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prof.dr. S. Misra (Sarthak)

Full Professor Surgical Robotics

About Me

Sarthak Misra joined the University of Twente in 2009. He is a Professor in the Department of Biomechanical Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering Technology. He directs the Surgical Robotics Laboratory. He is also affiliated with the Department of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen. Sarthak obtained his doctoral degree in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.  Prior to commencing his studies at Johns Hopkins, he worked for three years as a dynamics and controls analyst at MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates on the International Space Station Program. Sarthak received his Master of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He is the recipient of the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator, Starting and Proof-of-Concept grants, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) VENI and VIDI awards, Link Foundation fellowship, McGill Major fellowship, and NASA Space Flight Awareness award. He is the co-chair of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee on Surgical Robotics, and area co-chair of the IFAC Technical Committee on Biological and Medical Systems. Sarthak’s broad research interests are primarily in the area of applied mechanics at both macro and micro scales. He is interested in the modeling and control of electro-mechanical systems with applications to medical robotics. 

Please visit the Surgical Robotics Laboratory website for additional details. 

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Expertise

Engineering & Materials Science
Catheters
Fiber Bragg Gratings
Magnetic Fields
Microrobots
Needles
Robots
Tissue
Ultrasonics

Ancillary Activities

  • UMCG
    Part-time UMCG

Publications

Recent
Piñan Basualdo, F. N. , & Misra, S. (2023). Collaborative Magnetic Agents for 3D Microrobotic Grasping. Advanced Intelligent Systems, Article 2300365. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202300365
Richter, M. , Sikorski, J., Makushko, P., Zabila, Y. , Venkiteswaran, V. K., Makarov, D. , & Misra, S. (2023). Locally Addressable Energy Efficient Actuation of Magnetic Soft Actuator Array Systems. Advanced science, 10(24), Article 2302077. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202302077
Huaroto, J. J., Richter, M., Malafaia, M., Kim, J., Kim, C. S., Park, J. O. , Sikorski, J. , & Misra, S. (2023). MagNeed - Needle-Shaped Electromagnets for Localized Actuation Within Compact Workspaces. IEEE Robotics and automation letters, 8(6), 3907-3914. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2023.3273519
Heunis, C. M., Silva, B. , Sereni, G., Lam, M. C. W., Belakhal, B., Gaborit, A. , Wermelink, B. , Geelkerken, B. R. H. , & Misra, S. (2023). The Flux One Magnetic Navigation System: A Preliminary Assessment for Stent Implantation. IEEE Robotics and automation letters, 8(9), 5640-5647. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2023.3289108
Wang, Z., Klingner, A., Magdanz, V. , Misra, S. , & S.M. Khalil, I. (2023). Soft Bio-Microrobots: Toward Biomedical Applications. Advanced Intelligent Systems, Article 2300093. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202300093
Lloyd, P. , Thomas, T. L. , Kalpathy Venkiteswaran, V., Pittiglio, G., Chandler, J. H., Valdastri, P. , & Misra, S. (2023). A Magnetically-Actuated Coiling Soft Robot With Variable Stiffness. IEEE Robotics and automation letters, 8(6), 3262-3269. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2023.3264770
Thomas, T. L. (2023). Bending the Rules: Magnetically-Actuated Surgical Continuum Manipulators. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036555913

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Faculty of Engineering Technology
Horst Complex (building no. 20), room W110
De Horst 2
7522LW  Enschede
The Netherlands

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Faculty of Engineering Technology
Horst Complex  W110
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The Netherlands