5 papers
An Extended Generalized Prandtl-Ishlinskii Hysteresis Model for I2RIS Robot
Yiyao Yue, Mojtaba Esfandiari, Pengyuan Du +5
Retinal surgery requires extreme precision due to constrained anatomical spaces in the human retina. To assist surgeons achieve this level of accuracy, the Improved Integrated Robo…
Critical Anatomy-Preserving & Terrain-Augmenting Navigation (CAPTAiN): Application to Laminectomy Surgical Education
Jonathan Wang, Hisashi Ishida, David Usevitch +6
Surgical training remains a crucial milestone in modern medicine, with procedures such as laminectomy exemplifying the high risks involved. Laminectomy drilling requires precise ma…
Model Predictive Path Integral Control of I2RIS Robot Using RBF Identifier and Extended Kalman Filter
Mojtaba Esfandiari, Pengyuan Du, Haochen Wei +4
Modeling and controlling cable-driven snake robots is a challenging problem due to nonlinear mechanical properties such as hysteresis, variable stiffness, and unknown friction betw…
SurgicAI: A Hierarchical Platform for Fine-Grained Surgical Policy Learning and Benchmarking
Jin Wu, Haoying Zhou, Peter Kazanzides +2
Despite advancements in robotic-assisted surgery, automating complex tasks like suturing remain challenging due to the need for adaptability and precision. Learning-based approache…
FIRE-3DV: Framework-Independent Rendering Engine for 3D Graphics using Vulkan
Christopher John Allison, Haoying Zhou, Adnan Munawar +2
Interactive dynamic simulators are an accelerator for developing novel robotic control algorithms and complex systems involving humans and robots. In user training and synthetic da…