STAR robot is finalist in NASA iTech challenge - Children's National

The Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation's intelligent Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) has been named one of the top ten finalists in the 2017 NASA iTech challenge.

The team will present the project at the NASA iTech Forum on July 12-13, 2017 at the National Institute of Aerospace in Hampton, VA, where leaders from NASA and prospective stakeholders will evaluate the 10 finalists and select three top solutions.

"We're honored to be selected as a finalist in this prestigious challenge," said Peter C. Kim, M.D., vice president and associate surgeon in chief at Sheikh Zayed Institute at Children's National. "Our technology is capable of many solutions that would be useful as part of NASAs deep space exploration, including intelligent pods capable of common intelligent autonomous surgical procedures."

A cutting-edge system, STAR was the first to perform a successful autonomous robotic soft tissue surgery on a live subject in May 2016 and is licensed to Omniboros.