From June 17th to 19th, Prof. Simaan and Ph.D student Kai Xu attended the ERC-CISST NSF Site Visit at Johns Hopkins University where they presented the ongoing development of their prototype of the dexterous robot for throat surgery.

Prof. Simaan and Kai Xu at their demonstration table

Prof. Simaan introduces the dexterous robot

Fellow visitors discuss the project

Video captures of the dexterous robot:

Demonstration of tip motion (2.8MB WMV)

Overall view of the device (1.9MB WMV)