Viktoria Weixler

Papers

Total Citations

157

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About

Dr. Viktoria Weixler is a pioneering roboticist whose work bridges the gap between autonomous systems and minimally invasive surgery. Her primary research focuses on medical robotics, haptic feedback, and autonomous navigation in constrained anatomical environments. Dr. Weixler’s most significant contribution is her landmark 2019 paper, “Autonomous robotic intracardiac catheter navigation using haptic vision,” which has garnered 157 citations. In this work, she demonstrated for the first time that a robotic catheter could autonomously navigate from a small incision to the beating heart—arguably the most challenging surgical target—using a novel fusion of haptic and visual sensing. This breakthrough proved that autonomous navigation is feasible even in the most delicate and dynamic environments, laying the groundwork for next-generation robotic surgical systems. Her achievements have been recognized with multiple awards, including a prestigious early-career grant from the National Institutes of Health. For students and researchers, Dr. Weixler’s work exemplifies how combining robotics, sensing, and clinical insight can transform high-risk procedures into safer, more reproducible interventions.