Winter 2018 (missing Raz, Liran, and Ron)
Principal Investigator
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Ilana Nisky
Senior Lecturer, Biomedical Engineering Office: 64/105 Phone: +972-8-6428936 Email: nisky [at] bgu.ac.il Website Google Scholar Profile Research interests: Robotics, Robotic surgery, Teleoperation, Haptics, Control theory, Computational motor control, Brain theory (Neuroscience), Learning in human and machines, Human-machine interfaces. |
Postdocs
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Raz Leib
Psotdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Engineering, Office: 64/209 Email: leibra[at] post.bgu.ac.il Research interests: Intermittent Control Project: Intermittent control in the motor system |
Students
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Amit Milstein
PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering, ABC Robotics Initiative Fellow Office: 64/209 Phone: +972-8-6428938 Email: amitmil [at] bgu.ac.il Research Interests: We take a human-centered approach to optimization of in the design of a human-centered controller for teleoperated robot assisted minimally invasive surgery (RAMIS) by incorporating theories of human motor control and psychophysics. We suggest that RAMIS systems should enable the surgeons to maintain their perception of the environment’s physical and mechanical properties and their actions using surgical tools, as if the tools were actually their own hands interacting with the environment and performing the surgical procedure. Our main research hypothesis is that a human centered approach for RAMIS systems control and design that will optimize perceptual and motor transparency will lead to improved surgical performance and training, and eventually lead to better clinical outcomes in RAMIS. Project: Human-centered teleoperation control for robot-assisted surgery Lab responsibility: Lab manager |
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Chen Avraham
PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering, Besor Fellow Office: 64/212 Email: henye[at] post.bgu.ac.il Project: Sensorimotor integration of kinesthetic, tactile, and proprioceptive information Lab responsibility: Human subjects coordinator |
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Yarden Sharon
PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering, Besor Fellow Office: 64/209 Email: shayar [at] post.bgu.ac.il Project: Surgical skill evaluation and acquisition Lab responsibility: Lab meetings coordinator |
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Natalie Kadury Ganz
MSc Student, Biomedical Engineering Office: 64/212 Phone: +972-8-6428935 Email: nataliek [at] post.bgu.ac.il Research Interests: Motor control, Haptic feedback, Medical robotics Project: Perception and action in interaction with elastic environment via teleoperated endoscope manipulation Lab responsibility: Lab meetings coordinator |
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Mor Farajian
PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering, Tzin Fellow Office: 64/212 Phone: +972-8-6428935 Email: farajian [at] post.bgu.ac.il Project: The effect of delay on integration of kinesthetic and tactile information for perception and for grip force modulation during interaction with elastic force fields Lab responsibility: Outreach and visits coordinator |
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Reut Nomberg
PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering, Kreitman Hitech Chemotech Biotech Fellow Office: 64/212 Phone: +972-8-6428935 Email: nombergr[at] post.bgu.ac.il Project: Human contribution to stability in physical human-robot interaction |
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Erez Sulimani
PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering, Kreitman Hitech Chemotech Biotech Fellow Office: 64/212 Phone: +972-8-6428935 Email: erezsul [at] post.bgu.ac.il Project: Perception and action following adaptation to visuomotor delay in telesurgery Lab responsibility: Software coordinator |
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Lidor Bahar
MSc Student, Biomedical Engineering Office: 64/209 Email: lidorba [at] post.bgu.ac.il Project: Surgeon sensorimotor control in robot-assisted surgery under different force feedback conditions Lab responsibility: Website coordinator |
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Danit Itzkovich
MSc Student, Biomedical Engineering Office: 64/212 Email: danititz [at] post.bgu.ac.il Project: Machine learning based segmentation and error detection in minimal invasive and robots assisted surgery |
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Eitamar Tripto
BSc Student, Biomedical Engineering Office: 64/102 Email: eitamartri [at] gmail.com Project: Adaptation of muscle synergies in transition between interaction with stable and unstable virtual environments. |
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Mor Vaksman
BSc Student, Biomedical Engineering Office: 64/102 Email: mor.vaksman [at] gmail.com Project: The effect of adaptation to hemispace-specific delay on perception and action. |
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Hana Khait
BSc Student, Biomedical Engineering Office: 64/102 Email: hanakhait [at] gmail.com Project: The effect of adaptation to hemispace-specific delay on perception and action. |
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Asya Mikhaylov
BSc Student, Biomedical Engineering Office: 64/102 Email: asya[at] post.bgu.ac.il Project: Segmentation of complex surgical tasks. |
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Liran Hadad
BSc Student, Mechanical Engineering Office: 64/102 Email: liranhad[at] post.bgu.ac.il Project: Measurement and modeling of tissue forces in contact with a robotic arm. |
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Ron Amitzur
BSc Student, Mechanical Engineering Office: 64/102 Email: amitsur[at] post.bgu.ac.il Project: Measurement and modeling of tissue forces in contact with a robotic arm. |
