Thursday, March 1, 2018
7:30am – 8:00am – Registration
Welcome and Opening Remarks (8:00am – 8:20am)
8:00am – 8:05am – Jaydev P. Desai, Director, Georgia Center for Medical Robotics, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
8:05am – 8:20am – Stephen Cross, Executive VP Research, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Semi-Plenary Session 1 (8:20am – 9:50am)
Session Chair: Leonardo De Mattos, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
8:20am – 8:50am – Sherif Nour, Emory University, USA – Medical Robotics: Opportunities in MRI-Guided Interventions
8:50am – 9:10am – Iulian Iordachita, Johns Hopkins University, USA – Safe Tissue Manipulation in Retinal Microsurgery via Force Sensing Instruments
9:10am – 9:30am – John Oshinski, Emory University, USA – Interventional MRI in the Spine and the Potential Role for Robotics
9:30am – 9:50am – Elena DeMomi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy – Smart Technologies for Neurosurgical Diagnosis and Procedure Planning
Panel Discussion on Semi-Plenary Talks (9:50am – 10:05am)
Rapid Fire Poster Presentations (1min each) (10:05am – 10:20am)
- Learning and Imitation of a Therapist’s Interaction with a Patient in Robot-assisted Cooperative Therapy Exercises
Carlos Martínez, Jason Fong, Quentin Ranson, and Mahdi Tavakoli - Modular Force Sensing Soft Robotic Pneumatic Actuator
Austin J. Taylor, Rudy Montayre, Zhuo Zhao, Zion Tsz Ho Tse - A smart handheld robot to assist drilling through the pedicle of a vertebra
Ping-Lang Yen, Ting-Ya Shiao, Zong Han He, and Shao-Feng Xu - The Effect of Visual-Haptic Colocation in Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation
Renz Ocampo and Mahdi Tavakoli - Toward robot-assisted beating-heart operation for anchor deployment in mitral valve surgery
Lingbo Cheng and Mahdi Tavakoli - Image-Enabled Process Metrics for Quantification of Surgical Skill
Joseph Singapogu, Richard Groff and Venkat Krovi - Pneumatic Piston Stepper Motor for Actuating MRI-Guided Robotic Devices
Brian Boland, Bradford Wood, Sheng Xu, Zion Tse - Flexible and MRI Visible Template to Assist Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
Rui Li, Sheng Xu, Ivane Bakhutashvili, Bradford Wood, Zion Tsz Ho Tse - 3D Printed Ultra Low-cost Body Temperature Sensing and Monitoring Device
Rui Li, Aaron Smith, Harshitha Tadinada, Zion Tsz Ho Tse - Piano Mattress: IoT Smart Robotic Mattress
Kavita Krishnaswamy and Tim Oates - Event-triggered 3D Needle Control Using A Reduced-Order Bicycle Model
Jay Carriere, Mohsen Khadem, Carlos Rossa, Nawaid Usmani, Ronald Sloboda, Mahdi Tavakoli - Intraoperative Identification of Tissue Young Modulus During Prostate Brachytherapy
Thomas Lehmann, Carlos Rossa, Nawaid Usmani, Ronald Sloboda, and Mahdi Tavakoli - Active Feeding System using a General-purpose Manipulator
Daehyung Park, Yuuna Hoshi, Harshal P Mahajan, Wendy Rogers, and Charles C. Kemp - Enhancing Neurosurgery: Image Guided Laser Resection of Brain Tissue
Ian Hill, Matthew Tucker, Weston Ross, and Patrick Codd
10:20am – 10:55am – Coffee Break and Poster Session
10:55am – 11:35am – KEYNOTE
Mahdi Tavakol, University of Alberta, Canada – Closed-loop Control of Steerable Needles for Prostate Brachytherapy
Oral Presentations – Session 1 (11:35am – 12:35pm – 12mins/paper (10 mins presentation + 2 mins Q&A)
Session Chair: Jayender Jagadeesan, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University, USA
- Soumya K Manna and Venketesh N Dubey. A Novel Hardware Approach to Integrating Active and Passive Rehabilitation in a Single Exoskeleton
- Vatsal Patel, Sanjay Krishnan, Aimee Goncalves, Carolyn Chen, Walter Doug Boyd and Ken Goldberg. Using Intermittent Synchronization to Compensate for Rhythmic Body Motion During Autonomous Surgical Cutting and Debridement
