Abstract The increasing emergence of robotic technologies that serve as automated tools, assistants, and collaborators promises tremendous benefits in everyday settings from the home to manufacturing facilities.  While robotic technologies promise interactions that can be far more[…]

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Abstract The goal of my research is to develop algorithmic and theoretical techniques that push highly agile robotic systems to the brink of their hardware limits while guaranteeing that they operate in a safe manner[…]

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Abstract Robotic surgical systems are becoming widely used in various surgical specialties ranging from urologic and gynecological surgery to cardiothoracic surgery.  The state-of-the-art robotic surgical systems represent tremendous improvements over manual minimally invasive surgery, with[…]

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Abstract The human body is capable of dexterous manipulation in many different environments. Some environments, however, are challenging to access because of distance, scale, and limitations of the body itself. In many of these situations,[…]

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Abstract Microsurgery ranks among the most challenging areas of surgical practice, requiring the manipulation of extremely delicate tissues by various micron scale maneuvers and the application of very small forces. Vitreoretinal surgery, as the most[…]

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Abstract For over a decade surgical educators have called for objective, quantitative methods to measure surgical skill. To date, no satisfactory method exists that is simultaneously accurate, scalable, and generalizable. That is, a method whose scores correlate with patient[…]

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Abstract The big data revolution has profoundly changed, among many other things, how we perceive business, research, and application. However, in order to fully realize the potential of big data, certain computational and statistical challenges[…]

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Nobuhiko Sugano “CAOS in THA” Abstract Various systems of computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery (CAOS) for total hip arthroplasty (THA) have been developed since the early 1990’s. These included computer assisted preoperative planning, robotic devices, navigation, and[…]

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Abstract Flying robots can operate in three-dimensional, indoor and outdoor environments. However, many challenges arise as we scale down the size of the robot, which is necessary for operating in cluttered environments. I will describe[…]

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