Business-to-business publisher WTWH Media today announced that Ken Goldberg, William S. Floyd Distinguished Chair of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, will deliver a keynote address at the Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum 2019, which takes place December 9-10 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA. The conference and expo is focused on easing, speeding and improving the design, development and manufacture of healthcare robotics products and services.

“We are pleased to announce that Professor Goldberg will deliver a keynote session at the 2019 Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum,” stated Dan Kara, Vice President of Robotics at WTWH Media. “Ken is recognized globally as a leading robotics thought leader and researcher, who has published over 40 papers on robotics-assisted surgery. Ken’s research also resulted in 9 patents and several startups, which makes him the perfect keynote for an event focused on the developing market ready healthcare robotics solutions.”

In his keynote, “The Future of Robot-Assisted Surgery,” Goldberg will describe how machine learning, coupled with data collected from surgical robots such as Intuitive’s da Vinci system, can be used to learn underlying robot control policies for common surgical tasks. He will also review recent research advances with applications to cutting, suturing, palpation, dissection, retraction, and debridement.

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Ken Goldberg said, “Healthcare robotics is at an inflection point and attracting interest from leading corporations. Emerging advances in AI and Deep Learning have great potential to improve performance and clinical outcomes. I look forward to sharing new results from my lab and learning about exciting work on the next generation of these systems.”

About the Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum

The Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum keynotes and general sessions are specifically designed to impart to technical professionals the information they need to successfully develop and manufacture healthcare robotics systems, while the exposition floor will provide attendees with direct access to the latest design and development solutions for producing healthcare robotics technologies and products. Sponsors include Platinum Sponsors CSA Group and Astrodyne TDI.

Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum tracks include:

• Enabling Technologies Track
• Tools and Platforms Track
• Design and Development Track
• Management and Opportunity Track

About WTWH Media, LLC

WTWH Media is a business-to-business integrated media company serving engineering, business and investment professionals through 50+ web sites, 5 print publications, along with many other technical and business events. The “WTWH Network” includes The Robot Report, an online technical, business and investment news and information portal focused on robotics and intelligent systems, as well as the Robotics Summit & Expo. See www.wtwhmedia.com

Contact

For more information, please contact Dan Kara at (508) 341-7585 or dkara[AT]wtwhmedia[DOT]com.