Horst Complex

prof.dr. S. Misra (Sarthak)

Full Professor Surgical Robotics
ET-BE-SR
Horst Complex W110
s.misra@utwente.nl
+31534892704
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Sarthak Misra joined the University of Twente in 2009. He is a Professor in theĀ Department of Biomechanical EngineeringĀ within theĀ Faculty of Engineering Technology. He directs theĀ Surgical Robotics Laboratory.Ā He is also affiliated with theĀ Department of Biomedical Engineering,Ā University of GroningenĀ andĀ University Medical Center Groningen. Sarthak obtained his doctoral degree in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.Ā  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 (thrice) grants, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) VENI, VIDI, and VICI awards, Link Foundation fellowship, McGill Major fellowship, and NASA Space Flight Awareness award. He was 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. Sarthakā€™sĀ 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.Ā 

Please visit theĀ Surgical Robotics LaboratoryĀ website for additional details.Ā 

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Expertise

  • Computer Science

    • Control

  • Physics

    • Model
    • Magnetic Fields
    • Tissue
    • Needles
    • Shapes
    • Ultrasound

  • Engineering

    • Models

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Ancillary activities

  • University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)UMCG DETACHERING

Publications

2025

Design and control of a permanent magnet-based robotic system for navigating tetherless magnetic devices in viscous environments (2025)Scientific reports, 15(1). Article 31041. Zhang, Z., Klingner, A., Misra, S. & Khalil, I. S. M.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-15247-7Autonomous Sorting of Beads in a 3D Environment Using Levitating Magnetic Microrobots (2025)Advanced Intelligent Systems. Article 2500200 (Accepted/In press). Piñan Basualdo, F. N., Verde, C., Ficuciello, F. & Misra, S.https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202500200Technology Roadmap of Micro/Nanorobots (2025)ACS nano, 19(27), 24174-24334. Ju, X., Chen, C., Oral, C. M., Sevim, S., Golestanian, R., Sun, M., Bouzari, N., Lin, X., Urso, M., Nam, J. S., Cho, Y., Peng, X., Landers, F. C., Yang, S., Adibi, A., Taz, N., Wittkowski, R., Ahmed, D., Wang, W., ā€¦ Pumera, M.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c03911Shaping magnetics in surgical robotics: A dissertation on continuum robots (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Richter, M.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036566964Multi-layer screen-printing of magnetic soft robots with integrated materials and functions (2025)Cell Reports Physical Science, 6(6). Article 102614. Wang, Z., Misra, S. & Kalpathy Venkiteswaran, V.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2025.102614Locomotion of paired spermatozoa during flagellar synchronisation (2025)Journal of fluid mechanics, 1007. Article A43. Zhang, K., Lewis, A., Klingner, A., Magdanz, V., Misra, S. & Khalil, I. S. M.https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2025.79Magnetic Nozzleā€Free Embedded 3D (MagNoFE3D) Printing (2025)Advanced Materials Technologies, 10(5). Article 2401097. Piñan Basualdo, F. N., Trikalitis, V. D., Visconti, S., Ficuciello, F., Goulas, C., Rouwkema, J. & Misra, S.https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202401097Size and Illumination Matters: Local Magnetic Actuation and Fluorescence Imaging for Microrobotics (2025)Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 104(3), 745-763. Article 012002. Huaroto, J. J. & Misra, S.https://doi.org/10.1007/s41745-024-00453-5

2024

Magnetic control of soft microrobots near step-out frequency: Characterization and analysis (2024)Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 25, 165-176. Wang, Z., Li, W., Klingner, A., Pei, Y., Misra, S. & S.M. Khalil, I.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2024.08.022Untethered soft magnetic pump for microfluidics-based Marangoni surfer (2024)Scientific reports, 14. Article 20280. Lin, Y.-H., Piñan Basualdo, F. N., Kalpathy Venkiteswaran, V. & Misra, S.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-70944-z

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