Tyler Schroeder and Justin Opfermann presented work on “Autonomous Electrosurgery for Tumor Resection Using a Multi-Degree of Freedom Electrosurgical Tool and Visual Servoing” and “Minimally Invasive Soft Robotic Tissue Manipulator for Safe Autonomous Surgery” at the IROS conference on September 27, 2017.
Fox News publishes on electro-surgery study with the STAR system
Fox News has highlighted our research work on electro-surgery with the STAR system, presented at the IROS conference.
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Byeol (Star) Kim passes her Qualifying Exam
Congratulations to Byeol (Star) Kim for passing her PhD Qualifying Exam.
STAR Project named in Popular Science’s ’12 Most Important Health Innovations of the Year’
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STAR Robot Makes National Headlines
Recently, a team of researchers at the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National Hospital, including Professor Axel Krieger, captivated the news circuit with its Smart-Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR). News outlets including CNN, Washington Post, BBC, Economist, Forbes, WSJ published articles about the project.
