Robert J. Webster

13.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
231 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Robert J. Webster is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Surgery and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Webster has authored 231 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 70 papers in Surgery and 50 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Webster's work include Soft Robotics and Applications (142 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (42 papers) and Surgical Simulation and Training (35 papers). Robert J. Webster is often cited by papers focused on Soft Robotics and Applications (142 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (42 papers) and Surgical Simulation and Training (35 papers). Robert J. Webster collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Robert J. Webster's co-authors include Bryan A. Jones, D. Caleb Rucker, Noah J. Cowan, Hunter B. Gilbert, Allison M. Okamura, Jessica Burgner-Kahrs, Philip J. Swaney, Joseph M. Romano, Gregory S. Chirikjian and Pietro Valdastri and has published in prestigious journals such as Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, IEEE Access and IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Webster

226 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Design and Kinematic Modeling of Constant Curvature Continuum Robots: A Review

2010 1.7k citations Robert J. Webster et al. profile →
Nonholonomic Modeling of Needle Steering

2006 511 citations Robert J. Webster et al. profile →
Statics and Dynamics of Continuum Robots With General Tendon Routing and External Loading

2011 482 citations D. Caleb Rucker, Robert J. Webster IEEE Transactions on Robotics profile →
Mechanics of Precurved-Tube Continuum Robots

2008 388 citations Robert J. Webster et al. IEEE Transactions on Robotics profile →
A Geometrically Exact Model for Externally Loaded Concentric-Tube Continuum Robots

2010 363 citations D. Caleb Rucker, Robert J. Webster et al. IEEE Transactions on Robotics profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Safe Start Regions for Medical Steerable Needle Automation 2025 ·IEEE Transactions on Robotics ·(unknown), Inbar Fried, (unknown), Jason Akulian, Robert J. Webster, Ron Alterovitz	1
2	From Monocular Vision to Autonomous Action: Guiding Tumor Resection via 3D Reconstruction 2025 ·(unknown), Mariana Magnus Smith, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert J. Webster, İpek Oğuz, Alan Kuntz, Axel Krieger, Jie Ying Wu	1
3	Design of Transmission Tubes for Surgical Concentric Push-Pull Robots 2024 ·PubMed ·Khoa Dang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ron Alterovitz, Robert J. Webster, D. Caleb Rucker	2
4	Unified Shape and External Load State Estimation for Continuum Robots 2024 ·IEEE Transactions on Robotics ·James M. Ferguson, D. Caleb Rucker, Robert J. Webster	22
5	Head-Mounting Surgical Robots for Passive Compensation of Patient Motion 2023 ·PubMed ·(unknown), (unknown), Paul S. Bernstein, Robert J. Webster, Jake J. Abbott	3
6	A Safe Framework for Quantitative In Vivo Human Evaluation of Image Guidance 2023 ·IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology ·(unknown), James M. Ferguson, E. Pitt, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Eric J. Barth, Nicholas Kavoussi, Robert L. Galloway, S. Duke Herrell, Robert J. Webster	1
7	Autonomous medical needle steering in vivo 2023 ·Science Robotics ·Alan Kuntz, Maxwell Emerson, (unknown), Inbar Fried, Mengyu Fu, (unknown), (unknown), Jason Akulian, Erin A. Gillaspie, Yueh Z. Lee, Fabien Maldonado, Robert J. Webster, Ron Alterovitz	29
8	Toward Continuum Robot Tentacles for Lung Interventions: Exploring Folding Support Disks 2023 ·IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Maxwell Emerson, Fabien Maldonado, Erin A. Gillaspie, Alan Kuntz, Robert J. Webster	8
9	Targeting Epilepsy Through the Foremen Ovale: How Many Helical Needles are Needed? 2022 ·Annals of Biomedical Engineering ·(unknown), E. Pitt, (unknown), Tyler Ball, Joseph S. Neimat, Dario J. Englot, Robert P. Naftel, Eric J. Barth, Robert J. Webster	4
10	Backward Planning for a Multi-Stage Steerable Needle Lung Robot 2021 ·IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters ·(unknown), Mengyu Fu, Inbar Fried, Maxwell Emerson, (unknown), (unknown), Alan Kuntz, Jason Akulian, Robert J. Webster, Ron Alterovitz	24
11	Design and Analysis of a Small-Scale Magnetorheological Brake 2021 ·IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics ·(unknown), Jason E. Mitchell, (unknown), Robert J. Webster	37
12	Transurethral Anastomosis After Transurethral Radical Prostatectomy: A Phantom Study on Intraluminal Suturing With Concentric Tube Robots 2020 ·IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics ·Ernar Amanov, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jason E. Mitchell, Nicholas Kavoussi, Richard J. Hendrick, Neal P. Dillon, (unknown), S. Duke Herrell, Robert J. Webster	14
13	A Dynamic Model for Concentric Tube Robots 2020 ·IEEE Transactions on Robotics ·John Till, Vincent Aloi, (unknown), (unknown), Robert J. Webster, D. Caleb Rucker	45
14	Online Disturbance Estimation for Improving Kinematic Accuracy in Continuum Manipulators 2020 ·IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), James H. Chandler, Keith L. Obstein, Robert J. Webster, Pietro Valdastri	19
15	Learning the Complete Shape of Concentric Tube Robots 2020 ·IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics ·Alan Kuntz, (unknown), Robert J. Webster, Ron Alterovitz	28
16	Magnetically Steered Robotic Insertion of Cochlear-Implant Electrode Arrays: System Integration and First-In-Cadaver Results 2020 ·IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andrew J. Petruska, M.H. Freeman, Robert F. Labadie, Jake J. Abbott, Robert J. Webster	43
17	Decoupling Steerability From Diameter: Helical Dovetail Laser Patterning for Steerable Needles 2020 ·IEEE Access ·(unknown), Maxwell Emerson, (unknown), Inbar Fried, Mengyu Fu, (unknown), Alan Kuntz, (unknown), Jason E. Mitchell, Michael Lester, Fabien Maldonado, Erin A. Gillaspie, Jason Akulian, Ron Alterovitz, Robert J. Webster	14
18	Teleoperation and Contact Detection of a Waterjet-Actuated Soft Continuum Manipulator for Low-Cost Gastroscopy 2020 ·IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Keith L. Obstein, Robert J. Webster, Pietro Valdastri	21
19	A multi-subject accuracy study on granular jamming for non-invasive attachment of fiducial markers to patients 2019 ·International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery ·(unknown), Paul T. Russell, Robert J. Webster	1
20	Deflection-based force sensing for continuum robots: A probabilistic approach 2011 ·2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems ·D. Caleb Rucker, Robert J. Webster	72

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