معرفی
Nabil Simaan is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University with secondary appointments in Computer Science and Otolaryngology. He leads the Advanced Robotics and Mechanism Applications (ARMA) laboratory, focusing on surgical robotics, continuum robots, and intelligent human-robot interaction.
Education:
- Ph.D., M.Sci., and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology.
- Postdoctoral Research at Johns Hopkins University NSF ERC-CISST (2003-2004).
Research Interests:
- Medical robotics for minimally invasive procedures
- Kinematic modeling and optimization of parallel/continuum robots
- Telemanipulation and semi-autonomous control
- Flexible mechanisms and actuation redundancy
Article Trends: His recent work emphasizes subretinal surgical robots, continuum manipulators for transurethral operations, and multi-scale dexterity through mathematical synthesis using screw theory and algebraic geometry.
Scientific Awards:
- NSF Career Award (2009) for intelligent surgical robots
- IEEE Senior Member (2013) for contributions to robotics
Advising & Grants:
- Advises PhD/MSc students in robotics and mechanism design.
- NIH-funded work on OCT-guided retinal surgery robots.
- NSF grants for continuum robot kinematics and redundancy control.
Labs & Collaborations:
- Leads the ARMA Lab, bridging engineering and clinical medicine.
- Collaborates with Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) and industry partners like AURIS Surgical Robotics.
- Translational focus through Titan Medical Inc. partnerships.
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