UW BioRobotics Laboratory
The UW BioRobotics Laboratory, directed by Professor Blake Hannaford, conducts research on surgical robotics and haptic feedback systems. The lab focuses on advancing minimally invasive surgical technologies and surgical simulation.
Notable achievements
Leadership in surgical robotics education and research; participation in North American Summer School on Surgical Robotics
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 proof-of-concept study of surgical-VLM for surgical support in robotic surgery: contextual benchmarking against ChatGPT-5.
Ikeda J, Kawakubo H, Takeuchi M +4 more
Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2026
A clinical applicable study on lower limb segmentation from CT images for total knee arthroplasty.
Gu R, Bai W, Xie S +3 more
The Knee · 2026
Reply to "Robotic thymectomy for large thymomas: considering the impact of residual tumor complexity" and comment on "Robotic thymectomy for large thymomas: a multicenter study".
Nachira D, Congedo MT, Bertolaccini L +17 more
Journal of robotic surgery · 2026
A prospective randomized comparative trial of da Vinci SP versus da Vinci Xi in colon and rectosigmoid cancer surgery: a single-center, open-label study protocol.
Ishiyama Y, Hirano Y, Akuta S +7 more
International journal of colorectal disease · 2026
Single-Port Robotic Transstomal End Colostomy Resection and Closure.
D'Aquila ML, Schultz KS, Pantel HJ
Diseases of the colon and rectum · 2026