- Shahriar Sefati, Farshid Alambeigi, Iulian Iordachita, Russell Taylor and Mehran Armand. On The Effect of Vibration on Shape Sensing of Continuum Manipulators Using Fiber Bragg Gratings
- Shrey Pareek, Pramod Chembrammel and Thenkurussi Kesavadas. Development and Evaluation of a Haptics-based Rehabilitation System
- Jun Sheng and Jaydev Desai. A Highly Compact Fiberoptic Rotation Sensor for a Neurosurgical Robot
12:35pm – 1:35pm – Lunch and Networking
Semi-Plenary Session 2 (1:35pm – 3:15pm)
Session Chair: Iulian Iordachita, Johns Hopkins University, USA
1:35pm – 1:55pm – Ann Majewicz, UT Dallas, USA – Designing Human-in-the-Loop Systems for Surgical Training and Intervention
1:55pm – 2:15pm – Leonardo De Mattos, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy – Computer-Assisted Technologies for Laser Microsurgery
2:15pm – 2:35pm – Jayender Jagadeesan, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University, USA – Precision-enabled Image-guided Surgery
2:35pm – 2:55pm – Nabil Simaan, Vanderbilt University, USA – Intraoperative Sensing for Complementary Perception, Situational Awareness Augmentation and Surgical Assistance
2:55pm – 3:15pm – Sarthak Misra, University of Twente, Netherlands – Medical Microrobotics: Wireless Control of Miniaturized Agents
Panel Discussion on Semi-Plenary Talks (3:15pm – 3:30pm)
3:30pm-4:00pm – Coffee Break
4:00pm-4:40pm – KEYNOTE
Neville Hogan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA – Technology and Science to Improve Motor Function
Oral Presentations – Session 2 (4:40pm – 5:55pm – 12mins/paper (10 mins presentation + 2 mins Q&A)
Session Chair: Mahdi Tavakoli, University of Alberta, Canada
- Niravkumar Patel, Ehsan Azimi, Reza Monfaredi, Karun Sharma, Kevin Cleary and Iulian Iordachita. Robotic System for MRI Guided Shoulder Arthrography: Accuracy Evaluation
- Riccardo Secoli and Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena. Experimental Validation of Curvature Tracking with a Programmable Bevel-Tip Steerable Needle
- Nicolas Zevallos, R Arun Srivatsan, Hadi Salman, Lu Li, Jianing Qian, Saumya Saxena, Mengyun Xu, Kartik Patath and Howie Choset. A surgical system for automatic registration, stiffness mapping and dynamic image overlay
- Rashid Yasin, Long Wang, Colette Abah and Nabil Simaan. Using Continuum Robots for Force-Controlled Semi Autonomous Organ Exploration and Registration
- Nicolo Garbin, Long Wang, James H. Chandler, Nabil Simaan, Keith L. Obstein and Pietro Valdastri. A Disposable Continuum Endoscope Using Piston-driven Parallel Bellow Actuator
- Zhuoqi Cheng, Brian Davies, Darwin Caldwell and Leonardo Mattos. SDOP: A Smart handheld Device for Over puncture Prevention during pediatric peripheral intravenous catheterization
6:00pm – 7:30pm – Welcome Reception
8:00pm onward – Dinner (By Invitation only)
Friday, March 2, 2018
8:00am – 8:40am – KEYNOTE
Jonathan Lewin, Emory University School of Medicine, USA – Innovation and Information-Intensive Intervention
Semi-Plenary Session 3 (8:40am – 10:20am)
Session Chair: Paolo Fiorini, University of Verona, Italy
8:40am – 9:00am – Gabor Fichtinger, Queen’s University, Canada – Rapid Prototyping of Ultrasound- Guided Interventions
9:00am – 9:20am – Russell H. Taylor, Johns Hopkins University, USA – A Thirty Year Perspective on Medical Robotics
9:20am – 9:40am – Conor Walsh, Harvard University, USA – Soft Wearable Robots for the Community and the Home
9:40am – 10:00am – Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena, Imperial College, UK – Towards an Enhanced Delivery Ecosystem for Precision Neurosurgery
10:00am – 10:20am – Antoine Ferreira, INSA Centre Val de Loire, France – Microrobotics for Drug Delivery Applications
