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Guillaume Champleboux is a pioneer in computer-assisted medical interventions, with a career spanning over two decades at the forefront of surgical robotics and image-guided therapy. His foundational work, particularly the 1995 paper "Computer assisted medical interventions" (84 citations), helped establish the conceptual and technical framework that transformed computer-aided surgery from a niche practice in stereotactic neurosurgery into a broad clinical reality. His most impactful contribution, however, is the 2002 study "Precision of transfer of preoperative planning for oral implants based on cone‑beam CT‑scan images through a robotic drilling machine" (150 citations), which introduced a novel image-guided system for dental implantology. This work demonstrated how a numerically controlled robotic drilling machine could precisely transfer a preoperative implant axis—planned on 3D cone-beam CT imagery—into a surgical template, directly addressing a critical drawback of manual placement. By bridging the gap between advanced imaging and robotic execution, Champleboux’s research has significantly improved the accuracy, safety, and predictability of oral implant surgery, cementing his legacy as a key architect of modern computer-assisted orthopaedic and dental interventions.