This multidisciplinary project proposes a redesign of laser phonomicrosurgery systems. Its main goal is to create new assistive technologies and robotic tools to provide safety, efficiency, and improved quality to these surgical procedures. The central idea is to augment the surgeon's dexterity, manipulation skills and efficiency through advanced surgeon-robot interfaces, sensors, actuators and supervisory safety.

µRALP is a 3-year STREP project funded under the European Commission's 7th Framework Programme. It addresses the FP7-ICT-2011-7 call for cognitive and robotic systems operating in real-world environments. µRALP's consortium is composed of 5 institutions from 3 different European countries: Italy, France and Germany.