Generic Robotics Limited

We are fortunate to be tackling the global challenge that COVID-19 presents at a time when technology can provide high-fidelity, real-time, visual, and auditory information at scale; the 'Zoom-call' is essential to daily activity. A particular challenge of remote working is collaborating when direct touch -- either between people or via shared objects and...

Stroke is the leading cause of acquired disability in adults, and as such occupies a special place amongst the different types of brain injuries. Problems with arm function (upper limb impairments) are very common after a stroke. Existing advanced neurorehabilitation techniques (physiotherapy being comparatively limited and subjective) share a range of li...

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Emergency preparedness training is fundamental to success in a pandemic such as COVID-19. The NHS Nightingale London provides a fresh challenge to large-scale healthcare-related training. Unusually to healthcare, it has brought together professionals from wide ranging medical disciplines in a short period of time for a singular purpose. A replica of the N...

Over the next two years the UK has committed to training an extra 1500 medical students, this will bring the total to almost 7500 students per year. It is essential to ensure the competencies of a newly qualified doctor. The concept of 'Black Wednesday' in August refers to the day when a new cohort of junior doctors arrive on the wards. Ensuring the compe...

"The sense of touch is our physical connection to the world around us. Haptic technology recreates our sense of touch for the digital world. Haptics in the creative industries has primarily been applied as vibration in computer game feedback and in other niche industry areas (surgical training, flight simulators). As the necessity for touch in immersive e...

This project will create the first commercial simulator for training dental injections. Student’s the world over currently learn these techniques by practicing on each other. However, this approach is now being phased out due to ethical concerns and also, even if practiced on humans, there is very opportunity for detailed learning as objective feedback on...

Haptics (touch interaction with computers) is an emerging technology which has great potential to revolutionise clinical training by allowing trainees to practice procedures in a reslistic way, repeatedly and a safely. Generic Robotics is developing haptically enabled simulation for clinical training and with innovateUK support is bring products to market...

Developing and evaluating a prototype haptically enabled computer simulator system for facial injection training, focussing on the procedures related to Botox injection and dermal fillers.

Haptic (touch feedback) technology provides an intuitive way to interact with computers. Although in its infancy, haptic technology will play a key role in future HCI. One area, currently not exploited, but with great potential is simplifying HCI experience for disabled users, particularly the visually impaired. Generic Roboticswill design a software API ...

This project seeks to develop a novel high-force haptic interface device suitable for simulating orthopaedic surgical procedures. We will evaluate the potential for commercialising such a simulator system for providing training and assessment of orthopaedic surgical skills.

Touch is fundamental to almost all human interaction with the world and other humans, yet it is an under exploited aspect of human computer interaction. Haptics is the study of how humans physically interact with the world around them and haptic devices allow physical interaction with computer simulations. There are many potential uses for haptics: educat...