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Fox News publishes on electro-surgery study with the STAR system

Fox News has highlighted our research work on electro-surgery with the STAR system, presented at the IROS conference. Link: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/10/17/study-shows-robots-are-better-at-slicing-humans-open-than-humans-are.html

Byeol (Star) Kim passes her Qualifying Exam

Congratulations to Byeol (Star) Kim for passing her PhD Qualifying Exam.

STAR Robot Makes National Headlines

Recently, a team of researchers at the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children’s National Hospital, including Professor Axel Krieger, captivated the news circuit with its Smart-Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR). News outlets including CNN, Washington Post, BBC, Economist, Forbes, WSJ published articles about the project.