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Mark Draelos

Mark Draelos

Assistant Professor, Robotics and Ophthalmology

Emailmdraelos@umich.edu

Office2246 FMCRB

Research InterestsMedical robotics, intrasurgical navigation, biomedical imaging, data visualization, medical device development, and real-time algorithms.

Related focus areasHuman-Robot Interaction & Teaming, Medical Robotics, Robot Perception & Computer Vision

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A graduate student in the background operates two robotic microsurgery arms in the foreground that are operating on the thin skin of an egg.

Surgeons “walking across the retina” project earns NIH Innovator Award

October 7, 2025

A research subject reclined on an exam bed with the eye imaging machine held in the proper place with a robot arm.

Improving accessibility for precise eye imaging

July 7, 2025

Surgical instruments are held under a lens in a lab setting to test enhanced imaging.

Improving the frame-rate versus resolution tradeoff in optical tomography

February 13, 2025

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September 25, 2024

Illustrated robots playing

Welcome new Robotics faculty

December 6, 2022

Honors and awards

2023
ISMR 2023 Best Paper Award – Honorable Mention — IEEE International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR)
2022
Duke VisionFest First Place Research Talk — Duke University
2020
KUKA Innovation Award Finalist – Medical Robotics — KUKA