Robert J. Webster, III
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Director, Medical and Electromechanical Design Laboratory Email: robert.webster@vanderbilt.edu Office: 510 OH Phone: 615-322-0193 Fax: 615-343-6687 URL: http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~r.webster/ Medical and Electromechanical Design Laboratory: http://research.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/MEDLab/
Research Interests
Electromechanical design, modeling, and control, particularly as applied to medical systems. Image-guided surgery. Medical robotics. Continuously flexible dexterous needle-sized robot manipulators, and steerable needles. Pill-sized swallowable legged robots. Biosensors for nerve tension. Human-Machine Interfaces and haptics for surgical training and/or teleoperation. For a description of current research topics, go to the Medical and Electromechanical Design Labratory homepage.
Teaching Interests
Engineering Design, Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer-Integrated Surgery, Kinematics, Dynamics.
Education
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Clemson University, 2002 M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2004 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2007
References
Link to Professor Webster's Publications