Francesca Cosmi
Papers
7
Total Citations
93
H-Index
6
About
Francesca Cosmi is a pioneering researcher in telerobotics and biomedical engineering, best known for her groundbreaking contributions to remote laparoscopic surgery. Her most significant work includes leading the first-ever transatlantic telerobotic surgery experiment on July 7, 1993, conducted between the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena and the Telerobotics Laboratory of the Politecnico di Milano. This historic achievement, detailed in her highly cited 1996 paper (28 citations), demonstrated the feasibility of remote surgery using satellite and optical fiber networks, laying the foundation for modern telemedicine. Cosmi's research also explores human-machine interaction, evaluating operator control through EMG measurements and biofeedback responses in virtual reality environments. Her work on teleoperator response in touch tasks (15 citations) and EMG-based human control evaluation (12 citations) has advanced understanding of how humans interact with robotic systems under different display conditions. Beyond surgical applications, Cosmi has contributed to agricultural automation, including robotic milking systems. Her pioneering telerobotic surgery project, which involved an Italian surgeon controlling a robot in Milan from California, remains a landmark achievement in the field, with multiple papers documenting this world-first experiment receiving sustained citation impact over decades.
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- 2Teleoperator response in a touch task with different display conditions15 citations · 1995
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- 4Evaluation of human control in telerobotics by means of EMG12 citations · 2002
- 5Telerobotic surgery project for laparoscopy12 citations · 1995
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- 7Automation in dairy farms: a robotic milking system3 citations · 2002