Founded in 2006 by
Dr. Alon Wolf, BRML, is a new lab in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. The scope of work done in the BRML provides the framework for fundamental theories in kinematics and mechanism design with applications in Biomechanics, medical robotics and hyper Redundant mechanisms (snake robots)
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Journal Papers
  • Architectures of Translational Parallel Mechanism for MEMS Fabrication”,

    Bamberger H, Wolf A, and Shoham M, "Architectures of Translational Parallel
    Mechanism for MEMS Fabrication", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, vol. 130, August 2008

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  • Motion Estimation using Point Cluster Method and Kalman Filter”,

    Mor M, and Wolf A, " Motion Estimation using Point Cluster Method and Kalman Filter", ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, in press.

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  • Assembly Modes Changing in Parallel Mechanism”,

    Bamberger H, Wolf A, and Shoham M, " Assembly Modes Changing in Parallel Mechanism", IEEE Transaction on Robotics, Vol. 24 No. 4 August 2008

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  • Control of knee frontal plane moment via modulation of center of pressure a prospective gait analysis study”,

    Haim A, Wolf A, “Control of knee frontal plane moment via modulation of center of pressure a prospective gait analysis study”, Journal of Biomechanics, Available online

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  • Fully automated computer algorithm for calculating articular contact points with application to knee biomechanics”,

    Wolf A, Jaramaz B, Murtha P.E,  Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, Accepted, 9.2007

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  • Epicardial Atrial Ablation using a Novel Articulated Robotic Medical Probe via a Percutaneous Subxiphoid Approach”,

    Takeyoshi Ota, Amir Degani, Brett Zubiate, Alon Wolf, Howie Choset, David Schwartzman, Marco A. Zenati,  Innovations Vol 1(6), pp 335-340, 2007

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  • Recognizing Knee Pathologies by Classifying Instantaneous Screws of the Six Degrees-of-Freedom”,

    Wolf A, Degani A,  Journal of Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, Vol. 45, pp 467–473, 2007

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  • Kinematics of Micro Planar parallel Robot Comprising Large Joint Clearances”,

    Bamberger H, Shoham M, Wolf A,  Advances in Robots Kinematics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp 75-84, 2006

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  • Graphical Singularity Analysis of 3-DOF Planar parallel manipulators”,

    Degani A, Wolf A,  Advances in Robots Kinematics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Accepted, 2006

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  • Screw theory tools for the synthesis of the geometry of a parallel robot for a given instantaneous task”,

    Wolf A, Shoham M, Journal of Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol 41(6), pp 617-748, 2006

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  • Three Degrees of Freedom Joint for Spatial Hyper-Redundant Robots”,

    Shamas E, Wolf A, Choset H,  Journal of  Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol(41), pp 170-190, 2006

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  • A Potential Function Approach to Surface Coverage for a Surgical Robot”,

    Abraham NJ, Wolf A, Choset H,  Journal of  Computer Aided Surgery, Vol 11, pp 1-9, 2006

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  • Design of a High-Impact Survivable Robot”,

    O’Halloran D, Wolf A,  Choset H, Journal of Mechanism and Machine Theory,  Vol 40 (12), pp 1315-1416, 2005

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  • Design and Control of a Mobile Hyper-Redundant Urban Search and Rescue Robot”,

    Wolf A, Choset H,  Brown HB, Casciola R,  International Journal of Advanced Robotics, Vol 19 (8) pp.221-248, 2005

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  • Cup Alignment Error-Model During Total Hip Arthroplasty”,

    Wolf A, DiGioia AM III, Mor AB, Jaramaz B,  Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Vol 437, pp 132-137, 2005

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  • A Kinematic Model for Calculating Cup Alignment Error During Total Hip Arthroplasty”,

    Wolf A, DiGioia AM III, Mor AB, Jaramaz B,  Journal of Biomechanics, Vol 38 (11), November 2005, Pages 2257-2265

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  • MBARS: Mini Bone Attached Robotic System for Joint Arthroplasty”,

    Wolf A., Jaramaz B, Lisien B, DiGioia AM III,  International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, Vol 1(2), pp. 101-121, 2005

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  • Application of line geometry and linear complex approximation to singularity analysis of the 3-DOF CaPaMan parallel manipulator”,

    Wolf A, Shoham M, Ottaviano E, Ceccarelli M,  Mechanism and Machine Theory Vol 39(1), pp. 75-95, 2004

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  • Feasibility Study of a Mini, Bone-Attached, Robotic System for Spinal Operation: Analyses and Experiments”,

    Wolf A, Shoham M, Shnider M, Roffman M, Spine, Vol 29 Issue 2, pp. 220-228, 2004

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  • Investigation of Parallel Manipulators Using Linear Complex Approximation”,

    Wolf A, Shoham M,  ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol 125, pp 564-572, 2003

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  • An Investigation of the Singularities and Self-Motions of the 3-UPU Robot”,

    Wolf A, Shoham M, Park FC,  Advances in Robots Kinematics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 165-174, 2002

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  • Morphometric Study of the Human Lumbar Spine for Operation-Workspace Specifications”,

    Wolf A, Shoham M, Shnider M, Roffman M,  Spine, Vol 26 Number 22, pp. 2472-2477, 2001

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Conference Papers
  • Nonlinear Model Based Estimation of Rigid-Body Motion via an Indirect Measurement of An Elastic Appendage”,

    Mor M, Wolf  A, Gottlieb O,  Proceedings of The 21st ASME Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, September 4-7, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 2007

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  • Architectures of Translational Parallel Mechanism for MEMS Fabrication”,

    Bamberger H,  Wolf A,  Shoham M, proceedings of the The 12th World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM2007). June 17 -21, Besançon, FRANCE 2007

