Development trends in bio-mechatronics

Abstract

One aim of the bio-mechatronics is to design devices that are capable of working together with muscles, nerves, brain stimulation and the skeleton, sometimes by completely taking over their role, to replace them. The other possible approach is that new results of mechatronics with robotics allow designing robotic remote surgery systems by system modelling in the case of robotic tissue manipulation. In the present work after discussion of operation and tasks of bio-mechatronics will be summarised more important areas of bio-mechatronic developments, showing further possibilities. Illustrative examples provide an overview about military and civilian application areas of different prosthetic designs. The paper shows the current university research directed to creation of soft tissue model starting from problems encountered in the design and modelling of remote surgery systems.