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Jacob Rosen, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering, Box 352500
University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195-2500
Office: EE Building M410
Lab: EE Building 455
Phone: 206-685-1600
Fax: 206-221-5264
e-mail : rosen@u.washington.edu
EE Department Web Page
Formatted CV [PDF File]

         

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Jacob Rosen received his B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering, M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Tel-Aviv University in 1987, 1993 and 1997 respectively. From 1987 to 1992 he served as an officer in the IDF studying human-machine interfaces. From 1993 to 1997 he was a research associate developing and studying the EMG based powered Exoskeleton at the Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University. During the same period of time he held a position in a startup company developing innovative orthopedic spine/pelvis implants. Since 1997, he has been at the University of Washington in Seattle with an appointment of Research Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering since 2006, co-director of the Biorobotics lab, and adjunct appointments with the Departments of Surgery, and Mechanical Engineering. His research interests focus on medical robotics, biorobotics, human centered robotics, surgical robotics, wearable robotics, rehabilitation robotics, neural control, and human-machine interface.


Research


Surgical Robotics

Wearable Robotics - Exoskeletons


Publications


Book Chapter

John E. Speich and Jacob Rosen, Medical Robotics, In Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Gary Wnek and Gary Bowlin (Editors), pp. 983-993, Marcel Dekker, Inc, NY, 2004 [BC1]

Perry J. C., J. Rosen, Chapter 8: Case Study: An Upper-Limb Powered Exoskeleton, Wearble Robots: Biomechatronics Exoskeleton (Ed. Jose L. Pons) pp. 259-269, Wiley, 2008 [BC2]

 

Journal Papers

MacFarlane M., J. Rosen, B. Hannaford, C. Pellegrini, M. Sinanan, Force Feedback Grasper Helps Restore the Sense of Touch in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 278-285, May/June 1999. [JP1 - BRL 121]

Rosen J., B. Hannaford, M. MacFarlane, M. Sinanan, Force Controlled and Teleoperated Endoscopic Grasper for Minimally Invasive Surgery - Experimental Performance Evaluation, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 46, No. 10, pp. 1212-1221, October 1999. [JP2 - BRL 122]

Rosen J., M. B. Fuchs, and M. Arcan, Performances of Hill-Type and Neural Network Muscle Models - Towards a Myosignal Based Exoskeleton, Computers and Biomedical Research, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 415-439, October 1999. [JP3]

Richards C., J. Rosen, B. Hannaford, M. MacFarlane, C. Pellegrini, M. Sinanan, Skills Evaluation in Minimally Invasive Surgery Using Force/Torque Signatures, Surgical Endoscopy, Vol 14, No. 9, pp. 791-798. [JP4 - BRL 133]

Rosen J., B. Hannaford, Richards C., M. Sinanan, Markov Modeling of Minimally Invasive Surgery Based on Tool/Tissue interaction and Force/Torque Signatures for Evaluating Surgical Skills, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Vol. 48. No. 5, pp. 579-591 May 2001. [JP5 - BRL 142]

Rosen J., M. Brand, M. Fuchs and M. Arcan, A Myosignal-Based Powered Exoskeleton System, IEEE Transactions on System Man and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 210 - 222, May 2001 [JP6].

Rosen J., M. Solazzo, B. Hannaford, M. Sinanan, Objective Evaluation of Laparoscopic Skills Based on Haptic Information and Tool/Tissue Interactions, Computer Aided Surgery, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. 49-61 July 2002 [JP7 - BRL 161].

Rosen J. and M. Arcan, Modeling the Apparent Mass of a Human Body/Chair System in a Vibration Environment, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, April 2003, Volume 125, Issue 2, pp. 223-231 [JP8].

Rosen J., J. D. Brown, L. Chang, M. Sinanan B. Hannaford, Generalized Approach for Modeling Minimally Invasive Surgery as a Stochastic Process Using a Discrete Markov Model, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Vol. 53, No. 3, March 2006, pp. 399 - 413 [JP9]

M.J.H. Lum, J. Rosen, M. N. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, Optimization of Spherical Mechanism for a Minimally Invasive Surgical Robot: Theoretical and Experimental Approaches, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Vol. 53, No. 7, pp. 1440-1445, July 2006 [JP10]

Rosen J., B. Hannaford, Doc at a Distance, IEEE Spectrum, pp. 34-38, October, 2006 [JP11]

