FuTURE at ISMR 2026!

Giovanni Pittiglio Principal Investigator

April 22, 2026 September 02, 2026

FuTURE Lab presented two papers at the International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR) 2026! Our PI Giovanni Pittiglio, PhD student Aabha Tamhankar, and undergraduate researcher Alex Sayres shared our latest work on autonomous robots for stroke care and on the design of magnetic continuum robots.

Gio's talk at ISMR 2026, on the complexity of neuroendovascular navigation. — Gio’s talk at ISMR 2026, on the complexity of neuroendovascular navigation.

Aabha's talk at ISMR 2026: Anatomy-specific Guidewire Shaping Robot. — Aabha’s talk at ISMR 2026: Anatomy-specific Guidewire Shaping Robot.

Alex's talk at ISMR 2026: Design of Magnetic Continuum Robots with Tunable Force Response Using Rotational Ring Pairs. — Alex’s talk at ISMR 2026: Design of Magnetic Continuum Robots with Tunable Force Response Using Rotational Ring Pairs.

Check out our work:

Title: An Anatomy-specific Guidewire Shaping Robot for Improved Vascular Navigation
Authors: Aabha Tamhankar, Jay Patil, Giovanni Pittiglio
Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=11536408

Title: Design of Magnetic Continuum Robots with Tunable Force Response Using Rotational Ring Pairs
Authors: Alex Sayres, Giovanni Pittiglio
Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=11536338