26-30 July 2026

EMBC 2026

Toronto, Canada
Tu.P26: Medical Systems, Teleoperation, and Advanced Hardware
Tuesday, 28 July, 16:30 - 18:30
Location: Hall E
Session Type: Poster
Theme 7: Biorobotics and Biomechanics
Poster Board: G-38

Tu.P26.G-38: Somnomat Relax: A Respiration-based Biofeedback System with a Robotic Bed for Stress Reduction
Yoshiori Fujii, University of Tsukuba; Manuel Fujs, Alexander Breuss, ETH Zurich; Kenji Suzuki, University of Tsukuba; Robert Riener, ETH Zurich
Poster Board: G-39

Tu.P26.G-39: Robust Peg-in-Hole Assembly for a Musculoskeletal System via Environment-Constrained Curriculum Learning
Siyuan Liu, Jiahao Chen, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Poster Board: G-40

Tu.P26.G-40: Pointing Device Based on Thumb Pad Deformation through a Soft Membrane Using a Photo Reflector Array
Sung-Gwi Cho, Tokyo Denki University; Yuya Ohashi, Noritaka Kawashima, Research Institute of National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities
Poster Board: G-41

Tu.P26.G-41: Design of a Biofidelic Mannequin for Evaluating Lower-Limb Exoskeleton Physical Coupling Interface Interactions
Christian Mele, Niko Forsyth, Jhilik Bose, James Tung, University of Waterloo; Katja Mombaur, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Poster Board: G-42

Tu.P26.G-42: Modeling of White Cane Operation with Constant Contact Technique for Blind Area Analysis
Narumi Yano, Sung-Gwi Cho, Kengo Ohnishi, Tokyo Denki University
Poster Board: G-43

Tu.P26.G-43: CHARACTERIZING VR TELEOPERATION PERFORMANCE UNDER NETWORK DEGRADATION VIA A POWER-LAW MODEL
Yanyan Liu, Southern University of Science and Technology; Peng Cheng Laboratory; Yawen Zhang, Yu Gong, Peng Cheng Laboratory; Yutong Wu, South China University of Technology; Ziqian Bai, Southern University of Science and Technology; Haofei Wang, Peng Cheng Laboratory
Poster Board: G-44

Tu.P26.G-44: INVESTIGATING THE REPEATABILITY OF MODEL-FREE, DYNAMIC KNEE RANGING USING A COLLABORATIVE ROBOT
Jeffrey Lee, Teresa Marotta, Noam Borenstein, Evangeline Bouganim, Stewart McLachlin, Yue Hu, University of Waterloo
Poster Board: G-45

Tu.P26.G-45: MECHANICALLY TUNED PATIENT-SPECIFIC CERVICAL SPINE MODELS FROM MEDICAL IMAGING FOR DEGENERATIVE CERVICAL MYELOPATHY
Rajan Singh Vraitch, Xianghong Ma, Aston University; Francesco Giorgio-Serchi, University of Edinburgh; Eirini Theodosiou, Adrian Gardner, Aston University; Jean-Baptiste R. G. Souppez, Birmingham City University
Poster Board: G-46

Tu.P26.G-46: FBG-BASED EXTERNAL FORCE ESTIMATION AND LOCALIZATION ALONG CONCENTRIC TUBE CONTINUUM ROBOTS
Majid Roshanfar, Robert H. Nguyen, Paul H. Kang, Jones Law, Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids); Changyan He, University of Newcastle; Eric Diller, University of Toronto; Thomas Looi, Dale Podolsky, Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
Poster Board: G-47

Tu.P26.G-47: MEDICAL ROBOT MOTION CONTROL: A TOOLKIT FOR INTERACTIVE, PATIENT-SPECIFIC MOTION PLANNING IN MEDICAL ROBOTIC INTERVENTIONS
Kaito Hara-Lee, Stuart Logan, Gabor Fichtinger, Parvin Mousavi, Queen's University; Anton Deguet, Laura Connolly, Johns Hopkins University
Poster Board: G-48

Tu.P26.G-48: CONSOLE-FREE TELEOPERATION: A LIGHTWEIGHT VIRTUAL REALITY INTERFACE FOR THE DVRK
Michelle Song, Yub Heo, Nicholas Greene, Joseph Chen, Adnan Munawar, Peter Kazanzides, Johns Hopkins University
Poster Board: G-49

Tu.P26.G-49: SPIDER: A 3D PRINTED ARMATURE TO IMPROVE SILICONE BINDING AND FORCE TRANSFER FOR PROSTHETIC SOCKET MOCK RESIDUAL LIMBS
Niko Forsyth, Christian Mele, Erica Rossi, James Tung, University of Waterloo
Poster Board: G-50

Tu.P26.G-50: FEASIBILITY OF USING FUNCTIONAL NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (FNIRS) TO INVESTIGATE CHANGES IN CORTICAL ACTIVITY DURING EMG-CONTROLLED EXOSKELETON-ASSISTED TREADMILL WALKING IN HEALTHY SUBJECTS: A PILOT STUDY
Margaux Noémie Lafitte, Hideki Kadone, Kenji Suzuki, University of Tsukuba
Poster Board: G-51

Tu.P26.G-51: A Robotic Bronchoscopy System for Stable Peripheral Lung Sampling and In Vivo Evaluation
Shimei Wang, Wenke Duan, Wenjing Du, Jing Xiong, Lei Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Yuqi Wang, the First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital
Poster Board: G-52

Tu.P26.G-52: Secure Real-Time Brain-Computer Interface Architecture for Robotic Control Using Authenticated Encryption
Joy Williams, Morgan State Univeristy; Onyema Osuagwu, Morgan State University
Poster Board: G-53

Tu.P26.G-53: CHARACTERIZATION OF FINGER PAD LOADING EFFECT IN RADIAL ARTERY PULSE SIMULATION USING A SCALABLE SENSOR COUPLED ACTUATOR MODULE
Pooja Jonnalagadda, Abhijit Biswas, Indian Institute of Science