Cavallaro E., J. Rosen, J. C. Perry, S. Burns, Myoprocessor for Neural Controlled Powered Exoskeleton Arm, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, pp. 2387-2396, Vol. 53, No. 11, November 2006 [JP 12]

Perry J. C., J. Rosen, S. Burns, Upper-Limb Powered Exoskeleton Design, IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, Volume 12, No. 4, pp. 408-417, August 2007 [JP 13]

Doarn CR, Hufford K, Low T. Rosen J, Hannaford B. Telesurgery and Robotics: A Roundtable Discussion, Telemedicine and E-Health 2007; 13(4):369-380 [JP 14]

Rosen J., and J.C. Perry, Upper Limb Powered Exoskeleton, Journal of Humanoid Robotics, Vol. 4, No. 3 (2007) 1–20 [JP 15]

De S., J. Rosen, A. Dagan, P. Swanson, M. Sinanan, and B. Hannaford, Assessment of Tissue Damage due to Mechanical Stresses, International Journal of Robotic Research, Vol. 26, No. 11-12, 1159-1171 (2007) [JP 16]

Mackel T. R., J. Rosen, C. Pugh, Markov Model Assessment of Subjects’ Clinical Skill Using the E-Pelvis Physical Simulator, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 52, Issue 12, pp. 2133-2141, Dec. 2007 [JP 17]

Rosen J., J. D. Brown, S. De, M. Sinanan B. Hannaford, Biomechanical Properties of Abdominal Organs In Vivo and Postmortem Under Compression Loads, ASME Journal of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 130, Issue 2, April 2008 [JP 18]

Conference Papers

Rosen J. and M. Arcan, Modeling a Sitting Human Body/Chair System in a Vibration Environment, Recent Advances in Experimental Mechanics, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, July 1994. [CP1]

Hannaford B., J. Trujillo, M. Sinanan, M. Moreyra, J. Rosen, J. Brown, R. Lueschke, M. MacFarlane, Computerized Endoscopic Surgical Grasper, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Vol. 50, pp. 265-271, IOS Press, January 1998. [CP2 - BRL 111]

Rosen J., M. MacFarlane, C. Richards, B. Hannaford, C. Pellegrini, M. Sinanan, Surgeon/Endoscopic Tool Force-Torque Signatures In The Evaluation of Surgical Skills During Minimally Invasive Surgery, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Vol. 62, pp. 290-296, IOS Press, January 1999. [CP3 - BRL 124]

Rosen J., C. Richards, B. Hannaford, M. Sinanan, Hidden Markov Models of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Vol. 70 pp. 279-285, IOS Press, January 2000. [CP4 - BRL 134]

Rosen J., M. Solazzo, B. Hannaford, M. Sinanan , Objective Evaluation of Laparoscopic Surgical Skills Using Hidden Markov Models Based on Haptic Information and Tool/Tissue Interactions, American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting - Washington State Chapter, Lake Chelan, June 2000. [CP5 - BRL 135]

Longnion J., J. Rosen, M. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, Effects of Geared Motor Characteristics on Tactile Perception of Tissue Stiffness, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Vol. 81, pp. 286-292, IOS Press, January 2001. [CP6 - BRL 144]

Rosen J., M. Solazzo, B. Hannaford, M. Sinanan, Objective Laparoscopic Skills Assessments of Surgical Residents Using Hidden Markov Models Based on Haptic Information and Tool/Tissue Interactions, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Vol. 81, pp.417-423, IOS Press, January 2001. [CP7 - BRL 145]

Rosen J., J. D. Brown, M. Barreca, L. Chang, B. Hannaford, M. Sinanan, The Blue DRAGON - A System for Monitoring the Kinematics and the Dynamics of Endoscopic Tools in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Objective Laparoscopic Skill Assessment, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Vol. 85, pp.412-418, IOS Press, January 2002. [CP8 - BRL 155]

Brown D. J., J. Rosen, M. Moreyra, M. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, 'Computer-Controlled Motorized Endoscopic Grasper for In Vivo Measurements of Soft Tissue Biomechanical Characteristics,' Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, vol. 85, pp. 71-73, IOS Press, January 2002 [CP9 - BRL 156].

Rosen J., J. D. Brown, L. Chang, M. Barreca, M. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, The Blue DRAGON - A System for Measuring the Kinematics and the Dynamics of Minimally Invasive Surgical Tools In–Vivo, Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington DC, USA, May 11-15, 2002. [CP10 - BRL 157]

Rosen J., L. Chang, J. D. Brown, B. Hannaford, M. Sinanan, R. Satava, Minimally Invasive Surgery Task Decomposition - Etymology of Endoscopic Suturing, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, vol. 94, pp. 295-301, IOS Press, January 2003 [CP11 - BRL 166].

