LCSR Seminar: Alan Kuntz

Description

Alan Kuntz, an assistant professor in the Robotics Center and the Kahlert School of Computing at the University of Utah, will give a talk titled "Deformable Tissue and Deformable Robots: Novel Algorithmic and Mechanical Solutions to Leverage Robots in Surgical and Interventional Medicine" for the Laboratory for Computational Sensing + Robotics.

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Abstract:

Improving the capabilities of robots in medicine requires innovation in both robot design and computational methods. In this talk, I will discuss recent research from my lab on both topics. I will present new continuum robot designs at both meso- and micro-scales intended for procedures in delicate tissues such as the brain and lungs. I will also present data-driven and model-driven algorithmic methods we have developed to model, control, and plan motions for continuum, deformable robots and deformable tissue in the human body.