EDITOR IN CHIEF

Paolo Dario

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

Paolo Dario is Professor of Biomedical Robotics at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy. He received his Dr Eng Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pisa, and Honorary Dr Eng Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Campus Biomedico University in Rome, and has been and is visiting researcher, professor and fellow at various universities and scientific institutions in Europe, USA, the Middle East and Asia.

His current research interests are in the field of bio-robotics and bionics, and include surgical robotics, micro/nano devices for endoscopy, bio-inspired devices and systems, and assistive and companion robots.

Paolo Dario is the author of 400+ journal publications (Scopus), his H-Index is 71 (Scopus). He is co-author of 50+ international patents and co-founder of 5 start-up companies. Paolo Dario has been the coordinator of many large national and European projects.

He served as Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor and member of the Editorial Board of many international journals in biomedical engineering and in robotics. He is Founding Editorial Board Member of the Journal “Science Robotics”, Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering and Editor-in-Chief of the new IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics.

Paolo Dario is an IEEE Fellow and a Fellow of the European Society on Medical and Biological Engineering. He served as President of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and received many prizes and Awards, including the 1996 Joseph Engelberger Award for Medical Robotics, the 2014 IEEE RAS George Saridis Leadership Award, and the 2017 IEEE RAS Pioneer Award for Biorobotics.

Aims and Scope

The IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics (T-MRB) is a quarterly Green Open Access (see details in Information for Authors) multi-disciplinary journal aimed at publishing peer-reviewed papers and focused on innovative research ideas and medical application results, reporting significant theoretical findings and application case studies in the areas of medical robotics and bionics.

The IEEE T-MRB publishes non-incremental results on innovative systems able to support prevention, diagnosis or treatment of human diseases.

Such systems can be based on robotics and automation technology-related paradigms (e.g. surgical robots, devices for physical and cognitive rehabilitation, supporting systems for independent living, etc.) on bionics paradigms (e.g. medical systems which mimic living organisms or technologies that intimately interact with the human body), or the combinations of them, e.g. robotic artificial organs and other active implantable devices featuring direct interfaces to the human body. In addition, T-MRB promotes works investigating mechanisms and principles observed in nature in order to unravel scientific issues, and to exploit them to develop innovative bionic technologies for medical applications.

Main journal topic includes:

Surgical robotics
Rehabilitation and assistive robotics
Bionic prostheses
Sensory substitution
Artificial/Bioartificial bionic organs
Medical biomimetic technologies

The journal also welcomes survey and commentary papers providing:

critical, systematic review of research areas and trends within its scope;
evidence-based studies on early clinical validation of robotic or bionic technologies,
contributions on ethical, social, economic, and organizational aspects concerning robotics and/or bionic solutions for medical and healthcare applications.

Highlights

FORTHCOMING SPECIAL SECTIONS

Special Section on Sensors for Physical Interaction and Perception in Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery

Submissions closed

Guest Editors: Prof. Paolo Fiorini, University of Verona, Italy; Dr. Giovanni Gerardo Muscolo, University of Verona, Italy.

Expected publication date: Volume 5, Issue 3 (August 2023)

Special Section on the Hamlyn Symposium 2022 – MedTech Reimagined

Submissions closed

Guest Editors: Benny Lo, Imperial College London, UK; Philip Chiu, University of Hong Kong; Samuel Au, Chinese University of Hong Kong.