Robots & Design

Design plays a fundamental role in engineering and how well its solutions can be implemented in the real world. Pablo Valdivia y Alvarado Ph.D.

  • Endotracheal intubation
  • Endotracheal intubation
  • Endotracheal intubation

Endotracheal intubation

Flexible soft manipulators for endotracheal intubation. A primary stage inserts a respirator tube inside the trachea while 3 secondary stages steer the tube through cables. The actuated tube has enough degrees of freedom to safely negotiate the airway and once in place it is released.

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Flexing tube

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I design simple and elegant mechanisms that exploit natural phenomena to achieve their function by drawing inspiration from nature and a deep understanding of the physics of a problem.