Researchers from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture of the University of Zagreb (CRTA), gathered in the Regional Center of Excellence for Robotic Technologies CRTA, authors are chapters titled „RONNA G4—Robotic Neuronavigation: A Novel Robotic Navigation Device for Stereotactic Neurosurgery“, published in the book Handbook of Robotic and Image-Guided Surgery (b. Mohammad Hossein Abedin-Nasab, published by Elsevier).
Chapter presents RONNA G4, an advanced robotic system for neuronavigation developed for minimally invasive stereotactic neurosurgical procedures, including biopsies, stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG), epilepsy surgeries, deep brain stimulation, and tumor resections.
The system is based on articulated robotic arms and can operate in two configurations:
- one-handed configuration, which assists the surgeon with precise navigation, or
- two-handed configuration that enables autonomous execution of invasive tasks such as drilling bone and inserting probes or needles.
RONNA G4 Key Innovations
RONNA G4 stands out with advanced functionalities, including:
- automated patient registration
- Optimized robot positioning planning
- innovative localization method combining computer vision and mathematical estimation
- new point matching algorithm
- Autonomous robotic bone drilling.
Clinical experience
Since 2016, the system has been clinically tested in Clinical Hospital Dubrava, where he showed a reduction in the duration of the procedure, decreased invasiveness, faster patient recovery, and more efficient use of hospital resources.
The authors of the chapter are Bojan Jerbić, Marko Švaco, Darko Chudy, Bojan Šekoranja, Filip Šuligoj, Josip Vidaković, Domagoj Dlaka, Nikola Vitez and collaborators.
The publication of this chapter confirms the international scientific and technological recognition of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture of the University of Zagreb in the field of medical robotics and advanced surgical technologies.
The project was co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund
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