Computer Vision News 58 Pioneers of Medical Robotics by Alaa Eldin Abdelaal My research addresses the problem of assisting humans while performing complex tasks in human-robot collaborative environments. In these environments, a human controls one or more robot manipulators in collaboration with one or more additional controllers (humans or autonomous agents). Humans can benefit from such assistance in complex operations in applications such as surgery and manufacturing. For example, many surgical operations involve several physicians and assistants to help the main surgeon. My research investigates how to assist humans in these environments using the following two approaches: • Developing autonomous systems to perform the repetitive parts of the task using the additional manipulators, allowing the human to focus on the more demanding ones. • Designing interfaces that facilitate the human control of his/her robot manipulators. My research applies the above two approaches in surgical applications, motivated by the worldwide need to augment surgeons. For instance, there is an unmet need of additional 140 million procedures due to the shortage of surgeons worldwide. In addition, even in places with better concertation Alaa Eldin Abdelaal has been selected as “Pioneer of Medical Robotics” to present his work at the Data vs Model in Medical Robotics Workshop at upcoming IROS 2023, where two stellar doctoral / post-doctoral candidates will present their bodies of work. What follows is Alaa’s Research Statement, which won him one of the two winning spots, the other being claimed by Shan Lin.
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