The Department of Computer Science had nine papers accepted to the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction and the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), both of which are among the top conferences in robotics.
Carolina scientists define lab automation and create AI that enables a robot to work beside humans.
Researchers from UNC, including Distinguished Professor Ron Alterovitz and doctoral student Angelos Angelopoulos, describe how to transform science labs into automated factories of discovery by integrating robotic automation and AI.
High financial costs and limited evidence restrict the adoption of robotic surgery, but new uses for robots and attempts to assess efficacy could widen access.
Inbar Fried, Janine Hoelscher, and Ron Alterovitz received a Best Poster Award during the Data vs Model in Medical Robotics workshop held at the 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). The award was only awarded to two posters submitted to the workshop.
A team of researchers and physicians led by Professor Ron Alterovitz has demonstrated, for the first time, a robotic needle capable of autonomously maneuvering through intricate lung tissue while avoiding obstacles and important lung structures.
An interdisciplinary team of researchers including Assistant Professor Daniel Szafir was awarded a $1.8 million NSF grant to aid chemists by using robotics to automate time-consuming tasks in a safe and efficient manner.
Computer science doctoral student Mengyu Fu was awarded a Best Paper Finalist Award at the Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, one of the top research conferences in the field of robotics. The paper was co-authored by Fu’s advisor, Professor Ron Alterovitz, and by Assistant Professor Oren Salzman of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
