Mourad Karouia

Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris

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About

Mourad Karouia is a leading figure in the design and control of parallel robotic systems and their translation into high-stakes medical applications. His foundational work on orientational 3-DOF parallel robots, published in 2002 and garnering 79 citations, introduced a novel family of mechanisms that have become a reference point for researchers in robotic kinematics and design. Karouia’s impact is most profoundly felt in the field of minimally invasive surgery. As a key contributor to the MARGE project, he advanced the modeling and control of assistive devices for surgical procedures, laying critical groundwork for robotic precision. His most innovative contribution is a robust ultrasound-based visual servoing approach for automatic instrument guidance. This system, validated through in vivo experiments, enables a robot to autonomously guide a surgical instrument inside a beating heart by interpreting real-time ultrasound images—a breakthrough that promises to enhance safety and accuracy in cardiac interventions. With additional work on force feedback for surgical training, Karouia has consistently bridged the gap between theoretical robotics and life-saving clinical tools, demonstrating a career dedicated to making robotic surgery more intuitive, precise, and accessible.