TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gauthier ,Michael
AU  - Andreff ,Nicolas
AU  - Etienne ,Dombre
TI  - Intracorporeal robotics : : from Milliscale to Nanoscale / 
SN  - 9781848213715
AV  - R859.7.A78 G38 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Hoboken , New Jersey
PB  - ISTE Ltd/John Wiley and Sons Inc
KW  - Robotics
KW  - Therapy, Computer-Assisted
N1  - Includes an Index
N2  - A promising long-term evolution of surgery relies on intracorporeal microrobotics. This book reviews the physical and methodological principles, and the scientific challenges to be tackled to design and control such robots. Three orders of magnitude will be considered, justified by the class of problems encountered and solutions implemented to manipulate objects and reach targets within the body: millimetric, sub-millimetric in the 10- 100 micrometer range, then in the 1-10 micrometer range. The most prominent devices and prototypes of the state of the art will be described to illustrate the benefit that can be expected for surgeons and patients. Future developments nanorobotics will also be discussed
ER  -