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If confocal microscopy is an ubiquitous tool in life science, its applications in chemistry and materials science are still, in comparison, very limited. Of particular interest in these domains is the use of confocal microscopy to…
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In this paper, we present a novel robotic system for skin photo-rejuvenation procedures, which can uniformly deliver the laser's energy over the skin of the face. The robotised procedure is performed by a manipulator whose end-effector is…
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