The effects of situated visualized telepresence on task performance in gesture-based teleoperation

This paper introduces a method for gesture-based teleoperation where the human operator can virtually exist within the remote environment using mixed reality. The proposed method visually mixes the operator’s body with their perception of the remote environment, so that the operator is virtually present at the remote site. The idea is the that...

Designing a Tourniquet for a Fully-Automated Venipuncture Device

Phlebotomy - the drawing of blood - is essential for medical diagnostics, but there are problems with inconsistent sample quality, complications and high operational costs. Automation of the phlebotomy process may solve these problems; however not all steps of the phlebotomy process are currently automated. Automatic vein detection and needle...