Joint ME and ViSE Seminar: Medical Mobile Robots From Pill-size Down to Micron Scale, 134 FGH, Monday November 11, 3:10. Refreshments provided.
Medical Mobile Robots From Pill-size Down to Micron Scale
Speaker:
Metin Sitti, Ph.D.
Director of NanoRobotics Lab and Center for Bio-Robotics,
Carnegie Mellon University
Date: Monday November 11th
Time: 2:50 Social, 3:10 Seminar Start
Place: 134 FGH
This talk will discuss ongoing research at the JHU Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology (CISST ERC) to develop CIIS systems that combine innovative algorithms, robotic devices, imaging systems, sensors, and human-machine interfaces to work cooperatively with surgeons in the planning and execution of surgery and other interventional procedures. This talk will describe past and emerging research themes and illustrate them with examples drawn from our current research activities in medical robotics and computer –integrated interventional systems.
Metin Sitti received the PhD degree in electrical engineering from University of Tokyo, Japan, in 1999. He was a research scientist at UC Berkeley during 1999-2002. He is currently a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the director of NanoRobotics Lab and Venter for Bio-Robotics. His research interests include mobile micro-robots, medical miniature robots, bio-inspired micro/nano-materials, bio-inspired robot locomotion, and micro/nano-manipulation. He received the SPIE Nanoengineering Pioneer Award in 2011 and NSF CAREER Award in 2005. He received the Best Paper Award in the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in 2009 and 1998, the first prize in the World RoboCup Micro-Robotics Competition in 2012 and 2013, the Best Video Award in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference in 2002. He was elected as the Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society during 2006-2008 and the Vice President of the Technical Activities in the IEEE Nanotechnology Council during 2008-20010. He is the editor-in-chief of Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics.