SRI International — Robotics
Spinout lab from Stanford that invented the precursor to the da Vinci surgical robot system. SRI pioneered teleoperation, electroadhesive grippers, and has contributed to DARPA programs for decades.
Notable achievements
Da Vinci surgical robot predecessor (M7 system), electroadhesive grippers, DARPA M3 program, over 300 robotics patents.
Notable work
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
Robotics in Plastic Surgery
Vijay Kumar, Sandhya Pandey
Clinical Journal of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery · 2026
A hierarchical approach to imitation learning for manipulation tasks requiring time varying forces
Rishabh Shukla, Adithya Santhosh, Shaili Gandhi +2 more
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing · 2026
Surgical Invasiveness Trumps Chronological Age: Determinants of Short-Term Recovery in Octogenarian Lung Cancer Patients.
Wang Q, Xu Y, Liu H +3 more
Thoracic cancer · 2026
Comparison of RATS Lobectomy and VATS Lobectomy for Early-stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.
Takenaka T, Tokunaga T, Kinoshita F +4 more
Anticancer research · 2026
Comparison of accuracy of acetabular cup placement using manual versus robotic-assistance in the same patient cohort undergoing robotic-assisted total hip arthroplasty.
Annapareddy A, Jayakumar T, Ansari M +2 more
Journal of robotic surgery · 2026
A biomechanical study to assess orthotopic bladder substitutes in robot-assisted radical cystectomy.
Schiereck T, Weithoff T, Gallardo Zamora L +3 more
World journal of urology · 2026