Leading across disciplines: my Bass Connections experience
A profile of my work as an instructor, researcher, and mentor, connecting surgical robotics with the needs of rural healthcare providers.
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Videos, interviews, and media coverage of my work.
A profile of my work as an instructor, researcher, and mentor, connecting surgical robotics with the needs of rural healthcare providers.
Read the profilePhoto: Duke Bass Connections
Our team describes the robotic laser surgery prototype, clinician-informed design, and interdisciplinary collaboration behind Reimagining Surgery for Rural Needs.
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Our aerial sensing demonstration was selected for IEEE Spectrum’s weekly robotics video roundup.
Read the roundupScience coverage of our acoustic drone-following research.
Read the storyRecorded demonstrations of the systems on the research page.

Talks, demos and conference photographs.

MPC-based autonomous volumetric robotic laser surgery with OCT guidance. Full paper video.

Pneumatic tactile sensor for tissue palpation. Full paper video for the mentored RoboSoft 2026 project.

Feature on our multi-drone acoustic sensing work for environmental monitoring and wildlife tracking.
A look at my day-to-day work at Duke — from the Brain Tool Lab to surgical robotics, sensing, and building systems that see, decide, and act.

Featured in Duke MEMS program video highlighting graduate research and robotics at Duke.