Robotics
Medical robotics
Robotic technology to transform colonoscopy and surgery
Professor Pietro Valdastri and his team are pioneering a new design of endoscope that uses a magnetic capsule with built-in imaging capability to enable faster, painless, low-cost investigations.
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Robotics, nanoparticles and ultrasound will treat cancer
Dr James McLaughlan is leading new research combining robotics, nanoparticles, ultrasound and lasers to combat head and neck cancer with treatment which could banish chemotherapy.
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Using robotics to treat stroke survivors
Researchers have designed a device that patients could use in their own home, offering physiotherapy as frequently and for as long as they wish without the need to visit hospital.
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Robotics and sensing technology to treat foot conditions
Researchers have developed in-shoe sensor technology and a load sensing platform to help patients with chronic foot conditions linked to diabetes and arthritis.
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Humanlike computing
A new design of robot, which can navigate and retrieve objects in a cluttered space in a way that is akin to how a human does, could be deployed into settings where workers require support.
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Preventing the spread of coronavirus
Intelligent robots that combine navigation, computer vision and AI to identify objects that need regular cleaning could help to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in busy public spaces.
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Artificial Intelligence research
Our researchers are contributing to the rapid, global development of intelligent machines by exploring the integration of advances in deep learning, symbolic reasoning, vision, language and robotics.
MoreField and infrastructure robotics
Self Repairing Cities
Our researchers are designing robots that identify and repair infrastructure for a project which aims to tackle the Grand Challenge of Zero disruption from streetworks in UK cities by 2050.
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Exploration robots
Engineers have developed a robot that has successfully navigated one of the narrow shafts of the Great Pyramid in an attempt to solve one of the big mysteries in Egyptian archaeology.
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Robotics for urban nature
University of Leeds academics led international research exploring how drones, robots and autonomous systems can transform the natural world in and around cities for people and wildlife
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