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Total Citations
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About
Mojtaba Esfandiari is a leading researcher at the intersection of continuum robotics, haptics, and autonomous systems for minimally invasive and ophthalmic surgery. His work systematically advances surgical robotics from rigid tools to intelligent, soft, and cooperative platforms. He is best known for his comprehensive 2025 systematic review on continuum and soft robots in minimally invasive surgery (18 citations), which has become a foundational reference for the field. Esfandiari has made pivotal contributions to retinal microsurgery, including the development of the Steady Hand Eye Robot with adaptive sclera force control and comparative studies of cooperative versus teleoperation control (11 citations). His recent pioneering work on autonomous robotic subretinal injections, guided by intraoperative optical coherence tomography (iOCT), addresses critical challenges in treating age-related macular degeneration, with papers on deformation-aware control (9 citations) and motion compensation (7 citations) published in 2025. He has also developed haptic virtual training systems for endoscopic sinus surgery and advanced nonlinear control methods, including model predictive control using quasi-LPV representation. With a growing citation record spanning surgical robotics, haptics, and human-robot interaction, Esfandiari’s research is shaping the next generation of precise, autonomous, and safer surgical interventions.
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- 1Continuum and Soft Robots in Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Systematic Review18 citations · 2025
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- 5Towards Motion Compensation in Autonomous Robotic Subretinal Injections7 citations · 2025
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