Robert J. Webster
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Quest to develop fully autonomous surgical robot attracts award up to $12 million from ARPA-H
A landmark, multi-institution project being led by Vanderbilt engineering professor Robert J. Webster received an award up to $12 million in funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to develop a fully autonomous surgical robot. Read MoreSep 26, 2024
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Vanderbilt engineering professor’s company makes successful first-in-human clinical study using novel device for endoscopic surgery
A medical device company co-founded by Vanderbilt engineering professor Robert J. Webster III recently announced the completion of a successful first-in-human clinical study using its innovative technology that radically improves minimally invasive endoscopic surgery. Read MoreJul 27, 2023
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Company co-founded by VU professor receives distinguished FDA breakthrough device designation for minimally invasive surgical tool
A company co-founded by Vanderbilt mechanical engineering professor Robert J. Webster III has received a breakthrough device designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that could open the door for new diagnostic and therapeutic applications of flexible endoscopy. Read MoreJan 10, 2023
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New $2 million NIH grant advances less invasive procedure for TLE
A Vanderbilt research team has received a $2 million National Institutes of Health grant to further develop a needle-size robotic surgery system with real-time MRI guidance for drug resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Such a procedure has the potential to reduce or eliminate seizures using a minimally invasive approach over the current standard of care,... Read MoreFeb 16, 2021
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Faculty Seminar: Re-engineering Surgery – The Rise of Robots in the Operating Room
Watch video of Robert J. Webster III’s talk which covers several examples of novel surgical robots, ranging from “tentacle-like” robots that are the diameter of needles for endonasal surgery, to swallowable endoscopic capsule robots that can accomplish surgery in the intestines and are thus making the Fantastic Voyage foreseen by… Read MoreMay 15, 2012
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June grants announced by Division of Sponsored Research
The Division of Sponsored Research received notification in June that the following grants in excess of $25,000 had been awarded. Read MoreJul 28, 2011
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Sponsored Research awards for February 2011
Professor Gautam Biswas, professor of computer science and computer engineering (John Russell / Vanderbilt) The Division of Sponsored Research received notification in February that the following grants in excess of $25,000 had been awarded: Theodore A. Bapty, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has received an award in the amount of… Read MoreMar 25, 2011