IROS'26 Workshop on Surgical Autonomy LIVE

IROS Workshop - Surgical Autonomy: Today and Tomorrow
"Join us on October 1 at IROS 2026 in Pittsburgh for the 2nd International Workshop on the Evolving Landscape of Surgical Robotics (ELSR).
We’ll explore the progress, challenges, and opportunities shaping three themes:

• Surgical Intelligence
• Surgical Automation
• OR of the Future

What to look forward to: 

• Ethan Quist (DARPA) will introduce the newly launched DARPA Surgical Competition and be available for questions throughout the day.
• Learn more about the competition
•  Rising Stars Jiawei Ge, PhD, PhD from Johns Hopkins University and Ji Woong (Brian) Kim Kim from Stanford University will share their latest research.
• Two panel discussions will bring together voices from research, clinical practice, industry, startups, and federal agencies to tackle key questions facing surgical robotics.
• Submit a question for the panelists
• Best Paper, Best Poster, and Rising Stars Awards, generously sponsored by Intuitive.

Speakers and panelists:

• Allison Okamura • Axel Krieger • Michael Yip • Hongliang Ren • Sabino Zani • Alan Kuntz • Ji Woong (Brian) Kim • Ethan Quist • Pink (aka Ian) McDowall • Jiawei Ge, PhD

October 1, 2026
Room 410 | IROS 2026 | Pittsburgh, USA
Livestream available

Also happening at IROS:  2nd International Workshop on Intelligent Robotics for Soft Tissue Surgery

And  RAISE: Redefining Hardware And System Integration for Robot-Assisted Surgery in the AI Era

Source: LinkedIn