Zhaoyang Chen

Education

Zhaoyang chen

September, 2016- February, 2018  Columbia University  Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

September, 2018-present vanderbilt university, Ph.D. student

Published: 19 July 2018

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Education

• 2016 - present: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
• 2012 - 2016: B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Awards

• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2016)

Research Interests

• Design and control of robots for surgery
• Modeling and shape sensing of continuum robots

Projects

• In-Situ Collaborative Robots for Confined Spaces
• Continuum Robots with Equilibrium Modulation for Multi-scale Manipulation

Refereed Journal Articles

1. G. Del Giudice, A. L. Orekhov, J. Shen, K. Joos, N. Simaan. “Investigation of Micro-motion Kinematics of Continuum Robots for Volumetric OCT and OCT-guided Visual Servoing,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2020.
2. A. L. Orekhov and N. Simaan, “Directional Stiffness Modulation of Parallel Robots With Kinematic Redundancy and Variable Stiffness Joints,” Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, vol. 11, p. 051003, Oct. 2019. [video]
3. A. L. Orekhov, C. B. Black, J. Till, S. Chung, and D. C. Rucker, “Analysis and Validation of a Teleoperated Surgical Parallel Continuum Manipulator,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 1, pp. 828-835, July 2016. [video]

Refereed Conference Papers

1. A. L. Orekhov, N. Simaan "Solving Cosserat Rod Models via Collocation and the Magnus Expansion," 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Oct. 2020. [arXiv]
2. G. L. H. Johnston, A. L. Orekhov, N. Simaan, "Kinematic Modeling and Compliance Modulation of Redundant Manipulators Under Bracing Constraints," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2020. [arXiv]
3. C. Abah, A. L. Orekhov, G. L. H. Johnston, P. Yin, H. Choset, and N. Simaan, “A Multi-modal Sensor Array for Safe Human-Robot Interaction and Mapping,” 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2019. [video]
4. C. Abah, A. L. Orekhov, and N. Simaan, “Design Considerations and Redundancy Resolution for Variable Geometry Continuum Robots,” in 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 767-774, May 2018. [video]
5. A. L. Orekhov, V. A. Aloi, and D. C. Rucker, “Modeling parallel continuum robots with general intermediate constraints,” in 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 6142-6149, May 2017.
6. K. O. Butler, A. L. Orekhov, J. Childs, and C. Rucker, “A Rigid Mechanism With Uniform, Variable Curvature,” Journal of Medical Devices, vol. 10, p. 030953, Sept. 2016.
7. A. L. Orekhov, C. E. Bryson, J. Till, S. Chung, and D. C. Rucker, “A surgical parallel continuum manipulator with a cable-driven grasper,” in 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 5264-5267, Aug. 2015.
8. J. Till, C. E. Bryson, S. Chung, A. Orekhov, and D. C. Rucker, “Efficient computation of multiple coupled Cosserat rod models for real-time simulation and control of parallel continuum manipulators,” in 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 5067-5074, May 2015. 

Book Chapters

1. A. L. Orekhov, C. Abah, and N. Simaan, “Snake-like robots for minimally invasive, single-port, and intraluminal surgeries,” in The Encyclopedia of Medical Robotics, vol. 1, pp. 203-243, World Scientific, Aug. 2018. [arXiv]

Workshop Abstracts

1. A. L. Orekhov, J. Seo, N. Simaan. "Kinematics and Shape Sensing of a Collaborative Continuum Robot," IROS 2020 workshop on "Application-Oriented Modelling and Control of Soft Robots,"  Nov. 2020. (2nd Place Poster Prize) [pdf]
2. A. L. Orekhov, G. L. H. Johnston, C. Abah, H. Choset, and N. Simaan, “Towards Collaborative Robots with Sensory Awareness: Preliminary Results Using Multi-Modal Sensing,” in ICRA 2019 workshop "Physical human-robot interaction: a design focus,"  May 2019. [pdf | video]

Published: 20 September 2016

Education Information

• 2016 - Present: PhD student, Mechanical Engineering, A.R.M.A. Laboratory, Vanderbilt University
• 2015 - 2016: Research Fellow, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University
• 2011 - 2015: B. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Research Interests

• Design, Modelling, Control and Telemanipulation of Continuum Robots and Active Catheters
• Sensing Modules and Situational Awareness Aids for Surgery and Manufacturing in Confined Spaces
• Design of Biologically Inspired (Soft) Robots
• Minimally Invasive Surgery

Awards

• 2011-2015: United World Colleges (UWC) Davis Scholarship
• 2016-2017: Vanderbilt Engineering Graduate Fellowship
• 2018-2020: Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) Training Fellowship

Publications at ARMA Lab

• Abah, C., Del Giudice, G., Shihora, N., Chitale, R., Simaan, N., "Towards Semi-Automated Mechanical Thrombectomy: Path Planning Considerations for a Double Articulated Microcatheter", the Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics, London, UK, 2019.
• Abah, C., Orekhov, A., Johnston, G., Yin, P., Choset, H., Simaan, N., "A Multi-modal Sensor Array for Safe Human-Robot Interaction and Mapping.", IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA), Montreal, Canada, 2019. [Video]
• Abah, C., Orekhov, A., Simaan, N., "Design Considerations and Redundancy Resolution for Variable Geometry Continuum Robots" , IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA), Brisbane, Australia, 2018. [Video]
• Yasin, R., Wang, L., Abah, C., Simaan, N., "Using Continuum Robots for Force-Controlled Semi-Autonomous Organ Exploration and Registration", the International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR), Atlanta, GA, 2018 (finalist for best student paper award).
• Orekhov, A., Abah, C., Simaan, N. "Snake-Like Robots for Minimally Invasive, Single Port, and Intraluminal Surgeries", invited book chapter for the upcoming Encyclopedia of Medical Robotics, Jaydev Desai & Eds., World Scientific Publishing, 2017.

