Loris Fichera
Room 4808
50 Prescott St (Gateway II)
Worcester, MA 01605
United States
Welcome! I am an Associate Professor of Robotics at WPI, where I direct the Cognitive Medical Technology Laboratory.
In the past I was a postdoc at Vanderbilt University. I did my PhD at the Italian Institute of Technology. See my full CV here.
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| May 01, 2025 | 📣 I am co-organizing a workshops at International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR): Open-Source Software for Intelligent Image-Guided Medical Robots. |
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| Mar 01, 2025 | 🎓 I have been awarded tenure and promoted to the rank of associate professor! |
| Oct 01, 2024 | 📣 I am organizing a workshop at IROS 2024 on the topic of Machine Learning for Medical Robotics. Workshop website. |
| Sep 01, 2024 |
 I received a new NSF award together with my WPI colleagues Cagdas Onal and Berk Calli. The goal of this project is to develop a highly flexible robotic arm called CoBRA (Continuum Bioinspired Robotic Assistant) to help people with daily tasks and improve their independent living skills.
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| Jun 01, 2024 | 📣 I am organizing a workshop at the Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics on the Topic of bio-inspired medical robotics: Workshop website. |