Primary keywords: Surgical Robotics: Laparoscopy; Surgical Robotics: Steerable Catheters/Needles; Soft Robot Applications; Soft Robot Materials and Design; Medical Robots and Systems

Secondary keywords: Biologically-Inspired Robots; Biomimetics; Modeling, Control, and Learning for Soft Robots; SLAM; Soft Sensors and Actuators; Surgical Robotics: Planning; Telerobotics and Teleoperation; Tendon/Wire Mechanism; Visual-Based Navigation

July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2028