Two groups partecipate to the projects: the ALTAIR Robotics Laboratory and the Department of Surgery (Chirurgia B).

The team at the Robotics Laboratory ALTAIR addresses autonomous and tele- operated systems for service robotics and computer assisted surgery. In the area of robot assisted surgery, research addresses the development of automatic methods for medical image segmentation, and the development of model of deformable objects. Task and path planning are studied to address the development of semi-autonomous surgical procedure. New haptic human-robot interfaces are developed and testing with high performance hardware and human perception experiments. Finally, dedicated software/hardware architectures, optimal control, and sensor processing and fusion contribute to the development of high performance control methods for surgical robots.

The Deparment of Surgery Chirurgia B, lead by Prof. Pederzoli, is located within the Policlinico G.B. Rossi, one of the teaching hospitals of the University of Verona. It is a high volume centre for pancreatic surgery, and it represents the leading centre in Italy. In 2008 a total of 269 pancreatic resections were carried out. There are many ongoing projects regarding different aspects of pancreatic diseases. Since 1999 the Department has been actively involved in the project of laparoscopy and pancreatic surgery, leading to one of the widest experiences in the world

role in the project: UNIVR is responsible for the coordination of the project, pre- and intra-operative planning and execution research related to the simulated and real surgical procedures.