Santos Carreras, Laura

Short Biography

Laura Santos Carreras was born in Madrid, Spain. She obtained a M.Sc. in Automatic and Electronic Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain). She finished recently her PhD in manufacturing systems and robotics at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland).
During her PhD, she worked on the development of multimodal haptic interfaces for robotic surgery with special attention to the ergonomics of the surgical task. Her main focus areas are in the fields of surgical robotics, rehabilitation devices, mechatronics, and haptics.
In July 2012, she joined the Rehabilitation Engineering Lab at the ETH of Zurich, Switzerland.

Journal Publications

Santos-Carreras L., Leuenberger K., Samur E., Gassert R. and Bleuler H. , Tactile Feedback Improves Performance in a Palpation Task : Results in a VR Based Testbed , MIT Journal :Presence : Teleoperators and Virtual Environments , 2012, awaiting publication

Santos-Carreras L., Hagen M., Gassert R., Bleuler H. , Survey on Surgical Instrument Handle Design : Ergonomics and Acceptance , Surgical Innovation , 2011

Beira R., Santos-Carreras L., Sengül A., Samur E., Bleuler H. and Clavel R. , An External Positioning Mechanism for Robotic Surgery , JSME Technical Journal , 2011

Santos-Carreras L., Beira R., Sengül A., Gassert R. and Bleuler H. , Influence of Force and Torque Feedback on Operator Performance in a VR-Based Suturing Task , Applied Bionics and Biomechanics , 2010

Beira R., Santos-Carreras L., Rognini G., Bleuler H. and Clavel R. , Dionis : A Novel Remote-Center-of-Motion Parallel Manipulator for Minimally Invasive Surgery , Applied Bionics and Biomechanics , 2010