Alexandre Krupa
Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Ingénieur, de l'Informatique et de l'Imagerie, Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires, Université Rennes 2, Centre Inria de l'Université de Rennes, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, Université de Rennes, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse
Papers
60
Total Citations
1,560
H-Index
21
About
Alexandre Krupa is a prominent robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of medical robotics, visual servoing, and autonomous surgical systems. Based at INRIA, Krupa has made transformative contributions to the field of image-guided robotic intervention, pioneering methods that allow robots to perceive, track, and respond to complex medical imaging data in real time. His landmark 2003 paper on autonomous 3D positioning of surgical instruments in laparoscopic surgery (209 citations) established him as a leading voice in robotic-assisted surgery, demonstrating how visual servoing could automate critical intraoperative tasks. He subsequently expanded this vision into ultrasound-guided robotics, developing innovative frameworks for 2D and 3D ultrasound visual servoing that enable robots to track soft tissue, surgical needles, and deformable structures with remarkable precision — work that has collectively accumulated hundreds of citations across multiple publications. Krupa's research on confidence-driven ultrasound probe control and image-quality optimization reflects a sophisticated understanding that clinical utility depends not just on motion control but on the quality of information available to surgeons. More recently, his work on deformable wire manipulation (84 citations) demonstrates his expanding influence into soft-body robotics. Across his career, Krupa has consistently bridged theoretical control systems with pressing clinical needs, making his portfolio essential reading for anyone working in surgical or medical robotics.
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- 4Confidence-Driven Control of an Ultrasound Probe81 citations · 2017
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- 8Optimization of ultrasound image quality via visual servoing56 citations · 2015
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