Tommasso Ranzani

Intracardiac beating heart tricuspid valve repair via robotics

Summary About 2.5% of the US population has a valvular heart disease. While neglected for a long time, problems related to the tricuspid valve affect more than 70 million people worldwide. Among these, more than 1.6 million are in the US. The yearly incidence is about 200,000 with a 1-year mortality rate of 36.1%. The […]

Bioinspired reconfigurable soft robots for underwater multimodal locomotion and manipulation

Inspection and sample collection on the ocean’s threatened reefs requires dexterous machines with a low impac,. Soft robots are ideal for this purpose. Current soft robots for underwater grasping use silicone actuators. While these allow for,the safe manipulation of corals and other delicate aquatic objects, the dexterity of such actuators is reduced. Examples of such […]