October 2024
Yash presented his research at an invited talk to Georgia Tech's class on "Medical Robotics".
July 2024
The lab visited The Post to discuss Wilhelm R. Wockenfuß's paper titled 'Design, Modeling and Validation of a Tendon-Driven Soft Continuum Robot for Planar Motion Based on Variable Stiffness Structures,' with Behnam leading the discussion.
July 2024
The lab went to The Post, known as one of Louisville's best pizza spots, to talk about Joshua Davy's latest paper on 'Vine Robots With Magnetic Skin for Surgical Navigation'. Pejman led the discussion.
July 2024
Harshith and Behnam presented their journal paper, ExoNav the Novel Robotic Steering and Latching Mechanism for Spinal Cord Stimulation Electrodes at AIM 2024.
June 2024
The lab went to Sunergos Coffee, a comfortable coffee shop on Preston St, to discuss Hanqing Niu's paper titled 'MagWorm: A Biomimetic Magnet-Embedded Worm-Like Soft Robot'. Dr. Chitalia led the discussion.
June 2024
Harshith and Behnam's journal paper on ExoNav, the first robot designed specifically to navigate the spinal cord, is published in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.
June 2024
Kent's paper on tendon-actuated galvanometer for laser therapy wins Best Student Paper Second Place at ISMR 2024!
June 2024
Behnam's paper on tissue stiffness sensing nominated for Best Student Paper Award at ISMR 2024!
June 2024
Yash gave an invited talk at the 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Robotics (IEEE ISMR 2023) workshop on The Holistic Forum of Medical Robotics Junior Professors @ ISMR 2024
June 2024
Yash and Scott presented their collaborative work on the TAMS robotic stylet for brachytherapy at Training the Future Medical Roboticist at ISMR 2024.
May 2024
Pejman's journal paper on Tendon Assisted Magnetically Steered (TAMS) robot published in IEEE Robotics and Automation - Letters.
April 2024
Yash is an invited speaker at the University of Louisville - Spring Bioengineering Seminar Series.
January 2024
Yash and Ajmal are awarded a USD 300,000 grant from the Kentucky Spinal Cord and Head Injury Research Trust.
November 2023
Yash was an invited speaker at University of Louisville Health - Neurosurgery Grand Rounds.
October 2023
Yash was an invited speaker at the Duke Medical Robotics Symposium, Duke University, Durham, NC.
September 2023
Behnam presents his paper on a robotic stiffness sensor at CRAS 2023, happening in Paris, France.
June 2023
Paper on COAST robotic guidewire published in Robotics and Automation - Letters.
May 2023
Plenary Talk at the 6th International Conference of Magnetic Surgery and Life Science (ICMS)
April 2023
Yash gave an invited talk at the 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Robotics (IEEE ISMR 2023) workshop on The Holistic Forum of Medical Robotics Junior Professors @ ISMR 2023
April 2023
Yash presented his conference paper on Tendon-actuated Concentric-tube Robots at the 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Robotics (IEEE ISMR 2023).
March 2023
Yash gave an invited talk at the Spring 2023 Wisonsin Robotics Seminar Series on "Tiny (and not so tiny) Continuum Robots".
October 2022
Journal paper on the control of the world's smallest robotic catheter published in IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics (IEEE TMRB).
August 2022
HeaRT lab officially opens its doors!