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Autonomous Robot for Surgery

Benny Lo, Samuel Au and Philip Chiu, “Special Section on The Hamlyn Symposium 2022 - MedTech Reimagined”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 2-3, Feb. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TMRB.2024.3352951

Beili Dong, Junhong Chen, Zeyu Wang, Kaizhong Deng, Yiping Li, Benny Ping Lai Lo, George Mylonas, “An Intelligent Robotic Endoscope Control System Based on Fusing Natural Language Processing and Vision Models”, In Proceeding of the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 13-17 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Ruiyang Zhang, Junhong Chen, Zeyu Wang, Ziqi Yang, Yunxiao Ren, Peilun Shi, James Calo, Kyle Lam, Sanjay Purkayastha, Benny Ping Lai Lo "A Step Towards Conditional Autonomy - Robotic Appendectomy" In The IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 2429-2436, May 2023, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2023.3254859.

Xuhui Zhou, Ziqi Yang, Yunxiao Ren, Weibang Bai, Benny Ping Lai Lo, Eric Yeatman, "Modified Bilateral Active Estimation Model: A Learning-Based Solution to the Time Delay Problem in Robotic Tele-Control" In The IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 2653-2660, May 2023, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2023.3257708

Junhong Chen, Zeyu Wang, Ruiyang Zhang, Weibang Bai and Benny Lo, Path Generation with Reinforcement Learning for Surgical Robot Control”, In IEEE International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN2022), Ioannina, Greece, Sep 2022

Wei Li, Dandan Zhang, Guang-Zhong Yang, Benny Ping Lai Lo,Design and Modeling of A Spring-Like Continuum Joint with Variable Pitch for Endoluminal Surgery”, In 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Kyoto Japan, Oct 23-27, 2022  (Finalist for IROS Best Paper Award and ABB Best Student Paper Award)

Jianing Qiu, Lipeng Chen, Xiao Gu, Po Wen Lo, Ya-Yen Tsai, Jiankai Sun, Jiaqi Liu, Benny Ping Lai Lo, Egocentric Human Trajectory Forecasting with a Wearable Camera and Multi-Modal Fusion”, In 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Kyoto Japan, Oct 23-27, 2022 

Xuhui Zhou, Weibang Bai, Yunxiao Ren, Ziqi Yang, Ziwei Wang, Benny Ping Lai Lo, Eric Yeatman,An LSTM-based Bilateral Active Estimation Model for Robotic Teleoperation with Varying Time Delay”, In Proceeding of the 2022 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ARM), Jun 9-11, 2022, Guilin China

Dandan Zhang, Yunxiao Ren, Antoine Barbot, Florent Seichepine, Benny Lo, Zhuo-Chen Ma, Guang-Zhong Yang,"Fabrication and optical manipulation of micro-robots for biomedical applications," In Matter, Vol 5(10), 2022, pp. 3135-3160, ISSN 2590-2385,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2022.07.003.

Dandan Zhang, Zigong Wu, Junhong Chen, Ruiqi Zhu, Adnan Munawar, Bo Xiao, Yuan Guan, Hang Su, Yao Guo, Gregory Fischer, Benny Lo and GZ Yang, Human-Robot Shared Control for Surgical Robot Based on Context-Aware Sim-to-Real Adaptation,” ICRA 2022 (Outstanding Interaction Paper Award), May 23-27 2022, Philadelphia (PA), USA

Dandan Zhang, Antoine Barbot, Florent Seichepine, Frank PW Lo, Wendi Bai, Guang-Zhong Yang and Benny Lo, "Micro/Nano-Objects Pose Estimation Via a Sim-to-Real Learning-to-Match Approach Using Small Dataset", Commun Phys 5, 80 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-022-00844-z

Kyle Lam, Junhong Chen, Zeyu Wang, Fahad M. Iqbal, Ara Darzi, Benny Lo, Sanjay Purkayastha and James M. Kinross, "Machine Learning for Technical Skill Assessment in Surgery: A Systematic Review", npj Digit. Med. 5, 24 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-022-00566-0

Weibang Bai, Francesco Cursi, Xiaotong Guo, Baoru Huang, Benny Lo, Guang-Zhong Yang and Eric M. Yeatman "Task-Based LSTM Kinematic Modelling for a Tendon-Driven Flexible Surgical Robot," in IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, doi: 10.1109/TMRB.2021.3127366.

Po Wen Lo, Yao Guo, Yingnan Sun, Jianing Qiu, Benny Ping Lai Lo, "Deep3DRanker: A Novel Framework for Learning to Rank 3D Models with Self-Attention in Robotic Vision,"  in ICRA 2021,May 30 - June 5, 2021, Xi'an, China

Ruoxi Wang, Dandan Zhang, Qingbiao Li, Xiao-Yun Zhou, Benny Ping Lai Lo, "Real-time Surgical Environment Enhancement for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery Based on Super-Resolution," In ICRA 2021, May 30 - June 5, 2021, Xi'an, China

Dandan Zhang, Ruoxi Wang, Benny Ping Lai Lo, "Surgical Gesture Recognition for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery Based on Bidirectional Multi-Layer Independently RNN with Explainable Spatial Feature Extraction, In ICRA 2021, May 30 - June 5, 2021, Xi'an, China

W. Li, M. Shen, A. Gao, G. -Z. Yang and B. Lo, "Towards a Snake-Like Flexible Robot for Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection," in IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 257-260, Feb. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TMRB.2020.3045507.

X. Yang, Y. Zhang, B. Lo, D. Wu, H. Liao and Y. Zhang, "DBAN: Adversarial Network with Multi-Scale Features for Cardiac MRI Segmentation,in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2020.3028463

Dandan Zhang, Frank P.-W. Lo, Jianqing Zheng, Wenjia Bai, Guang-Zhong Yang, and Benny Lo,  "Data-Driven Microscopic Pose and Depth Estimation for Optical Microrobot ManipulationACS Photonics, Sept 2020, doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.0c00997

Dandan Zhang, Antoine Barbot, Benny Lo, and Guang‐Zhong Yang, "Distributed Force Control for Microrobot Manipulation via Planar Multi‐Spot Optical Tweezer.Advanced Optical Materials (2020): 2000543.

Wei Li, Ya-Yen Tsai, Guang-Zhong Yang, Benny Ping Lai Lo. "A Novel Endoscope Design Using Spiral Technique for Robotic-Assisted Endoscopy Insertion," In Proceeding of 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. Las Vegas USA, Oct 25-29, 2020

Junhong Chen, Dandan Zhang, Adnan Munawar, Ruiqi Zhu, Benny Ping Lai Lo, Gregory Scott Fischer, Guang-Zhong Yang, "Supervised Semi-Autonomous Control for Surgical Robot Based on Bayesian Optimization" In Proceeding of 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. Las Vegas USA, Oct 25-29, 2020

Yingqi Kong, Weibang Bai, Xiaotong Guo and Benny Lo, "Wave-Based Teleoperation with Particle Filter for Tele-Healthcare with Large Time Delay".  The 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2020), July 20-24 2020, Montreal, Canada

Dandan Zhang, Zicong Wu, Junhong Chen, Anzhu Gao, Xu Chen, Peichao Li, Zhaoyang Wang, Guitao Yang, Benny Ping Lai Lo, Guang-Zhong Yang "Automatic Microsurgical Skill Assessment Based on Cross-Domain Transfer Learning" in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 4148-4155, July 2020, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2020.2989075.