Chauncey Graetzel

Auris Health (United States), SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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Chauncey Graetzel is a pioneering roboticist whose work bridges the frontiers of medical robotics and bio-inspired flight control. His research focuses on developing autonomous navigation systems for minimally invasive procedures and creating biorobotic platforms to study insect flight dynamics. Graetzel’s most impactful contribution is in robotic bronchoscopy, where he led the development of the drive algorithms for the Auris Monarch platform—a system designed to improve early lung cancer detection. His 2019 paper on this technology, which has garnered 55 citations, describes the instinctive control modes that enable physicians to navigate flexible bronchoscopes deep into the lung’s branched structure. Building on this, his work on deep learning for autonomous localization within the lung (7 citations) addresses the critical challenge of improving biopsy success rates. Earlier in his career, Graetzel explored insect flight control, developing real-time microforce sensors and high-speed vision systems (13 citations) and creating the “Cyborg Fly” biorobotic platform (3 citations) to study dynamic coupling between fruit flies and robots. This unique combination of medical device innovation and fundamental biomechanics research positions Graetzel as a key figure in translating robotic control principles across biological and clinical domains.