To main content To main navigation

AI & Robotics in Healthcare | DASH Sparkle Event | November 17
News
Published
The potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics in healthcare is vast. Over the past few years, the number of robotic applications in healthcare has skyrocketed, with several supporting applications for doctors, nurses, caregivers and patients. As robots interact more with humans, the role of trust between humans and robots and of biases embedded in technology needs to be carefully examined. What are the opportunities and challenges? What can robots be used for - and what not?

Experience for yourself the possibilities of AI and robotics in healthcare at our new DASH Sparkle event on November 17. During several presentations and demos, experts will talk more about different types of robotics they are working on or with.

Date: November 17
Time: 3.30pm to 5pm (Walk-in from 3pm)
Location: Red Hall (Rode Zaal) UMCG

Programme

  • 15.30 Introduction by Job Doornberg, Professor of Orthopedics, Chairman of the AI ​​Think Tank UMCG and expert Clinical Implementation of AI at the Data Science Center in Health (DASH)
     
  • 15.45 – 16.05 'AURORA: Auditory Robotics for Research Applications' by Gloria Araiza Illan, Researcher at the department of Otorhinolaryngology at UMCG
    Human-robot interaction has been suggested as an alternative to enhance the performance of individuals when performing repetitive tasks, such as auditory tests. Based on this assumption, the AURORA team from the ENT Department at the UMCG, explores the use of humanoid robots as rehabilitative, diagnostic, and testing interfaces for different auditory perception tasks with both normal-hearing and hard-of-hearing children and adults.
     
  • 16.05 – 16.25 'Developing a cognitive robotics system' by Hamidreza Kasaei, Assistant Professor at the department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Groningen
    In this talk, Hamidreza will give a brief overview of his research on developing a cognitive robotics system that can eliminate such tedious programming requirements and enable robots to quickly learn new concepts and skills related to each user's needs and preferences. Using a double-armed robotic platform, we will demonstrate the performance of our cognitive robotics system in different tasks and domains. The ultimate vision of this research is to develop robots that can learn to help people live better lives, every day and everywhere. For more information about this research, visit this website. 
     
  • 16.25 – 16.45 'AMIRA: Augmented Minimally Invasive Robot-Assisted Mesorectal Excision' by Ritch Geitenbeek, MD PhD-Candidate UMCG
    More than 100,000 abdominal surgeries are performed annually in the Netherlands, most of them laparoscopic or robotic. Although robot-assisted surgery overcomes some limitations of laparoscopic surgery, it provides the surgeon with visual feedback with a very narrow field of view and rigid endoscopes with limited controllability in narrow environments. To improve patient outcomes, we aim to improve surgeon performance by developing a robotic platform with an integrated decision support system with image fusion, shape- and force-sensitive endoscopes and the introduction of haptic feedback.
     
  • 16.45 – 17.00 Q&A and closing

To attend this event, please register here. 

Have questions or want to know more? Contact us at [email protected].