Abhilash Pandya
Papers
31
Total Citations
878
H-Index
11
About
Abhilash Pandya is a leading researcher at the intersection of robotics, augmented reality (AR), and computer-assisted surgery. His work focuses on enhancing surgical precision and autonomy, particularly through the development of intelligent camera control systems and immersive interfaces for robotic platforms like the da Vinci Surgical System. Pandya’s seminal contributions include a quantitative accuracy analysis of the NeuroMate robot for stereotactic neurosurgery, a study that has garnered over 328 combined citations and established a benchmark for comparing robotic and frameless localization systems. He has also pioneered the use of AR visual cues to improve teleoperator performance and developed a head-mounted display to give surgeons a greater sense of remote presence. His influential review on camera viewpoint automation in laparoscopic surgery (85 citations) and his work on mitigating time delay in telerobotics (61 citations) have shaped the field. More recently, Pandya has advanced autonomous surgical behaviors through robotic recording and playback platforms, and introduced a natural language interface for voice-controlled camera positioning. With over 760 total citations across his most-cited works, Pandya’s research continues to push the boundaries of how surgeons interact with robotic systems, making surgery safer, more intuitive, and increasingly autonomous.
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Top Papers
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- 3A Review of Active Mechanical Driving Principles of Spherical Robots147 citations · 2012
- 4A Review of Camera Viewpoint Automation in Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery85 citations · 2014
- 5A Brief Survey of Telerobotic Time Delay Mitigation61 citations · 2020
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