Completed Projects

STIFF-FLOP – STIFFness controllable Flexible and Learnable manipulator for surgical OPerations

Amount: £1.2m for KCL
Duration: 2012 – 2015
Investigators: Prof. Althoefer (PI), Prof. Seneviratne, Dr. Nanayakkara, Prof. DasguptaDr. H.A. Wurdemann
Researchers: Dr. H.A. Wurdemann, Dr. E.L. Secco, Dr. Sina Sareh, Dr. Yohan Noh

CONPHIRMER – Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals Interception using Radiofrequency Methods in Realtime

Amount: approx. €700k for KCL
Duration: 2011 – 2015
Investigators: Prof. Althoefer (PI), Prof. Seneviratne, Prof. Smith
Researchers: Dr. J. Barras, G. Kyriakidou

REINS Project

Amount: £216k for KCL
Duration: 2011 – 2014
Investigators: Prof. Althoefer (PI), Dr. Nanayakkara, Lakmal Senevirathne

Impedance Control on Uncertain Objects

Amount: £97k for KCL
Duration: 2011 – 2012
Investigators: Dr. Nanayakkara (PI)

DARWIN – Dextrous Assembler Robot Working with embodied INtelligence

Amount: approx. €480k for KCL
Duration: 2011 – 2015
Investigators: Prof. Seneviratne (PI), Prof. Althoefer, Dr. Spratling, Dr. Nanayakkara
Researchers: Dr. K. De Meyer, G. Cotugno

TOMSY – Topological Motion Synthesis for Dexterous Manipulation

Amount: €695K for KCL
Duration: April 2011 – March 2014
Investigators: Prof. Dai (PI) and Dr. Nanayakkara
Researchers: Dr. Ketao Zhang

COSMOS – Cost-driven Adaptive Factory based on Modular Self-Contained Factory Units

Amount: approx. €410k for KCL
Duration: 2010 – 2013
Investigators: Prof. Althoefer (PI), Prof. Seneviratne, Prof. Dai, Dr. Lam
Researchers: Dr. H.A. Wurdemann, Dr. E.L. Secco, C. Deters

HANDLE – Developmental pathway towards autonomy and dexterity in robot in-hand manipulation

Amount: £562,851 for KCL
Duration: 2009 – 2013
Investigators: Prof. Seneviratne (PI), Prof. Althoefer
Researchers: Dr. H. Liu, Dr. X. Song