Brown J. D., J. Rosen, Y. S. Kim, L. Chang, M. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, In-Vivo and In-Situ Compressive Properties of Porcine Abdominal Soft Tissues, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, vol. 94, pp. 26-32, IOS Press, January 2003 [CP12 - BRL 165].

Brown J. D. J. Rosen, M. N. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, In-Vivo and Postmortem Compressive Properties of Porcine Abdominal Organs, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 2878 / 2003, pp. 238 –245, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention - MICCAI 2003, Toronto, Canada [CP13 - BRL].

Kowalewski T.M., J. Rosen, L. Chang, M. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, Optimization of a Vector Quantization Codebook for Objective Evaluation of Surgical Skill, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, vol. 98, pp. 174-179, IOS Press, January 2004 [CP14 - BRL].

Brown J. D., J. Rosen, L. Chang, M. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, Quantifying Surgeon Grasping Mechanics in Laparoscopy Using the Blue DRAGON System, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, vol. 98, pp. 34-36, IOS Press, January 2004 [CP15 - BRL]

M.J.H. Lum, J. Rosen, M. N. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, Kinematic Optimization of a Spherical Mechanism for a Minimally Invasive Surgical Robot, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, pp. 829-834, New-Orleans, USA, April 26-30, 2004 [CP16 - BRL]

Rosen J., M. Lum, D. Trimble, B. Hannaford, M. Sinanan, Spherical Mechanism Analysis of a Surgical Robot for Minimally Invasive Surgery – Analytical and Experimental Approaches, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Vol. 111. pp. 422-428, IOS Press, January 2005 [CP17 - BRL]

Cavallaro E., J. Rosen, J. C. Perry, S. Burns, B. Hannaford, Hill Based Model as a Myoprocessor for a Neural Controlled Powered Exoskeleton Arm – Parameter Optimization, Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE international Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2005, pp. 4525 – 4530, Barcelona Spain, April 2005 [CP18 - BRL]

Rosen J,, J. C. Perry, N. Manning, S. Burns, B. Hannaford, The Human Arm Kinematics and Dynamics During Daily Activities – Toward a 7 DOF Upper Limb Powered Exoskeleton, - ICAR 2005 – Seattle WA, July 2005. [CP19 - BRL]

Lum M. J. H., D. Warden, J. Rosen, M. N. Sinanan, and B. Hannaford. Hybrid analysis of a spherical mechanism for a minimally invasive surgical (MIS) robot - design concepts for multiple optimizations. Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long Beach, CA, USA, January 2006. [CP20 - BRL]

Mackel T., J. Rosen, C. Pugh, Data Mining of the E-pelvis Simulator Database A Quest for a Generalized Algorithm for Objectively Assessing Medical Skill Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long Beach, CA, USA, January 2006. [CP21 - BRL]

Fodero K. II, H. King, M.J.H. Lum, C. Bland, J. Rosen, M. Sinanan, B. Hannaford, Control System Architecture for a Minimally Invasive Surgical Robot Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long Beach, CA, USA, January 2006. [CP22 - BRL]

Lum M.J.H., D. Trimble, J. Rosen, K. Fodero II, H. King, G. Sankarayanaranan, J. Dosher, R. Leushke, B. Martin-Anderson, M.N. Sinanan, and B. Hannaford. Multidisciplinary approach for developing a new minimally invasive surgical robot system. Proceedings of the 2006 BioRob Conference, Pisa, Italy, February, 2006. [CP23 - BRL]

Perry J.C., J. Rosen, Design of a 7 Degree-of-Freedom Upper-Limb Powered Exoskeleton Proceedings of the 2006 BioRob Conference, Pisa, Italy, February, 2006. [CP24 - BRL]

De S., P. Swanson, M. Sinanan, J. Rosen, A. Dagan, and B. Hannaford, Assessment of Tissue Damage due to Mechanical Stresses, Proceedings of the 2006 BioRob Conference, Pisa, Italy, February, 2006. [CP25 - BRL]

De. S., A. Dagan, P. Roan, J. Rosen, M. Sinanan, M. Gupta, B. Hannaford, CIELab and sRGB Color Values of in vivo Normal and Grasped Porcine Liver, Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR 15) pp.109-111, Long Beach CA, Feb. 6-9, 2007 [CP26 - BRL]

