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Nima Sarli is a biomedical robotics researcher whose work has focused primarily on advancing minimally invasive surgical robotics, with a particular specialization in transurethral bladder cancer treatment and continuum robot design. His most significant contribution is the development of TURBot, a telerobotic system engineered to overcome the well-recognized limitations of conventional transurethral resection of bladder tumors (TURBT), including restricted tool dexterity, poor visualization, and the ever-present risk of bladder wall perforation. His landmark 2019 paper on TURBot has garnered 32 citations, while his 2018 in vivo porcine evaluation study — demonstrating real-world feasibility of the system — has attracted 21 citations, collectively signaling meaningful influence within the surgical robotics community. Beyond system-level design, Sarli has made important theoretical contributions, including innovative redundancy resolution strategies that minimize visual occlusion for continuum robots operating in confined anatomical spaces. His earlier kinematic studies systematically characterized the dexterity limitations surgeons face during TURBT, laying critical groundwork for his subsequent engineering solutions. With publications spanning mechanism design, actuation unit development, and clinical validation, Sarli's research trajectory reflects a rigorous, application-driven approach to solving tangible problems in urological surgery through intelligent robotic innovation.