Johannes Bilz

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Johannes Bilz is a leading researcher in surgical robotics, with a focus on haptic feedback and teleoperation for minimally invasive procedures. His work centers on enhancing the safety and precision of robotic surgery by integrating force feedback into compact, single-port systems. Bilz’s major contributions include the development of the FLEXMIN platform, a novel single-port robotic system that addresses the critical lack of force feedback in current surgical robots. His randomized cross-over study on haptic feedback’s impact on intracorporeal forces (21 citations) demonstrated that force feedback can significantly reduce applied forces, improving surgical safety. He also designed a teleoperated platform for transanal single-port surgery, optimizing ergonomics and workspace for natural orifice procedures (9 citations), and advanced user-interfaces with mixed-signal haptic feedback (6 citations). Bilz’s work bridges the gap between theoretical haptics research and practical surgical applications, with his systems offering potential for smaller, more intuitive robotic tools. His research is pivotal for the next generation of surgical robots, aiming to make minimally invasive surgery safer and more accessible.

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1. 1
   Impact of haptic feedback on applied intracorporeal forces using a novel surgical robotic system—a randomized cross-over study with novices in an experimental setup

   21 citations · 2020
2. 2
   A teleoperated platform for transanal single-port surgery: Ergonomics and workspace aspects

   9 citations · 2017
3. 3
   User-interface for teleoperation with mixed-signal haptic feedback

   6 citations · 2017

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