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Surgeons “walking across the retina” project earns NIH Innovator Award
October 7, 2025
A project to improve how delicate microsurgeries are conducted by scaling up tissue in virtual reality could advance medicine.
Expanding a commercial robotic prosthetic leg's benefits with advanced control
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Paired with custom control software, Össur's powered knee prosthesis helped study participants sit, stand and walk more easily.
Sonar shipwreck dataset expands national AI infrastructure
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A dataset of shipwreck sonar scans collected by University of Michigan and Michigan Technological University researchers has been selected for inclusion in the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot.
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“Rather than picking at delicate membranes on the retina that they could hardly see and barely feel, surgeons can walk across the surface of the retina in a 3D reconstruction and rake up these membranes, like they are raking leaves,” says Dr. Mark Dr...
Walking across the retina in VR microsurgery earns NIH awardDr. Mark Draelos, assistant professor of robotics and ophthalmology, received the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's ...
"Rather than picking at delicate membranes on the retina... surgeons can walk across the surface of the retina in a 3D reconstruction and rake up these membranes, like they are raking leaves," says Dr. Mark Draelos. Read: https://t.co/DF4Et1SMhJ htt...
