Autonomy in Robotic Surgery: Challenges, Opportunities and Initial Results

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• Paolo Fiorini, Professor at University of Verona, Italy
• Friday 26 March 2021, 10:00-11:00
• Venue to be confirmed.

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The talk will present the first phase of the ERC project ARS (Autonomous Robotic Project) that has focused on the following main challenges: knowledge representation, planning, situation awareness, control and realistic demonstrations. I will extend these topics by introducing some additional points, e.g. the importance and use of simulation in autonomy, the evaluation of an autonomous robot, how haptics can be used in the transition from autonomy to manual control and the concept of safety as a system emerging property.

Paolo Fiorini received the Laurea degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Padova, (Italy), the MSEE from the University of California at Irvine (USA), and the Ph.D. in ME from UCLA (USA). From 1977 to 1985 he worked for companies in Italy and in the USA developing microprocessor-based controllers for domestic appliances, automotive systems, and hydraulic actuators. From 1985 to 2000, he was with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, where he worked on autonomous and teleoperated systems for space experiments and exploration. In 2001 returned to Italy at the School of Science and Engineering of the University of Verona (Italy) where is currently Full Professor of Computer Science. In 2001 he founded the ALTAIR robotics laboratory to develop innovative robotic systems for space, medicine, and logistics. Research in these areas have been funded by several National and International projects, including the European Framework programs FP6 , FP7, H2020 and ERC . His activities have been recognized by many awards, including the IEEE Fellow (2009), and NASA Technical Awards.

This talk is part of the IRLab Seminars: Robotics, Computer Vision & AI series.

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