Prior Publications

• Holland, D., Abah, C., Velasco-Enriquez, M., Herman M., Bennett, G., Vela, E. and Walsh, C., "The Soft Robotics Toolkit: Strategies for Overcoming Obstacles to the Wide Dissemination of Soft-Robotic Hardware", IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 57-64,DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2016.2639067, 2017.
• Payne, C., Wamala, I., Abah, C., Thalhofer, T., Saeed, M., Bautisda-Salinas, D., Horvath, M., Vasilyev, N., Roche, E., Pigula, F. and Walsh, C., "An Implantable Extracardiac Soft Robotic Device for the Failing Heart: Mechanical Coupling and Synchronization", Soft Robotics Journal, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 241 - 250, DOI 0.1089/soro.2016.0076, 2017.
• Payne, C.J., Wamala, I., Abah, C., Thalhofer, T., Saeed, M., Bautista-Salinas, D., Horvath, M.A., Vasilyev, N.V., Roche, E.T., Pigula, F.A. and Walsh, C.J., 2017, June. Wearable Soft Robotic Device Supports the Failing Heart in vivo. In The Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics (p. 37).
• Payne, C. , Wamala, I., Bautisda-Salinas, D., Saeed, M., Van Story, D., Thalhofer, T., Horvath, M., Abah, C., Pedro, J., Walsh, C., M., Vasilyev, "Soft robotic ventricular assist device with septal bracing for therapy of heart failure", Science Robotics, Vol. 2, No. 12, DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aan6736, 2017.

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Published: 21 September 2016

Education Information

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of California Los Angeles 2014
Bachelor of Science, Engineering Sciences, Harvard College 2012


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Current Projects
Robotic Exploration of Unstructured Environments
Middle Ear Robotic Surgery
Cochlear Implant Surgery

Publications
At ARMA LAB:

• Yasin, R., Wang, L., Abah, C., & Simaan, N. (2018). Using continuum robots for force-controlled semi autonomous organ exploration and registration. In Medical Robotics (ISMR), 2018 International Symposium on (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
• Simaan, N., Yasin, R. M., & Wang, L. (2018). Medical Technologies and Challenges of Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Intervention and Diagnostics. Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 1, 465-490.
• Salman, H., Ayvali, E., Srivatsan, R.A., Ma, Y., Zevallos, N., Yasin, R., Wang, L., Siman, N. and Choset, H. (2017). Trajectory-optimized sensing for active search of tissue abnormalities in robotic surgery. IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
• Chalasani, P., Wang, L., Yasin, R., Simaan, N., & Taylor, R. H. (2018). Preliminary Evaluation of an Online Estimation Method for Organ Geometry and Tissue Stiffness. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 3(3), 1816-1823.
• Wang, L., Chen, Z., Chalasani, P., Yasin, R. M., Kazanzides, P., Taylor, R. H., & Simaan, N. (2017). Force-controlled exploration for updating virtual fixture geometry in model-mediated telemanipulation. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 9(2), 021010.
• Yasin, R., Aiello, G. & Simaan, N (2017). Exploring Reflected Light Intensity to Estimate Depth of the Basal Turn in Cochlear Implant Surgery. In The Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics.
• Yasin, R., O'Connell, B. P., Yu, H., Hunter, J. B., Wanna, G. B., Rivas, A. et al. (2017). Steerable Robot-assisted Micromanipulation in the Middle Ear: Preliminary Feasibility Evaluation. Otology & Neurotology, 38(2), 290–295.
• O'Connell, B., Yu, H., Rivas, A., Hunter, J., Yasin, R., Wanna, G. B. et al (2016). Steerable Robot Assisted Micro-Manipulation in the Middle Ear: Preliminary Feasibility Evaluation. In Combined Otolaryngology Society Meeting (COSM). Chicago, Illinois.
• Wang, L., Chen, Z., Chalasani, P., Yasin, R. M., Kazanzides, P., Taylor, R. H. et al. (2016). Force-Controlled Exploration for Updating Virtual Fixture Geometry In Model-Mediated Telemanipulation. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, In press.

Prior to ARMA Lab:

• S Mikaiel, R Yasin, S Ross, MW Wahi-Anwar, J Simonelli, D Lu, K Sung, T-C Tsao, HH Wu. Imaging Assessment and Feasibility of a Hydrostatically Actuated Robotic Systems for Real-Time MRI-Guided Interventions. Proceedings ISMRM Twenty-Third Scientific Sessions, 2015, p4142.

• Y.C. Chang, B Berry-Pusey, R Yasin, N Vu, B Maraglia, A.X. Chatzijoannou, and T.C. Tsao. An Automated Mouse Tail Vascular Access System by Vision and Pressure Feedback. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. Vol 10. 2014
• Yasin, R., Mikaiel, S., Sung, K., Lu, D., Wu, H., Tsao, T.C. "A Hydrostatically Actuated Robotic System for Real-time MRI-guided Interventions"  10th Interventional MRI Symposium 2014, Leipzig, Germany.
• Frech, Abraham., Orozco, D., Davoudi, K., Ding, C., Field, R., Yasin, R., Roche, E., Holland, D., Walsh, C. "Laparoscopic Device for Direct and Indirect Suction" J. Med. Devices 7(3), 2013.

Interests
Medical and flexible robotics
Hiking
Travel

Published: 12 August 2014