Roger Goldman, Andrea Bajo, and Jason pile all had their 3 papers accepted the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation to be held in Shanghai China. ICRA is among the premiere robotics conferences and typically has acceptance rates around 40%. The three accepted papers are:

1. Pile, J., Simaan, N., "Algorithms and Design Considerations for Robot Assisted Insertion of Perimodiolar Electrode Arrays", 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai , China, 2011, Accepted
2. Goldman, R., Bajo, A., Simaan, N., Compliant Motion Control for Continuum Robots with Intrinsic Actuation Sensing", 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai , China, 2011, Accepted
3. Bajo, A., Goldman, R., Simaan, N., "Configuration and Joint Feedback for Enhanced Performance of Multi-Segment Continuum Robots", 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai , China, 2011, Accepted