Surgical Robot Challenge 2023 Winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of our annual Surgical Robot Challenge. This international competition attracts some of the leading surgical robotics groups from around the world to showcase innovative new ideas across a range of surgical robot platforms.
Applications were not restricted to a particular focus area, but demonstrated innovation, application and design in surgical robotics.
Best Application Winner
‘Haptic assistance for improving skill transfer in surgical robotics training’
NEARLab-MRS, Politecnico di Milano
Alberto Rota, Ke Fan, Junling Fu, Matteo Pecorella, Elena De Momi
Best Design Winner
‘MERODES – The Medical Robot Device System’
Imaging Robotics, Innovation Center Computer Assisted Surgery (ICCAS)
Johann Berger, Michael Unger, Albrecht Bloße, Johannes Keller, Jochen Fuchs, Michael Moche, Andreas Melzer
Best Innovation Winner
‘Cardiothread, a living, beating heart cell suture for cardiac repair‘
Biotechnology, Oxnard College, California
James Harber, Ashley McDonald
Surgical Robot Challenge 2024
Applications will be open for the 2024 challenge in November 2023.
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Our 2023 Finalists
Molecularly Aware Robot for Surgery
Hamlyn Centre, Imperial College London
Valvetech: A robotic solution for minimally invasive aortic heart valve delivery
Surgical robotics and allied technologies, Scuola Superiore Sant’anna
Mixed Reality Based Teleoperation of Surgical Robots
Malone Center and LCSR, John’s Hopkins University
Design and Research of Rectoscope for Early Cancer Screening
Medical Robots, Institute of Medical Robotics and Intelligent Systems,Tianjin University
Augmented Reality and Shared Control Framework for Robot-Assisted Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
Neuroengineering and Medical Robotics Lab (NEARLab), Politecnico di Milano
Skullbot: Portable positioning mechanism towards robotic needle intervention
The Chinese University of Hong Kong