Robotics and Automation in Healthcare: Advanced Applications

The recent pandemic has forced researchers to adapt technologies such as robotics and AI in the healthcare field. This book, Robotics and Automation in Healthcare: Advanced Applications, explores these new technologies by focusing on important issues related to the employment of robotics and automation in healthcare, such as in medical diagnosis, treatment, and surgery.

The volume reviews wireless charging of implantable pacemakers, considers smart bot design for library building of medical colleges, and discusses strain distribution in biomechanical systems. Other topics included in the book are medical imaging, drone technology, 3D printing, and image processing techniques. The application and importance of actuators in medical devices, especially during surgery, is discussed, as are wearable devices for pre-identification of seizure development. The volume also looks at a decision support system for detection of suitable robots and early detection of diseases with the support of image processing techniques. The application of nano-robots in healthcare is also explored.

Providing advanced information and insight into robotics, wearable devices, and applications of image processing in healthcare field, this volume will be helpful to those in communications and electronics engineering as well as those at the forefront of smart technology in healthcare.

R. Thanigaivelan, PhD, is presently working at the A.K.T. Memorial College of Engineering and Technology, Kallakurichi, India, as Principal. He has 18 years of teaching experience and 13 years of research experience. He has published more than 75 papers in SCI- and SCOPUS-indexed journals and has edited books from IGI Global. He has also authored chapters in a book from CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, USA. Dr. Thanigaivelan is supervising 11 PhD scholars and is a member of doctoral committees for several scholars. He has acted as a reviewer for various SCI journals. His areas of interest are micromachining, surface engineering, composites, and biomaterials. He is a member of the Institution of Engineers (India), Quality Circle Forum of India, India Society of Technical Education, and Indian Institute of Production Engineers. Dr. Thanigaivelan is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering (Madras University, India) and earned his MTech in Mechatronics at the Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, and his PhD from Anna University, Coimbatore, India.

Sanjay Singh, PhD, is presently working as Dean, School of Engineering and Technology, in Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan University, Tamil Nadu, India. He has 18 years of working experience in the aviation industry and has contributed towards the upkeep of aircraft and aeroengines. He also did research work in diagnostic maintenance of internal combustion engines using the Spectrometric Oil Analysis Program (SOAP), utilizing the equipment called the Atomic Absorption (AA) Spectrometer. He was in a leadership position for training ab-initio trainees and young boys and girls in schools and colleges for preparing them for the second line of defense force in the National Cadet Corps (NCC). He switched over from industry to academic and has 13 years of teaching experience with additional administrative responsibilities as Head of the Department. He authored 15 papers in SCI- and SCOPUS-indexed journals. His areas of interest are tribology, non-destructive testing, composites, preventive and predictive maintenance, and robotics. He is a lifetime member of The Institution of Engineers India and the Society for Shock Wave Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Dr. Singh is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering (The Institution of Engineers, India) and earned a master’s degree in Automation and Robotics and PhD at Vinayaka Missions Research Foundation, Deemed to be University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.

C. Clement Christy Deepak, PhD, is a Manager of Gears and Gearbox projects at Eppinger Tooling Asia Pvt Ltd, Kondampatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. He has six years of teaching experience and five years of industrial experience. He published papers in various national and international journals, and he holds two patents. He has conducted many funded seminars and workshops for student development. He is an editorial board member and reviewer for a number of national and international journals. He published books titled Manufacturing Technology-I and A Concept AWD Mechanism in Automobile Applications. He guided many projects for undergraduate students and received a best projects award in 2014. He is a member of many professional bodies. He earned a bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering, master’s in Engineering CAD/CAM, master’s in Business Administration, and doctorate in Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering.