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2026

Design and Evaluation of a Compliant Quasi Direct Drive End-Effector for Safe Robotic Ultrasound Imaging

Chen, D., Prakash, R., Wang, V., Chen, Z., Dias, S., Bridgeman, L., Oca, S., Mann, B.

IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics · 2026 · Published

arXiv

Embodied Passive Aeroacoustic Perception Enables Relative Sensing and Pursuit Between Aerial Robots

Liu, Y., Prakash, R., Lo, L. Y., Roede, N., Chen, B.

2026 · Under review

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PalpAid: Multimodal Pneumatic Tactile Sensor for Tissue Palpation

Yuliarti, D.*, Prakash, R.*, Cheung, H. H., et al.

RoboSoft 2026 Mentored

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See, Plan, Cut: MPC-Based Autonomous Volumetric Robotic Laser Surgery

Prakash, R.*, Wang, V.*, Mishra, A., Yuliarti, D., et al.

ICRA 2026 *equal contribution

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SurgXBench: Explainable Vision-Language Model Benchmark for Surgery

Cheng, J., Zhao, X., Tripathi, S., Liu, S., Yu, X., Prakash, R., Codd, P. J., Katz, J. E., Lin, S.

WACV 2026

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2025

Portable Dual Sensor Large Area Visualization System for Robotic Laser Surgery

Prakash, R., Wang, V., Chen, Z., Bridgeman, L., Codd, P. J.

ISMR 2025

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Sampling-Based Model Predictive Control for Volumetric Ablation in Robotic Laser Surgery

Wang, V. Y., Prakash, R., Oca, S. R., LoCicero, E. J., Codd, P. J., Bridgeman, L. J.

ICRA 2025

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TumorMap: A Laser-Based Surgical Platform for 3D Tumor Mapping and Fully-Automated Tumor Resection

Ma, G.*, Prakash, R.*, Schleupner, B., Everitt, J. I., Mishra, A., Chen, J., Mann, B., Chen, B., Bridgeman, L., Zhong, P., Draelos, M., Eward, W., Codd, P. J.

Under Review · *equal contribution

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Where is the Boundary? Multimodal Sensor Fusion Test Bench for Tissue Boundary Delineation

Chen, Z., Cahilig, A. C., Dias, S., Kolar, P., Prakash, R., Codd, P. J.

IEEE-EMBS BSN 2025 Mentored

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2024

A Blinded Study Using Laser-Induced Endogenous Fluorescence Spectroscopy to Differentiate Ex Vivo Spine Tumor, Healthy Muscle, and Healthy Bone

Sperber, J., Zachem, T. J., Prakash, R., Owolo, E., Yamamoto, K., Nguyen, A. D., Hockenberry, H., Ross, W. A., Herndon, J. E., Codd, P. J., Goodwin, C. R.

Scientific Reports 14(1), 1921

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Extracting Critical Information from Unstructured Clinicians’ Notes Data to Identify Dementia Severity Using a Rule-Based Approach: Feasibility Study.

Prakash, R., Dupre, M. E., Østbye, T., Xu, H.

JMIR Aging 7, e57926

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2023

3D Laser-and-Tissue Agnostic Data-Driven Method for Robotic Laser Surgical Planning

Ma, G., Prakash, R., Mann, B., Ross, W., Codd, P. J.

IROS 2023

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A Rule-Based Framework to Identify Severity of Dementia from Unstructured Electronic Health Record Data

Prakash, R., Dupre, M. E., Østbye, T., Xu, H.

AAIC 2023 · Alzheimer’s & Dementia 19(S1): e075325

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Brain-Mimicking Phantom for Photoablation and Visualization

Prakash, R., Yamamoto, K. K., Oca, S. R., Ross, W., Codd, P. J.

ISMR 2023

Computer Vision for Increased Operative Efficiency via Identification of Instruments in the Neurosurgical Operating Room: A Proof-of-Concept Study

Zachem, T. J., Chen, S. F., Venkatraman, V., Sykes, D. A., Prakash, R., Spellicy, S., Suarez, A. D., Ross, W., Codd, P. J.

arXiv preprint · 2023 · Non–peer-reviewed

Optimization of Laser Photoablation for Robotic Soft-Tissue Surgery

Ross, W., Prakash, R., Ma, G., Eward, W., Mann, B., Codd, P. J.

DMMR Workshop @ IROS 2023 · Non–peer-reviewed

2019

Comparative Study of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Microchannels with Uniformly Varying Cross-Section

Chatterjee, A., Valaparla, R. K., Prakash, R., Balasubramanian, K.

ETME 2019