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  • High Dexterity “Snake” Robot for Intrapericardial Interventions”,

    Marco A. Zenati, Takeyoshi Ota, Alon Wolf, Amir Degani, Howie Choset, 1st worldwide meeting of the minimally invasive robotic association. Dec. 7-9, Innsbruck-Austria 2005

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  • Percutaneous subxiphoid left atrial appendage obliteration with an innovative highly articulated teleoperated catheter”,

    Takeyoshi Ota, Alon Wolf, Amir Degani, Howie Choset, Marco A. Zenati,
    Innovation in intervention - i2 summit 2006. March 11-14, Atlanta 2006

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  • Epicardial Atrial Ablation using a Novel Highly Articulated “Snake” Robot via a Percutaneous Subxiphoid Approach”,

    Takeyoshi Ota, Alon Wolf, Howie Choset, Marco A. Zenati,  International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006. June 7-10, San Francisco 2006

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  • Epicardial Atrial Ablation Using A Novel Highly Articulated Robotic Probe Through A Subxiphoid Approach”,

    Takeyoshi Ota, Amir Degani, Alon Wolf, Howie Choset, Marco A. Zenati
    Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics 2006. October 22-27, Washintong D.C. 2006

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  • High Dexterity “Snake” Robot for Intrapericardial Interventions”,

    Marco A. Zenati, Takeyoshi Ota, Alon Wolf, Amir Degani, Howie Choset, 1st worldwide meeting of the minimally invasive robotic association, Innsbruck-Austria, Dec. 7-9, 2005

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  • Knee pathology classification using the instantaneous screws parameter and Support Vector Machines classifier”,

    Wolf A, Degani A,  5th World Congress of Biomechanics Munich 2006

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  • Highly Articulated Robotic Probe for Minimally Invasive Surgery”,

    Degani A, Choset H, Wolf A, and Zenati M, ICRA 2006, International Conference on Robotics and Automation pp. 4167-4172, Orlando FL, 16-18 May 2006

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  • Classifying Knee Pathologies using Instantaneous Screws of the Six Degrees-of-Freedom Knee Motion”,

    Degani A, Wolf A, ICRA 2006, International Conference on Robotics and Automation pp. 2946-2951, Orlando FL, 16-18 May 2006

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  • Graphical Singularity Analysis of Planar Parallel Manipulators”,

    Degani A, Wolf A,  ICRA 2006, International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 751-758, Orlando FL, 16-18 May 2006

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  • Assessing Knee Pathologies by Classifying the Instantaneous Screws of the Knee Motion”,

    Wolf A., Degani A,  IEEE International Conference on Biorobotics and Biomechatronics, Pisa Italy, February 2006

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  • Percutaneous Intrapericardial Interventions Using a Highly Articulated Robotic Probe”,

    Degani A, Choset H, Wolf A, and Zenati M,  Birob2006, IEEE International Conference on Biorobotics and Biomechatronics, Pisa Italy, February 2006


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  • Fully automated computer algorithm for calculating articular contact points with application to knee biomechanics”,

    Wolf A, Jaramaj B, Murtha P. E.,  CAOS International 2005- Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, Helsinki 2005

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  • Mini Snake Robot for Orthopaedic Interventions”,

    Wolf A, Choset H, and  Degani A,  CAOS International 2005- Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, Helsinki 2005

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  • Design of a High-Impact Survivable Robot”,

    O’Halloran D, Wolf A,  Choset H,  ICRA 2004 International Conference of Robotics and Automation, New Orleans 2004


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  • Grasp Synthesis from Example: Tuning the Example to a Task or Object”,

    Pollard NS, Wolf A,  Workshop on Multi-Point Interaction in Robotics and Virtual Reality, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004

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  • A Kinematic Model for Calculating Cup Alignment Error Due to Anatomical Landmarks Localization During Total Hip Arthroplasty”,

    Wolf A, DiGioia AM III, Mor AB, Jaramaz B, CAOS International 2004- Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, Chicago 2004



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  • A Mobile Hyper-Redundant Mechanism for Search and Rescue Tasks”,

    Wolf A,  Brown HB, Casciola R, Costa A, Schwerin M, Shamas E, Choset H,  Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ IROS2003, International Conference of Robotic Systems, Las Vegas 2003

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  • New Joint Design for Three-Dimensional Hyper Redundant Robots”,

    Shammas E, Wolf A, Brown HB Jr., Choset H, proceedings of IEEE/RSJ IROS2003, International Conference of Robotic Systems, Las Vegas 2003

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Book Chapters
  • Automation in Medical Robotics”,

    Wolf A, Shoham M, Springer Handbook of Automation, in preparation

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  • How can CAOS Support Minimally Invasive THR and TKR?”,

    Wolf A, DiGioia AM III,  Jaramaz B,  Minimally Invasive Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Springer-Verlag, pp. 182-185, 2004



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  • Computer Guided Total Knee Arthroplasty”,

    Wolf A, DiGioia AM III,  Jaramaz B,  MIS Techniques in Orthopedics, Eds. Giles R. Scuderi, Alfred J. Tria, and Richard A. Berger, pp. 390-407, Springer-Verlag, 2005

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Thesis Disertations
  • Haptic Control System for a Robotic Medical System with Application to Surface Acquisition”,



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  • Skin Movement Artifact Modeling and Compensation in Marker-Based Human Motion Estimation for Biomechanics Studies”,


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  • Sensor Integration in Robotic Assembly Tasks”,

    M.Sc Thesis, Technion- I.I.T., Haifa 1995 (Alon Wolf)

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  • Line Geometry Tools for the Analysis and Synthesis of a Medical Robot”,

    Ph.D Dissertation, Technion - I.I.T., Haifa 2002 (Alon Wolf)

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