that have  practical applications. The main  focus of this chapter is the target point manipulation inside a deformable object. For instance, a positioning operation called linking  in  the  manufacturing of seamless garments  [5] requires manipulation of internal points of deformable objects. Mating of a flexible part in electric industry also results in the positioning of mated points on the object. In many  cases these points cannot  be manipulated directly…

August 11, 2021 · Prabhu TL
Robotic System Application Control and Progress

Modular Robotic Approach in Surgical Applications– Wireless Robotic Modules and a Reconfigurable Master Device for Endoluminal Surgery

The trend in surgical robots is moving from traditional master-slave robots to miniaturized devices   for  screening and  simple   surgical operations  (Cuschieri, A.  2005). For  example, capsule endoscopy (Moglia,  A. 2007) has been conducted worldwide over the last five years with  successful outcomes.  To  enhance the  dexterity of  commercial endoscopic capsules, capsule  locomotion has  been  investigated using   legged   capsules (Quirini, M.  2008) and capsules driven by external magnetic fields (Sendoh, M. 2003; Ciuti, G. 2010; Carpi,  F. 2009). Endoscopic capsules with  miniaturized arms  have  also  been  studied to  determine their potential for use in biopsy  (Park,  S.-K. 2008). Furthermore, new  surgical procedures known as natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) and  Single Port Access surgery are accelerating the development of innovative endoscopic devices  (Giday,  S. 2006; Bardaro, S.J. 2006). These advanced surgical devices show potential for the future development of minimally invasive and  endoluminal  surgery. However, the  implementable functions in…

August 11, 2021 · Prabhu TL
Robotics Operation in Hazardous Environment

Robots for Humanitarian Demining

The landmines are weapons developed to be deployed near or under the ground to explode when it is…

August 11, 2021 · Prabhu TL
Recent Advances in Robotic Systems

Introduction to Industrial Robot Path Planning

Path planning for industrial robots is an essential aspect of the overall performance of automation systems. Industrial robot…

August 11, 2021 · Prabhu TL