Bulletin No. 1, 2009

A New Map of Innovation and Education 11 As people live longer lives, society has to deal with the needs created by an ageing population. This project by the Centre for Intelligent and Biomimetic Systems, aims at developing an intelligent household robot to safeguard the home and render simple services. The robot can behave pretty much like a human being, due to functions such as autonomous running, navigation and orientation, motion planning, obstacle avoidance, entertainment and chatting. It can also conduct video surveillance, detect abnormal sounds such as breaking glass, and set off the alarm upon detection of gas, fire and smoke. Intelligent Household Robots for Security and Service This project by the Centre for Human Computer Interac tion targets neuro - vascular interventional procedures which are complex, dangerous and currently lack effective methods of training, education and pre-treatment planning. The project creates a PC-based system that simulates real neuro- vascular interventional procedures. Using a deformable vascular model and medical augmented reality technologies, it allows users to manipulate interventional devices, such as catheters and guidewires within the 2-D and 3-D reconstructed vascular images in a manner similar to that encountered in an actual procedure. It also enables users to understand the interaction of vascular structures. Medical Augmented Reality-based Neuro-vascular Interventional Therapeutic Procedures