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Evelyn Mendoza

4 accepted papers

2023

A Teleoperated MR-Safe Haptic System for Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Prostate Needle Biopsies

IROS 2023poster

Real-time magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in-terventions are significantly impacted by material compatibility problems and size constraints in the MRI bore. Limited physi-cian access to patients within the bore of the MRI necessitates iterative positioning and imaging, which prolongs the duration o…

Cited by 3SourceScholar
2023

Team Northeastern's Approach to ANA XPRIZE Avatar Final Testing: A Holistic Approach to Telepresence and Lessons Learned

IROS 2023poster

This paper reports on Team Northeastern's Avatar system for telepresence, and our holistic approach to meet the ANA Avatar XPRIZE Final testing task requirements. The system features a dual-arm configuration with hydraulically actuated glove-gripper pair for haptic force feedback. Our proposed Avata…

Cited by 26SourceScholar
2022

Towards Robot Avatars: Systems and Methods for Teleinteraction at Avatar XPRIZE Semi-Finals

IROS 2022poster

There has been a drastic shift to remote interaction for professional, industrial and personal interactions. Improving the overall quality of these interactions by removing any sense of distance between the users is the ultimate goal. Video conferencing has been widely adopted as an improvement to a…

Cited by 22SourceScholar