RIO Mechanical Tracking System
Optimized robotic design for efficiency, ergonomics, and user feedback
Develop faster, more reliable system setup
Conceptualize optical and mechanical registration techniques
Study ergonomic concerns and develop improved end-effector designs
Design Research and Industrial Design
• Reviewed first generation robot design to understand strengths and weaknesses
• Tasked with studying existing setup procedures, and conceptualize ways to reduce overall case time
• Touch-free optical registration was considered, along with more traditional mechanical encoders attached to bone-anchored fiducial markers
• Research uncovered ergonomic failings of the first-generation end-effector touchpoints
• BH developed stimuli models to collect user-feedback on preferred grip styles and spatial layouts
• Convergent modeling and testing provided MAKO with superior gross AND fine-resection touchpoints that reduced hand strain and injury opportunities
• Reviewed first generation robot design to understand strengths and weaknesses
• Tasked with studying existing setup procedures, and conceptualize ways to reduce overall case time
• Touch-free optical registration was considered, along with more traditional mechanical encoders attached to bone-anchored fiducial markers
• Research uncovered ergonomic failings of the first-generation end-effector touchpoints
• BH developed stimuli models to collect user-feedback on preferred grip styles and spatial layouts
• Convergent modeling and testing provided MAKO with superior gross AND fine-resection touchpoints that reduced hand strain and injury opportunities
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