3 papers
cs.RO2026
Design, Modelling and Characterisation of a Miniature Fibre-Reinforced Soft Bending Actuator for Endoluminal Interventions
Xiangyi Tan, Aoife McDonald-Bowyer, Danail Stoyanov +1
Miniaturised soft pneumatic actuators are crucial for robotic intervention within highly constrained anatomical pathways. This work presents the design and validation of a fibre-re…
eess.IV2025
Automated Cervical Os Segmentation for Camera-Guided, Speculum-Free Screening
Aoife McDonald-Bowyer, Anjana Wijekoon, Ryan Laurance Love +7
Cervical cancer is highly preventable, yet persistent barriers to screening limit progress toward elimination goals. Speculum-free devices that integrate imaging and sampling could…
cs.RO2022
Organ Shape Sensing using Pneumatically Attachable Flexible Rails in Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery
Aoife McDonald-Bowyer, Solène Dietsch, Emmanouil Dimitrakakis +4
In robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy, surgeons remove a part of a kidney often due to the presence of a mass. A drop-in ultrasound probe paired to a surgical robot is deployed t…