Mackel T., J. Rosen, C. Pugh, Application of Hidden Markov Modeling to Objective Medical Skill Evaluation, Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR 15) pp. 316-318, Long Beach CA, Feb. 6-9, 2007 [CP27 - BRL]

Lum M.J.H., J. Rosen, H. King, D.C.W. Friedman, G. Donlin, G. Sankaranarayanan, B. Harnett, L. Huffman, C. Doarn, T. Broderick and B. Hannaford, Telesurgery Via Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) With a Field Deployable Surgical Robot, Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR 15) pp. 313-315 , Long Beach CA, Feb. 6-9, 2007 [CP28 - BRL]

Gunther S., J. Rosen, B. Hannaford, M. Sinanan, The Red DRAGON: A Multi-Modality System for Simulation and Training in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR 15) pp. 149-154, Long Beach CA, Feb. 6-9, 2007 [CP29 - BRL]

Friedman D., J. Dosher, T. Kowalewski, J. Rosen, B. Hannaford, Automated Tool Handling for the Trauma pod Surgical Robot, International Conference of Robotics and Automation (ICRA 07), Rome, Italy [CP30 - BRL]

Mitchell Lum, Diana Friedman, Hawkeye King, Regina Donlin, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Timothy Broderick, Mika Sinanan, Jacob Rosen and Blake Hannaford, Teleoperation of a Surgical Robot via Airborne Wireless Radio and Transatlantic Internet Links, The 6th International Conference on Field and Service Robotics, July 9-12 2007, Chamonix, France [CP31 - BRL]

G. Sankaranarayanan, B. Hannaford, H. King, S.Y. Ko, M. Lum, D. Friedman, J. Rosen, and B. Hannaford, Portable Surgery Master Station for Mobile Robotic Surgery, Proceedings of the ROBOCOMM, the first International, conference on Robot Communication and Coordination, Athens, Greece, Oct 2007 [CP32 - BRL]

T. Lendvay, F. J Hseih, B. Hannaford, J. Rosen, The Biomechanics of Percutaneous Needle Insertion, Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR 16) pp. 245-247, Long Beach CA, Jan. 29 - Feb. 1,, 2008 [CP33]


Teaching


EE 543 - Models of Robotic Manipulation

EE544 - Advanced Robotic Manipulation

ENG 100 Mentor - Human Performance Augmentation Using Powered Exoskeletons - Winter 2002

 


News


IEEE Spectrum




Doc at a Distance (PDF 8.5 MB)
Robot surgeons promise to save lives in remote communities, war zones, and disaster-stricken areas
Jacob Rosen, Blake Hannaford
IEEE Spectrum, Oct. 2006
Spectrum URL | University of Washington Surgical Robotics |



The Rise of the Body Bots (PDF 2.7 MB)
By Erico Guizzo and Harry Goldstein
IEEE Spectrum, Oct. 2005
| Spectrum URL | Projects in the US | Photo Gallery |
| University of Washington Exoskeleton |

Exoskeletons - An Interview with IEEE Spectrum Correspondent
Erico Guizzo
URL Link - Select Oct. 2005 > Exoskeleton
Download the MP3 File



University of Washignon Newspapaer - UWeek

Trauma Pod: A battlefield robo-medic
April 07, 2005

University of Washington Weekly Newspaper
Demonstration of the BlueDRAGON during the WWAMI Legislative Conference


Washington Engineer - E-News

Innovations: ‘Super Suit’ to the rescue
Oct. 2005

Crossing Boundaries: Robo-doc to the rescue
May 2005



Electrical Engineering Kaleidoscope

EEK 2004 - Electrical Engineering Kaleidoscope -
Annual research review

Control & Robotics

EEK 2003 - Electrical Engineering Kaleidoscope -
Annual research review

Approaching BORG - Melting Human and Machines

EEK 2002 - Electrical Engineering Kaleidoscope -
Annual research review

Robotics Tool Teach Surgery - A feature article on the BluDRAGON



Misc. Web Sites

Science News For Kids - Supersuits for Superheroes

Science Daily - An article published on the web by the Science Daily about the FREG and the application of force feedback technology in surgery.

Seattle PI (Published in the Front Page - June 12, 2006)
Tomorrow's battlefield surgeon may not be flesh and blood
Scientists test robot to help injured soldiers

Cincinnati Surgeon Leads First Test of Mobile Robotic Surgery
University of Cincinnati Press Release

New Telesurgery Could Help Soldiers and Astronauts
Discovery Channel


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