My project has been really interesting and
I am so glad it has to do so much with CAD. I have just been doing smaller
projects to get familiarized with CAD more and have practice on it. The robot
that my project is involved with is meant to use a helical needle in it that
uses a "follow the leader" movement in order to reach the brain. The
robot is meant to treat epilepsy. The current form to treat it requires cutting
open the skull in order to get to the brain. It is a much less invasive way to
get to the hippocampus. This robot uses pneumatics in order to actuate to
bellows, one for rotation and the other for translation. One of the greatest challenges is that the
robot is to be used in an MRI scanner, which means that no magnetic metals can
be used because of the magnetic fields within the scanner. This is what makes
our robot unique. It is 3D printed in order to be used in an MRI scanner so
that the location of the need can be seen at all times and also to see the
heating of the probe.
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