Dissertations

  1. Ertop, Tayfun, E, “Design, Sensing, and Control of Soft and Continuum Robots with Application to Medicine.” 2023 July 18.

  2. Remirez, Andria A, “Teleoperated Continuum Robots in Medicine: Design, Calibration and Control Methods Enabling More Versatile and Cost-Effective Systems.” 2022 Jan 21.

  3. Emerson, Maxwell, “Estimation, Modeling and Control of Steerable Needles for Transendoscopic Deployment into the Lung.” 2022 Nov 16.

  4. Rox, Margaret F, “Mechanical and Computational Design of Continuum Robots for Minimally Invasive Lung Interventions.” 2022 Nov 19.

  5. Ferguson, James M, “Estimation in Minimally Invasive Surgical Robotics: Enabling Novel Technologies in Image Guidance and Sensing.” 2022 Nov 19.

  6. Anderson, Patrick L, “Compliance Characterization and Specification for Surgical Continuum Robots via Modeling, Control, and Design.” 2021 Jan 20.

  7. Wellborn, Patrick S, “Human-Robot Collaborative Mastoidectomy: Combining Human Path Adaptation with Robotic Accuracy.” 2021 Jan 15.

  8. Riojas, Katherine E, “Making Cochlear-Implant Electrode Array Insertion Less Invasive, Safer, and More Effective through Design, Magnetic Steering, and Impedance Sensing.” 2021 Aug 13.

  9. Pitt, Edward Bryn, “Enabling Technologies for Image-Guided Interventions with Minimally Invasive Surgical Robots.” 2021 May 7.

  10. Bruns, Trevor, “Design of Surgical Robotic Systems for Skull Base Interventions.” 2020 Apr 2.

  11. Dillon, Neal P, “Analysis, Design, and Modeling of Image-Guided Robotic Systems for Otologic Surgery.” 2017 Jan 27.

  12. Hendrick, Richard J, “System Design and Elastic Stability Modeling of Transendoscopic Continuum Robots.” 2017 Jul 20.

  13. Swaney, Philip J, “Design and Modeling of Distal Dexterity Mechanisms For Needle-Sized Robots: Systems for Lung and Endonasal Interventions.” 2016 Jul 27.

  14. Gilbert, Hunter B, “Concentric Tube Robots: Design, Deployment, and Stability.” 2016 Jul 26.

  15. Kratchman, Louis B, “Image-Guided Targeting and Control of Implantable Electrodes.” 2015 Apr 10.

  16. Lathrop, Ray A, “Dexterity and Guidance Without Automation: Surgical Robot-Like Capabilities at a Fraction of the Cost.” 2014 Feb 21.

  17. Gorlewicz, Jenna L, “The Efficacy of Surface Haptics and Force Feedback in Education.” 2013 Apr 16.

  18. Rucker, Daniel C, “The Mechanics of Continuum Robots: Model-Based Sensing and Control.” 2011 Oct 4.

  19. Webster, Robert J, “Design and Mechanics of Continuum Robots for Surgery.” 2007 Dec.