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  • 2011 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to modeling and control of frictional contact in robotics

Overview

Pierre E. Dupont is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has a research focus primarily on the intersection of medicine and engineering. Their work spans key fields including Medicine and Engineering, with significant emphasis on subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

The scientist's research centers on topics like Soft Robotics and Applications, Tracheal and Airway Disorders, Airway Management and Intubation Techniques, Micro and Nano Robotics, Robot Manipulation and Learning, Tribology and Lubrication Engineering, and Congenital Heart Disease Studies.

Frequent collaborators include Margherita Mencattelli, Joseph Peine, Abhijit Mondal, Aditya K. Kaza, and Karl Price.

Dupont has contributed to publications in several venues, with multiple works appearing in Science Robotics, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, arXiv (Cornell University), World Neurosurgery, and IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics.

Notable recent papers by Pierre E. Dupont include:

  • A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020, 2021, Science Robotics
  • Continuum Robots for Medical Interventions, 2022, Proceedings of the IEEE

Other relevant papers connected to similar research areas include:

  • Eccentric Tube Robots as Multiarmed Steerable Sheaths, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • Using robotics to move a neurosurgeon's hands to the tip of their endoscope, 2023, Science Robotics
  • A Soft Robotic Balloon Endoscope for Airway Procedures, 2021, Soft Robotics

In recognition of their work, Pierre E. Dupont was awarded the IEEE Fellow distinction in 2011 for contributions to modeling and control of frictional contact in robotics.

Best Publications

  • A survey of models, analysis tools and compensation methods for the control of machines with friction

    Brian Armstrong-Hélouvry;Pierre Dupont;Carlos Canudas de Wit

  • The grand challenges of Science Robotics

    Guang Zhong Yang;Jim Bellingham;Pierre E. Dupont;Peer Fischer;Peer Fischer

  • Design and Control of Concentric-Tube Robots

    P.E. Dupont;J. Lock;B. Itkowitz;E. Butler

  • Single state elastoplastic friction models

    P. Dupont;V. Hayward;B. Armstrong;F. Altpeter

  • Medical robotics—Regulatory, ethical, and legal considerations for increasing levels of autonomy

    Guang Zhong Yang;James Cambias;Kevin Cleary;Eric Daimler

  • A decade retrospective of medical robotics research from 2010 to 2020.

    Pierre E. Dupont;Bradley J. Nelson;Michael Goldfarb;Blake Hannaford

  • A Steerable Needle Technology Using Curved Concentric Tubes

    P. Sears;P. Dupont

  • Continuum Robots for Medical Interventions

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  • Stiffness Control of Surgical Continuum Manipulators

    M Mahvash;P E Dupont

  • Mechanics of Dynamic Needle Insertion into a Biological Material

    M. Mahvash;P.E. Dupont

  • Elasto-plastic friction model: contact compliance and stiction

    P. Dupont;B. Armstrong;V. Hayward

  • Avoiding stick-slip through PD control

    P.E. Dupont

  • Analysis of Rigid-Body Dynamic Models for Simulation of Systems With Frictional Contacts

    P. Song;P. Kraus;V. Kumar;P. Dupont

  • Concentric Tube Robot Design and Optimization Based on Task and Anatomical Constraints

    Christos Bergeles;Andrew H. Gosline;Nikolay V. Vasilyev;Patrick J. Codd

  • FBG-based Shape Sensing Tubes for Continuum Robots

    Seok Chang Ryu;Pierre E. Dupont

  • Trajectory Optimization for Dynamic Needle Insertion

    M. Heverly;P. Dupont;J. Triedman

  • Manipulators employing multiple deformable elongate members

    Pierre E. Dupont;Matthew C. Heverly

  • GPU based real-time instrument tracking with three-dimensional ultrasound

    Paul M. Novotny;Jeffrey A. Stoll;Nikolay V. Vasilyev;Pedro J. del Nido

  • Real-time three-dimensional ultrasound for guiding surgical tasks.

    Jeremy W Cannon;Jeffrey A Stoll;Ivan S Salgo;Heather B Knowles

  • SEMI-ACTIVE CONTROL OF FRICTION DAMPERS

    P. Dupont;P. Kasturi;A. Stokes

  • Autonomous Robotic Intracardiac Catheter Navigation Using Haptic Vision.

    Georgios Fagogenis;Margherita Mencattelli;Zurab Machaidze;Benoit Rosa

  • Semi-active control of friction dampers

    P. Dupont;A. Stokes

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Howe
Robert D. Howe Harvard University
Pedro J. del Nido
Pedro J. del Nido Boston Children's Hospital
John K. Triedman
John K. Triedman Boston Children's Hospital
Hongliang Ren
Hongliang Ren Chinese University of Hong Kong
John E. Mayer
John E. Mayer Boston Children's Hospital
Robert J. Wood
Robert J. Wood Harvard University
Frank C. Park
Frank C. Park Seoul National University
Vincent Hayward
Vincent Hayward Sorbonne University
Robin O. Cleveland
Robin O. Cleveland University of Oxford
Peer Fischer
Peer Fischer Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

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