CESTER

Research Center for Industrial Robots Simulation and Testing

EERIS

CESTER focuses on the development on innovative parallel robotic structures for medical applications (surgery, cancer treatment, rehabilitation) and industrial applications (reconfigurable robots, assembly robots, micro-manipulation robots). A link to the eeris platform of the CESTER research group is found here.

Main research services:

Research & development in applied fields
Research & development in core areas
Consulting in Competitive Design and Management of Production Systems
Applied engineering services
Training

Equipment:

Haptic and voice control console in robotic surgery
PARAMIS surgical robot
PARASURG surgical robots (-5M, -5MP1, 5MP2, -9M)
Liver surgery simulator and surgical e-platform
MICABO parallel micro-robot
PARA-BRACHYROB
PENTROB
BIO-PROS 1
3D Production System
PRO-Hep-LCT parallel robot for liver brachytherapy
ASPIRE parallel robot for shoulder rehabilitation
ParReEx-wrist parallel robot for wrist rehabilitation
ParReEx-elbow parallel robot for elbow rehabilitation
RAISE parallel robotic system for lower limb rehabilitation
RECOVER parallel robotic system for lower limb rehabilitation
Kuka LBR iiwa 7 R800 7DOF serial collaborative robot
Ur5E 6DOF serial collaborative robot
ABB YUMI 2 armed 7DOF serial collaborative robot

Other laboratory infrastructure:

Advanced design and simulation software (Siemens PLM, Visual Studio, MATLAB)
3D Fortus 380 industrial printer
Licensed software from Siemens NX
Qualica for competitive engineering tools (AHP, QFD)
Visual Studio for the user interface development
Virtual Reality glasses Hololens 2
BIOMETRICS electro-goniometers
Advanced PARMIS control console for laparosopic surgery
BR-Automation control software
Omega.7 haptic device
PLC drives and I/O modules
Laparoscope holder and surgical instruments
5 workstations with high computing power
Computer network with 12 stations