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About
Murilo M. Marinho is a robotics researcher whose work bridges advanced mathematical frameworks and real-world surgical applications, with particular expertise in medical robotics, robot modeling and control, and minimally invasive surgery. His foundational contributions to dual quaternion algebra have provided the robotics community with an elegant and powerful tool for robot kinematics and control, exemplified by his widely cited theoretical and applied work in this area. Marinho has been instrumental in developing sophisticated surgical robotic systems, including the SmartArm platform designed for constrained anatomical workspaces, and has pioneered remote center-of-motion controllers for laparoscopic surgery using general-purpose serial manipulators—democratizing surgical robotics beyond expensive proprietary systems like the da Vinci. His research extends into neurosurgery, where he has developed autonomous collision avoidance strategies for deep-brain procedures, and into vitreoretinal surgery, where he has advanced autonomous tool positioning and light guide control to assist surgeons in extraordinarily delicate operations. His work on virtual reality simulation and monocular pose estimation for surgical instruments further underscores his commitment to safe, intelligent robotic assistance. With cumulative citations exceeding 270 across his top works, Marinho's contributions represent a significant and growing influence across surgical robotics and autonomous control.
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- 9Active Constraints Using Vector Field Inequalities for Surgical Robots19 citations · 2018
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