Panel Discussion on Semi-Plenary Talks (10:20am – 10:35am)
10:35am – 11:05am – Coffee Break and Poster Session
Oral Presentations – Session 3 (11:05am – 12:20pm – 12mins/paper (10 mins presentation + 2 mins Q&A)
Session Chair: Antoine Ferreira, INSA Centre Val de Loire, France
- Christos Bergeles, Malindie Sugathapala and Guang-Zhong Yang. Retinal Surgery with Flexible Robots: Biomechanical Advantages
- Meenakshi Narayan, Michael Choti and Ann Majewicz Fey. Data-driven Detection of Adverse Events in Robotic Needle Steering
- Ali Torabi, Mohsen Khadem, Kourosh Zareinia, Garnette Sutherland and Mahdi Tavakoli. Manipulability of Teleoperated Surgical Robots with Application in Design of Master/Slave Manipulators
- Austin Taylor, Tony Pham, Zhuo Zhao, Rommel Montayre, Sheng Xu, Bradford Wood and Zion Tse. CT-guided Abdominal Biopsy Training Phantom
- Changsheng Li, Nicolas Kon Kam King and Hongliang Ren. Preliminary Development of A Skull-Mounted Lightweight Parallel Robot Toward Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
- Vatsal Patel, Sanjay Krishnan, Aimee Goncalves and Ken Goldberg. SPRK: A Low-Cost Stewart Platform For Motion Study In Surgical Robotics
12:20pm – 1:20pm – Lunch and Networking
Semi-Plenary Session 4 (1:20pm – 3:20pm)
Session Chair: Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena, Imperial College, UK
1:20pm – 1:40pm – Pierre Dupont, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA – Autonomous Navigation Inside the Beating Heart
1:40pm – 2:00pm – Nabil Zemiti, LIRMM, CNRS – Université de Montpellier, France – Recent Results in Computer-Assisted Medical Interventions at LIRMM
2:00pm – 2:20pm – Zion Tse, University of Georgia, USA – MRI-guided Therapy for Prostate, Cardiovascular and Spinal Treatment
2:20pm – 2:40pm – Pietro Valdastri, University of Leeds, UK – Lifesaving Capsule Robots
2:40pm – 3:00pm – Stefano Stramigioli, University of Twente, Netherlands – How to fight breast cancer with robotics
3:00pm – 3:20pm – Paolo Fiorini, University of Verona, Italy – Preliminary considerations on autonomy in robotic surgery
Panel Discussion on Semi-Plenary Talks (3:20pm – 3:35pm)
3:35pm – 4:05pm – Coffee Break
4:05pm – 4:45pm – KEYNOTE
Arianna Menciassi, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy – Robotic technologies for targeted therapies and chronic diseases
Oral Presentations – Session 4 (4:45pm – 6:00pm – 12mins/paper (10 mins presentation + 2 mins Q&A)
Session Chair: Pietro Valdastri, University of Leeds, UK
- Yun-Hsuan Su, Kevin Huang and Blake Hannaford. Real-Time Vision-Based Surgical Tool Segmentation with Robot Kinematics Prior
- Fausto Medola, Gustavo Lahr, Guilherme Bertolaccini, Sara Silva, Valeria Elui and Carlos Fortulan. Biomechanical and Perceptual Evaluation of the use of a Servo-Controlled Power-Assistance System in Manual Wheelchair Mobility
- Jin Xu, De’Aira Bryant, Yu-Ping Chen and Ayanna Howard. Robot Therapist versus Human Therapist: Evaluating the Effect of Corrective Feedback on Human Motor Performance
- Jason Fong and Mahdi Tavakoli. Kinesthetic Teaching of a Therapist’s Behavior to a Rehabilitation Robot
- Lu Li, John Schnellenberger, Mark Nandor, Sarah Chang, Kevin Foglyano, Ryan-David Reyes, Rudi Kobetic, Musa Audu, Ronald Triolo and Roger Quinn. Embedded Control System for Stimulation-Driven Exoskeleton
- Anna French, John O’Neill, Ryan Madson and Timothy M. Kowalewski. Dynamic Additive Manufacturing onto Free-Moving Human Anatomy via Temporal Coarse/Fine Control
7:00pm – 9:30pm – Symposium Banquet
Saturday, March 3, 2018
8:00am – 8:40am – KEYNOTE
Steven L. Wolf, Emory University School of Medicine, USA – Robotics and Rehabilitation: A Marriage or a Mirage?
