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Total Citations
469
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About
Yash Chitalia is a pioneering roboticist whose research sits at the intersection of surgical robotics, continuum mechanics, and minimally invasive medicine. His work focuses primarily on the design, modeling, and control of miniaturized robotic tools for endoscopic and endovascular procedures, with a particular emphasis on applications in pediatric neurosurgery and vascular intervention. Chitalia's most celebrated contributions include the development of meso-scale continuum robotic tools for pediatric neuroendoscopy, addressing the critical limitations of rigid instruments used to treat conditions like hydrocephalus. His 2020 paper on this topic has garnered 74 citations, reflecting its significant influence on the field. Equally impactful is his COAST (COaxially Aligned STeerable) guidewire robot, a remarkably slender 0.40 mm device designed to automate the notoriously difficult manual navigation of guidewires through tortuous vasculature, a body of work spanning multiple highly cited publications. He has also advanced fiber Bragg grating-based shape sensing for micro- and meso-scale robots, enabling real-time deflection measurement in complex anatomical environments. Collectively accumulating over 400 citations, Chitalia's research portfolio demonstrates both technical ingenuity and meaningful clinical motivation, offering transformative solutions that bring precision robotics to some of surgery's most delicate and high-stakes domains.
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- 5Design, Modeling and Control of a 2-DoF Robotic Guidewire45 citations · 2018
- 6Using robotics to move a neurosurgeon’s hands to the tip of their endoscope30 citations · 2023
- 7Kinematic Modeling and Jacobian-Based Control of the COAST Guidewire Robot26 citations · 2022
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- 9Model-Based Design of the COAST Guidewire Robot for Large Deflection16 citations · 2023
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