Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Communicate and exchange information in a structured way - orally, graphically and in writing, in French and in one or more other languages - scientifically, culturally, technically and interpersonally, by adapting to the intended purpose and the relevant public.
• Argue to and persuade collaborators, clients, teachers and boards, both orally and in writing.
• Select and use the written and oral communication methods and materials adapted to the intended purpose and the relevant public.
• Master technical English in the field of electrical engineering.
• Adopt a professional and responsible approach, showing an open and critical mind in an independent professional development process.
• Show an open and critical mind by bringing to light technical and non-technical issues of analysed problems and proposed solutions.
• Mobilise a structured set of scientific knowledge and skills and specialised techniques in order to carry out electrical engineering missions, with a focus on signals and systems, using their expertise and adaptability.
• Master and appropriately mobilise knowledge, models, methods and techniques related to the basics of electricity, electronics, automatic control, signal processing and analysis, telecommunications, hardware and software instrumentation, mathematical modelling and analysis of dynamic systems, control methods, more specific applications related to signal processing, and control of biomedical and biological systems.
• Identify and discuss possible applications of new and emerging technologies in the field of electrical engineering.
• Communicate and exchange information in a structured way - orally, graphically and in writing, in French and in one or more other languages - scientifically, culturally, technically and interpersonally, by adapting to the intended purpose and the relevant public.
• Argue to and persuade collaborators, clients, teachers and boards, both orally and in writing.
• Select and use the written and oral communication methods and materials adapted to the intended purpose and the relevant public.
• Master technical English in the field of electrical engineering.
• Adopt a professional and responsible approach, showing an open and critical mind in an independent professional development process.
• Show an open and critical mind by bringing to light technical and non-technical issues of analysed problems and proposed solutions.

Learning Outcomes of UE

Get acquainted with the fundamentals of robotics: geometry, dynamics and control.
Get an overview of the specific issues and challenges related to the application of robotics in surgery and assistive devices in terms of mechanical design, sensing,control and safety.

Content of UE

Introduction: industrial and medical robots, market.
Rehabilitation and active prosthetic/orthotic devices, typical structures, challenges, specificities of medical robots (safety, sterility, surgical theater), advantages of robots in medicine, examples of applications.
Robot Kinematics: degrees of freedom, 3D rigid-body kinematics, direct and inverse geometric and kinematic models, Denavit-Hartenberg parameters, manipulability, trajectory planning, differential kinematics.
Robot Dynamics: equations of motion, contributions of inertia, gravity, friction, direct and inverse dynamic models of robots.
Actuation: electrical motors in robotics and mechanical transmissions.
Sensors: proprioceptive and exteroceptive sensors for position, velocity and force.
Control of industrial robots: joint/operational space control, decentralized control, position/velocity feedback, feedforward compensation, gravity compensation, inverse dynamic control, force control.
Control strategies in biomedical applications: compliance control, hybrid force/motion control, haptic control.
Some applications of robots in surgery: orthopedic surgery, laparoscopic surgery (AESOP, ZEUS, Da Vinci robots), radiotherapy, technical requirements, interoperative sensors, augmented reality, telemanipulation.
Rehabilitation and prosthetic/orthotic medical devices for lower limbs: main characteristics of human walking (neuro-musculo-skeletal system), mechanical design, control strategies.
Design of medical devices: specifications, standards (european directives 93/42/EEC and 2007/47/EC, ISO13485, ISO22523, IEC62304, ISO14971, …).
Testimonies from physicians, visits.

Prior Experience

Fundamentals in geometry, kinematics and dynamics of mechanical systems.
Fundamentals of control theory.
Fundamentals of instrumentation.

Type of Assessment for UE in Q1

• Presentation and/or works
• Oral examination

Q1 UE Assessment Comments

The evaluation will be based on 2 items:
- an oral presentation in English (50% of the mark) on a recent development in service, medical or industrial robotics, the subject being proposed by the student but necessarily previously approved by the teacher who will give some specific questions to answer;
- an oral examination (50% of the mark) consisting in the analysis of a robotics problem, for which the students may have their notes at hand duting one hour.
 

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

• Oral examination

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

Same as Q1.
The student who failed for the presentation will have to present it during the exam.

Type of Resit Assessment for UE in Q1 (BAB1)

• N/A

Q1 UE Resit Assessment Comments (BAB1)

Not applicable