Semi-Plenary Session 5 (8:40am – 10:20am)
Session Chair: Jun Ueda, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
8:40am – 9:00am – Tim Kowalewski, University of Minnesota, USA – Measuring and Amplifying Surgical Skills
9:00am – 9:20am – Robert Webster, Vanderbilt University, USA – New Frontiers in the Lung for Surgical Robots
9:20am – 9:40am – Michael Yip, UC San Diego, USA – Towards safe autonomous surgical robots via machine-learning based control and motion planning
9:40am – 10:00am – Sang-Eun ‘Sam’ Song, University of Central Florida, USA – A Concept of Medical Expertise Pooling by Tele Sensing and Manipulation
10:00am – 10:20am – Greg Hager, Johns Hopkins University, USA – Quantifying Surgery: Improving Interventional Medicine Through Data Science
Panel Discussion on Semi-Plenary Talks (10:20am – 10:35am)
10:35am – 11:05am – Coffee Break and Poster Session
Oral Presentations – Session 5 (11:05am – 12:20pm – 12mins/paper (10 mins presentation + 2 mins Q&A)
Session Chair: Venkat Krovi, Clemson University, USA
- Nathan Kong, Trevor Stephens and Timothy Kowalewski. Da Vinci Tool Torque Mapping over 50,000 Grasps and its Implications on Grip Force Estimation Accuracy
- Tyson Heo, Kevin Huang and Howard Chizeck. Performance Evaluation of Haptically Enabled sEMG
- Alberto Favaro, Leonardo Cerri, Davide Scorza and Elena De Momi. Automatic multi-trajectory planning solution for steerable catheters
- Amiel Hartman, Richard Gillberg, C. T. Lin and Vidya Nandikolla. Design and development of an autonomous robotic wheelchair for medical mobility
- Euisun Kim, Waiman Meinhold and Jun Ueda. Assessment of Robot Necessity in Time Interval Dependent Rehabilitation Therapy
- Heather Humphreys, Wayne Book and Grace Deetjen. Advanced Patient Transfer Assist Device
12:20pm – 1:30pm – Lunch and Networking
Semi-Plenary Session 6 (1:30pm – 3:30pm)
Session Chair: Greg Hager, Johns Hopkins University, USA
1:30pm – 1:50pm – M. Cenk Cavusoglu, Case Western Reserve University, USA – Towards Intelligent Robotic Surgical Assistants
1:50pm – 2:10pm – Charles C. Kemp, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA – Mobile Manipulators for Intelligent Physical Assistance
2:10pm – 2:30pm – Venkat Krovi, Clemson University, USA – Quantitative System for Technical Assessment and Training of Skills (STATS) for Surgical Performance
2:30pm – 2:50pm – Jun Ueda, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA – Robotic Induction of Neuromodulation in Human Motor System
2:50pm – 3:10pm – Tianming Liu, University of Georgia, USA – Neuroimaging-enabled Human Robot Interaction: Perspectives and Initial Experience
3:10pm – 3:30pm – Jaydev P. Desai, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA – Flexible, 3D-printed, Meso-scale Robotic Systems for Surgical Interventions
Panel Discussion on Semi-Plenary Talks (3:30pm-3:45pm)