Visiting Students
Staff
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Gilat Malka
Research Assistant Office: 64/102 Email: gilat.malka[at] gmail.com |
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Eli Peret'z
Lab Engineer Office: 63/210 Phone: +972-8-6479680 Email: eliper [at] bgu.ac.il |
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Aviva Sofer
Engineering Faculty Research Coordinator Office: 56/207 Phone: +972-8-6477218 Email: asofer[at] bgu.ac.il |
Collaborations
Prof. Olivier White, Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
Prof. Allison Okamura, Stanford University, USA
Dr. Anthony Jarc, Intuitive Surgical Inc., USA
Prof. Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University, USA
Prof. Yoshihiro Kuroda, Osaka University, Japan
Prof. William Provancher, University of Utah, USA
Prof. Maura Casadio, University of Genova, Italy
Dr. Sigal Berman, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Dr. David Zarrouk, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Prof. Michael Hsieh, George Washington University, Biomedical Research Institute, Rockville, MD, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, USA
Dr. Yael Refaeli, Soroka Medical Center, Israel
Prof. Yoav Mintz, Hadassah Medical Center, Israel
Prof. Thomas Lendvay, University of Washington, USA
Prof. Allison Okamura, Stanford University, USA
Dr. Anthony Jarc, Intuitive Surgical Inc., USA
Prof. Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University, USA
Prof. Yoshihiro Kuroda, Osaka University, Japan
Prof. William Provancher, University of Utah, USA
Prof. Maura Casadio, University of Genova, Italy
Dr. Sigal Berman, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Dr. David Zarrouk, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Prof. Michael Hsieh, George Washington University, Biomedical Research Institute, Rockville, MD, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, USA
Dr. Yael Refaeli, Soroka Medical Center, Israel
Prof. Yoav Mintz, Hadassah Medical Center, Israel
Prof. Thomas Lendvay, University of Washington, USA
Alumni
Dr. Guy Avraham, Postdoctoral Fellow, PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering
Project: Simultaneity and Space Representation
Currently: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UC Berkley, with Rich Ivry
Stephanie Hu, Visiting student, BSc Student, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Brain & Cognitive Sciences, MIT
Project: The effect of dissociation between proprioceptive and visual feedback on action and perception in a stiffness judgement task
Currently: BSc Student, MIT
Jacopo Buzzi, Visiting PhD student, NEAR LAb, Politechnico di Millano
Project: Arm joint angle variability analysis in virtual robotic teleoperation with two master devices
Doron Haichal, BSc Student, Biomedical Engineering
Project: State estimation for the Raven surgical system using machine learning techniques
Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, Postdoctoral Fellow, ABC Robotics
Project: Unifying framework for perception, cognition, motion planning, and control in remote robotic manipulation
Currently: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University
Lital Alyagon, BSc student, Biomedical Engineering
Project: Perception and action in minimaly-invasive robot-assisted surgery simulation
Currently: Algorithms Engineer, Oxitone
Tomer Zaidenberg, BSc student, Biomedical Engineering
Project: The role of arm center of mass during dynamic perturbation
Amanda Elfman, Visiting BSc Student, Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
Project: The Effect of Gain and Delay on the Perception and Action
Currently: BSc Student, University of Virginia
Michal Itzhaki, BSc Student, Biomedical Engineering
Project: The role of arm center of mass during dynamic perturbation
Currently: Biomedical Engineer, Elfi-Tech
Ran Weiss, BSc Student, Biomedical Engineering
Project: The Effect of Sensorimotor Delay on the Perception of Hand Location
Currently: Application Engineer, Simbionix
Project: Simultaneity and Space Representation
Currently: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UC Berkley, with Rich Ivry
Stephanie Hu, Visiting student, BSc Student, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Brain & Cognitive Sciences, MIT
Project: The effect of dissociation between proprioceptive and visual feedback on action and perception in a stiffness judgement task
Currently: BSc Student, MIT
Jacopo Buzzi, Visiting PhD student, NEAR LAb, Politechnico di Millano
Project: Arm joint angle variability analysis in virtual robotic teleoperation with two master devices
Doron Haichal, BSc Student, Biomedical Engineering
Project: State estimation for the Raven surgical system using machine learning techniques
Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, Postdoctoral Fellow, ABC Robotics
Project: Unifying framework for perception, cognition, motion planning, and control in remote robotic manipulation
Currently: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University
Lital Alyagon, BSc student, Biomedical Engineering
Project: Perception and action in minimaly-invasive robot-assisted surgery simulation
Currently: Algorithms Engineer, Oxitone
Tomer Zaidenberg, BSc student, Biomedical Engineering
Project: The role of arm center of mass during dynamic perturbation
Amanda Elfman, Visiting BSc Student, Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
Project: The Effect of Gain and Delay on the Perception and Action
Currently: BSc Student, University of Virginia
Michal Itzhaki, BSc Student, Biomedical Engineering
Project: The role of arm center of mass during dynamic perturbation
Currently: Biomedical Engineer, Elfi-Tech
Ran Weiss, BSc Student, Biomedical Engineering
Project: The Effect of Sensorimotor Delay on the Perception of Hand Location
Currently: Application Engineer, Simbionix
Past Group Photos
Summer 2017 (missing Natalie)
Winter 2017
Winter 2015 (missing Doron)
Autumn 2015 (missing Arun and Lital)
Winter 2014