Scientific Programme | Medical Robotics Week 2021 - University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland / 07.-09. June 2021

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This is a tentative programme and can be subject of change.

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MRW (Workshops)
MESROB
AUTOMED

Theme: Medical robotics
08:00	Registration
09:00	Welcome remarks IFTOMM president
09:10	Welcome remarks Representative of Basel City
09:15	Opening of scientific program Welcome Remark: Torsten Schwede Vice President for Research of the University of Basel
09:20	Topic: The spirit of MESROB Doina Pisla
09:30	Topic: Surgical robotics Plenary talk: Elena De Momi Embedding AI in robotic surgery
10:15	Coffee break
10:45	Robot-Assisted Laserosteotomy Plenary talk: Cyrill Bärtscher & Hans-Florian Zeilhofer & Stefan Weber
11:30	Demo session: MIRACLE Project PhD students of the MIRACLE Project
12:30	Lunch Break Meeting of the MESROB Scientific Committee (location TBA)
14:00	Topic: Surgical robotics Keynote: Christos Bergeles Robotics for Retinal Regenerative Therapy Delivery	Topic: Medical lasers and optics Keynote: Alfred Vogel Pulsed laser tissue ablation: Mechanisms, and optimization strategies for precision and efficacy
14:40	Technical session	Technical session
16:00	Coffee break
16:30	Technical session	Technical session
17:30	End of technical program
18:00	Lab visits (click here for more information)

Tentative Program

MESROB 2021 Optional Program
18:00	Optional: Lab visits at the University Hospital (3D-Print Laboratory, Carlo Demonstration & SpectoVR Demonstration)

Theme: Rehabilitation robotics / Assistive devices
08:00	Registration
09:00	Topic: Rehabilitation robotics Plenary talk: Lorenzo Masia From Robot-Aided Rehablitiation to Wearable Exosuits: towards a symbiotic assistive technology
09:40	Topic: Rehabilitation robotics Plenary talk: Mohamed Bouri Lower limb rehabilitation robotics. Sitting position and exoskeleton devices
10:15	Coffee break (Talent scouting)
10:45	Presentation CYBATHLON (please click here for details)
11:30	Demo session: CYBATHLON
12:30	Lunch Break (Talent scouting) Meeting IFToMM Technical Committee Biomechanical Engineering (location TBA)
14:00	IISAART special session: Standards and best practices in medical robotics Keynote: Thierry Keller	Topic: Navigation Keynote: Roger Gassert
14:40	Technical session	Technical session
16:00	Coffee break (Talent scouting)
16:30	Technical session	Technical session
17:30	End of technical program
18:00	Gala Dinner

MESROB 2021 Optional Program (included in AUTOMED2021 Registration Fee)
08:00	Registration MESROB 2021
09:00	Topic: Rehabilitation robotics Plenary talk: Lorenzo Masia, University of Heidelberg, Germany From Robot-Aided Rehablitiation to Wearable Exosuits: towards a symbiotic assistive technology
09:40	Topic: Rehabilitation robotics Plenary talk: Mohamed Bouri, EPFL, Switzerland Lower limb rehabilitation robotics. Sitting position and exoskeleton devices
10:15	Coffee break (Talent scouting)
10:45	Presentation CYBATHLON
11:30	Demo session: CYBATHLON
12:00	Registration AUTOMED
13:00	Opening and welcome remarks Georg Rauter, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel Prof. Primo Schär, Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Switzerland
13:15	Key note Marcia O’Malley, Rice University, Texas, USA
13:45	Discussion
14:15	Technical Session 1
16:00	Coffee Break
16:30	Technical session 2
17:30	End of technical program
18:00	Gala Dinner

Theme: Service robots / Haptics
08:00	Registration
09:00	Award ceremony for senior scientists
09:15	Keynote Manfred Husty
09:45	Keynote Hannes Bleuler
10:15	Coffee break
10:40	Technical session Keynote: Ross Taylor A Thirty Year Perspective on Medical Robotics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow	Technical session
12:40	Lunch Break
14:00	Poster Session
15:00	Technical session	Technical session
16:20	Coffee break
16:50	Award ceremony for best papers (research, application, students)
17:30	Closing remarks
17:45	End of Conference

Theme: Service robots / Haptics
08:00	Registration
08:45	Key note "Tool or Toy? Additive Manufacturing at the Point-of-Care" Florian Thieringer, University of Basel, Switzerland
09:15	Technical session 3
10:15	Coffee break
10:45	Technical session 4
12:15	Group photo
12:30	Lunch Break Meeting “Fachausschuss”
14:00	Technical Session 5
15:30	Coffee break
16:00	Best paper awards and closing remarks
16:30	End of symposium

