3 papers
cs.RO2026
Live Thread Reconstruction for Autonomous Manipulation
Emma Huang, Omar Hernandez, Zih-Yun Chiu +1
Autonomous robotic surgery has drawn increased attention in recent years due to its potential to relieve surgeons of time-consuming, mentally straining, and tedious tasks, particul…
cs.RO2026
Integrated Respiratory Sensing and Gated Control for Autonomous Needle Insertion Via CT Bore Robotic Arm
Emma Huang, Moira Bohley, Krishna Jamakhandi +10
Currently, CT-guided lung biopsy is a highly manual procedure requiring patient breath-holding, iterative manual needle insertions, and repeated CT confirmation scans to accurately…
cs.RO2026
Reeling It In: Flexible Needle Pick Up via Thread Manipulation for Autonomous Suturing
Emma Huang, Zih-Yun Chiu, Neelay Joglekar +2
Suture-needle pickup is necessary for autonomous suturing, as a needle can be unexpectedly dropped or strategically released to adjust the grasping configuration. Current methods f…