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Peter David Allen
Research Assistant

Email address: pda5@pitt.edu
Office: NSH 4000B
Phone: (412) 268-3818

Mailing address:
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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Research interests

I am interested in working with medical tools used in cardiac surgery, specifically in robotics. Currently, I am working on a prototype for the HeartLander robot at the Medical Instrumentation Laboratory. The current prototype has the ability to adhere to the surface of a beating heart in order to perform minimally invasive cardiac surgery. The new prototype I am working on will mimic certain aspects of the current HeartLander. The largest change is that the new version will have on-board motors. The primary goal is to increase the flexibility of the tether attached to the robot by placing the motors inside the robot.

Research interest keywords

bioengineering and medical robotics

Current Labs & Groups

Medical Instrumentation Lab - We are developing intelligent tools for microsurgery and minimally invasive surgery.

Current Projects

HeartLander - A miniature mobile robot for minimally invasive therapy on the beating heart through a single percutaneous incision.