November 9-11,2002 – Bukowy Dworek

Plenary sessions:

Robotics in laparoscopic surgery

• J. Marescaux, F. Rubino (IRCAD- European Institute of Telesurgery, France)

Modular robots for the future

• G. S. Virk (School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, United Kingdom)

Human-centered robotics and hapticinteraction: from assistance to surgery, the emerging applications

• O. Khatib (Stanford University, California, USA)