Industrial track Workshop 1 (2 days): (Please click here for the details) Practical industry workshop for TwinCat3 (Beckhoff) and Matlab/Simulink (Mathworks) – Day 1
08:00	Registration
09:00	Welcome & Introduction to real-time systems Instructors: Georg Rauter, PhD (BIROMED-Lab, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland)
09:20	Reading schematics of control cabinets Instructors: Georg Rauter, PhD
09:40	Software installation and programming platform Instructor: Georg Rauter, PhD
10:00	First steps in Matlab/Simulink Instructor: Vasco Lenzi (The MathWorks GmbH, Bern, Switzerland)
10:40	Coffee Break
11:00	My first Matlab/Simulink program in TwinCat3 Instructor: Georg Rauter, PhD
12:40	Lunch Break
14:00	Safety in TwinCAT 3 Instructor: Georg Rauter, PhD
15:40	Coffee break
16:00	Implementing a servo motor in Matlab/Simulink for TwinCat3 Instructor: Georg Rauter, PhD
17:40	End of workshop day 1: Apéro riche at the terrace next to the river Rhine

Scientific track Workshop 2 (1 day): (Please click here for the details) 3D-Motion- tracking systems with and without markers & IMUs
09:00	Optical tracking systems with and without markers & IMUs Instructor: Thomas Seel, PhD (Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany) Coordination: Beat Göpfert (Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland)
10:40	Coffee break
11:00	Theoretical session: 3D-Motion Tracking with marker, markerless and IMU- Systems Instructors: Simi Reality Motion Systems, Qualisys AB Coordination: B. Göpfert
12:40	Lunch Break
14:00	Hands-on session in 3D-Motion Tracking with systems of Simi Reality Motion Systems and Qualisys AB Coordination: B. Göpfert
15:40	Coffee Break
16:00	Hands-on session in 3D-Motion Tracking with systems of Simi Reality Motion Systems and Qualisys AB Coordination: B. Göpfert
17:40	End of workshop day 1: Apéro riche at the terrace next to the river Rhine

Industrial track Workshop 1 (2 days): (Please click here for the details) Practical industry workshop for TwinCat3 (Beckhoff AG) and Matlab/Simulink (Mathworks) – Day 2
08:00	Registration
09:00	Development of a state machine for a servo motor in Matlab/Simulink for TwinCat3 Instructor: Georg Rauter, PhD
10:40	Coffee break
11:00	Implementation of basic controllers in Matlab/Simulink for control of a servo motor in TwinCAT3 Instructor: Georg Rauter, PhD
12:40	Lunch Break
14:00	TwinCat3 Vision Instructor: Tobias Bachmann (Technical Support / Application, Beckhoff Switzerland AG, Schaffhausen, Switzerland)
15:40	Coffee Break
16:00	Demonstration of visual servoing using Matlab/Simulink Instructor: Vasco Lenzi
17:20	Demonstration of visual servoing using Matlab/Simulink in TwinCAT3 Vision Instructor: Georg Rauter, PhD
17:35	Wrap up and Conclusions Instructor: Georg Rauter, PhD
17:40	End of workshop day 2

Scientific track Workshop 3 (1 day): (Please click here for the details) (Please click here to download the flyer) Robotics in Nursing
08:00	Registration
09:00	Welcome & Introduction Presenter: Oliver Mautner, PhD, RN (University Department of Geriatric Medicine Felix Platter, Basel)
09:10	Meet the nursing robot live: Robo Dog, Miro, Pepper Presenter: Oliver Mautner, PhD, RN (University Department of Geriatric Medicine Felix Platter, Basel)
09:30	Elderly care in times of the 4th industrial revolution: Are robots the future? Presenter: Thekla Brunkert, PhD (University Department of Geriatric Medicine Felix Platter, Basel & Institute of Nursing Science, Department Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Switzerland)
10:40	Coffee Break
11:00	Practical applications of robotics in nursing in Swiss health care and beyond Presenter: Sandra Engberg, PhD, RN (School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, USA)
11:30	Ethics of social assistive robots Presenter: Tijs Vanmeulebroucke, PhD (Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law KU Leuven, Belgium)
12:00	Legal aspects of robotics in nursing Presenter: Elliott Ash, PhD (Center for Law and Economics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
12:20	Is there a business case for robotics in nursing? Presenter: Alexander Thys, MD, MBS (Haute Ecole de Commerce, Paris, France & L.E.K. Consulting London Office, UK)
12:40	Lunch Break
14:00	Case studies robots and group discussion Introduction of goals and methods Moderation: Sandra Engberg, PhD, RN
14:10	Social Assistive Robot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt98NlE_SRo Group discussion Presenters: Oliver Mautner, PhD, RN & Thekla Brunkert, PhD
14:50	Gait Rehabilitation Robot: the FLOAT https://reha-stim.com/de/the-float/ Presenter: Marc Bolliger, PhD (Spinal Cord Injury Center, University Hospital Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland)
15:30	Coffee break
16:10	Round table discussion on the research priorities on robotics in nursing Moderation: Oliver Mautner, PhD, RN Presenters: All presenters of the day including older persons
16:50	Conclusions Presenter: Thekla Brunkert, PhD
17:00	End of workshop 3

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