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Daniel Glozman is a pioneering researcher in surgical robotics and medical mechatronics, whose work has fundamentally shaped the landscape of minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery. His contributions span flexible needle steering, parallel robot design, and collaborative surgical platforms, with a career-long focus on translating advanced robotics into clinical practice. Glozman's most influential contribution is his role in developing the **Raven-II**, an open-source surgical robotics platform adopted by seven universities and cited over 370 times, democratizing collaborative research in the field. Equally impactful is his pioneering work on **image-guided flexible needle steering** — a robotic system enabling real-time fluoroscopic guidance for percutaneous therapies — which has accumulated over 270 citations and opened new frontiers in targeted tissue intervention. His foundational research on **parallel robot design** addressed critical limitations in workspace size and dexterity, directly informing medical robot construction. More recently, his **Roboscope** project advanced single-portal minimally invasive surgery through a flexible, multi-instrument endoscopic device. With contributions also in surgical registration and optimal port placement, Glozman's body of work represents a comprehensive and enduring impact on intelligent, precise, and patient-safe robotic surgery.