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Cora Wex is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of robotic surgery and biomedical engineering, whose work is fundamentally reshaping how surgeons interact with tissue during minimally invasive procedures. Her primary research areas include robotic liver surgery techniques, haptic feedback systems, and intraoperative tissue characterization. Wex’s most significant contribution is the development of the Three-Device (3D) Technique for liver parenchyma dissection in robotic surgery, which leverages the enhanced dexterity of robotic instruments to improve surgical precision and outcomes—a paper that has garnered 26 citations. She has also made groundbreaking advances in restoring the sense of touch to robotic surgery, developing audio signal analysis methods for texture differentiation during tissue manipulation (22 citations) and proximally placed sensor systems for detecting tissue-tool interactions (13 citations). Her work addresses one of robotic surgery’s greatest limitations: the loss of tactile feedback. By creating novel sensing and signal-processing approaches, Wex is enabling surgeons to “feel” tissue characteristics through sound and sensor data. Her research has been published in both English and German, including work on indocyanine green-navigated robotic hemihepatectomy, demonstrating her commitment to translating technical innovations into clinical practice.