Robotic Endovascular Intervention

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Robotic endovascular intervention studies how robots can steer catheters, guidewires, and microrobots through blood vessels for tasks such as thrombectomy, aneurysm repair, and vascular access. Approaches include remote teleoperation, image-based vessel mapping and path planning, reinforcement learning and world models, and mechanically or magnetically actuated devices. Research commonly evaluates these methods in simulation and vascular phantoms, with growing attention to clinical imaging, haptic feedback, training, and measures of vessel contact and procedural success. A central challenge is transferring performance across anatomies and from simulation to real procedures while demonstrating safety and clinical benefit.

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  1. MCP-Net: Real-Time Coronary Perception Network and Topological Analysis for Robotic Guidewire Navigation

    Oct 27, 2026Sahar Nasirihaghighi, Tianyuan Wang, Kenan Niu +1Medical Image AnalysisRobotic Endovascular Intervention

    Department of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS), Robotics and Mechatronics group, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.

  2. A 2D Image Feedback-Based Autonomous Endovascular Navigation Method: A Perception and Control Framework

    Oct 15, 2026Sheng Cao, Shuxiang Guo, Yonggan Yan +8Robotic Endovascular InterventionVision-Based Robot Control

    Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China · Advanced Institute for Ocean Research, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China · Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Biomedical Robot Company Limited, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China +6

  3. A VR Training System for Robot-Assisted Vascular Intervention with Dual-Mode Control and Model-Based Interaction Response

    Oct 14, 2026Yining Shang, Shuxiang Guo, Sheng Cao +3Virtual RealityRobotic Endovascular Intervention

    Key Laboratory of Convergence Biomedical Engineering System and Healthcare Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China. · Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China. · Department of Peripheral Vascular Intervention, Aerospace Center Hospital, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.

  4. A Master-to-Simulation Interface with Demonstration-Trajectory Guidance for Vascular Intervention

    Oct 14, 2026Mingyu Zou, Shuxiang Guo, Sheng Cao +4Robotic Endovascular InterventionRobotic Manipulation

    Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China · Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China · School of Life Science and the Key Laboratory of Convergence Medical Engineering System and Healthcare Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China +2

  5. A Belief-State World Model for Catheter Navigation under Sparse Fluoroscopy: A Planar Proof of Concept

    Oct 6, 2026Damini RijhwaniWorld Models for RoboticsWorld Models

    Automation Core Inc. Cambridge, MA, USA

  6. Autonomous Robotic Navigation for Endovascular Brain-Computer Interface Access

    Oct 2, 2026Harry Robertshaw, Weijie Qi, Nikola Fischer +3Robotic Endovascular InterventionBrain-Computer Interfaces

    School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, Kings College London, London, UK · Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia · Department of Neuroradiology, King’s College Hospital, London, UK

  7. Contrast-Free Autonomous Navigation of Untethered Endovascular Microrobots Using Single-Plane Fluoroscopy

    Aug 31, 2026Husnu Halid Alabay, Tuan-Anh Le, Ping Wang +1Robotic Endovascular InterventionDigital Twins

    Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA · School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

  8. Progressive Experience Fusion for Multi-Task World Model Control in Endovascular Navigation

    Aug 19, 2026Harry Robertshaw, Maxence Boels, Nikola Fischer +4Robotic Endovascular InterventionRobot Policy Adaptation

    Surgical & Interventional Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, UK · Department of Neuroradiology, King’s College Hospital, UK

  9. Acoustic-driven millimetric helical robot: ultrasonic synergistic manipulation in confined fluidic environment

    Aug 6, 2026Hanlin Wang, Xin Wang, Xinwei Wei +4Robotic Endovascular InterventionRobotics

    State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology and the Institute of Cyber-Systems & Control, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, China · Huzhou Institute of Zhejiang University, Huzhou Key Laboratory of Robot System Integration and Intelligent Equipment, Huzhou 313099, Zhejiang, China · State Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Delivery and Release Systems, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China +4

  10. Modular Robotic Catheters for Endovascular Aneurysm Repair

    Jul 28, 2026Alex Ranne, Jinshi Zhao, Ali Anil Demircali +5Robotic Endovascular InterventionTendon-Driven Actuation

    Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK · Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK · Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bursa Uludag University, 16059, Bursa, Turkey +1

  11. Development of a Handheld Actuation Mechanism for a Tendon-driven Robotically Steered Guidewire

    Jul 27, 2026Saima Chavenet, Timothy A. Brumfiel, Revanth Konda +1Robotic Endovascular InterventionRobotics

    Medical Robotics and Automation (Robomed) Laboratory · Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

  12. A Compact Top-Loading Robot for Endovascular Interventions: Design, Control and Evaluation

    Jul 13, 2026Jonas Fischer, Lennart Karstensen, Franziska Mathis-UllrichRobotic Endovascular InterventionRobotic Manipulation

    Laboratory for Surgical Planning and Robot Cognition (SPARC), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen, 91052, Bavaria, Germany.

  13. Manual, Joystick, or Haptic Control? An In Vitro Comparison of Navigation Strategies for Robotic Interventional Neuroradiology Procedures

    Jul 8, 2026Benjamin Jackson, Nikola Fischer, Harry Robershaw +16Robot TeleoperationHuman-in-the-Loop Evaluation

    School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, UK

  14. Learning Expert Strategy for Autonomous Robotic Endovascular Intervention via Decoupled Procedural Execution

    Jun 30, 2026Yanxi Chen, Tianliang Yao, Shaolong Tang +5RL for RoboticsHierarchical RL

    Department of Control Science and Engineering, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, and Shanghai Institute of Intelligent Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China · School of Mechanical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China · Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China +2

  15. Vision-Language Procedural Reasoning for Context-Aware Reward Modeling of Robotic Endovascular Guidewire Navigation

    Jun 29, 2026Wentong Tian, Jiyuan Zhao, Tianliang Yao +4RL for RoboticsRobotic Endovascular Intervention

    Department of Control Science and Engineering, College of Electronic and Information Engineering, and Shanghai Institute of Intelligent Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China. · Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China. · Shanghai Operation Robot Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201318, China.

  16. Reinforcement Learning Enables Autonomous Microrobot Navigation and Intervention in Simulated Blood Capillaries

    Jun 23, 2026Jannik Drotleff, Samuel Tovey, Paul Hohenberger +4Robotics SimulationRobot Navigation

    Institute for Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

  17. Remote Teleoperation of Endovascular Intervention Robots: A Systematic Review

    May 21, 2026Xingyu Chen, Yinchao Yang, Nikola Fischer +5Robot TeleoperationRobotic Endovascular Intervention

    School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, WC2R 2LS London, U.K. · Department of Engineering, King’s College London, WC2R 2LS London, U.K. · Department of Neuroradiology, King’s College Hospital, SE5 9RS London, U.K.

  18. Toward Safe Autonomous Robotic Endovascular Interventions using World Models

    Apr 22, 2026Harry Robertshaw, Nikola Fischer, Han-Ru Wu +6World Models for RoboticsRobotic Endovascular Intervention

    Surgical & Interventional Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, UK · Department of Radiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan · Department of Neuroradiology, King’s College Hospital, UK

  19. A transformable slender microrobot inspired by nematode parasites for interventional endovascular surgery

    Apr 15, 2026Xin Yang, Dongliang Fan, Yunteng Ma +5RoboticsRobotic Endovascular Intervention

    Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China. · SUSTech Institute of Robotics Research, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China. · Fuwai Hospital CAMS&PUMC, Beijing, 100037, China.

  20. A Position Statement on Endovascular Models and Effectiveness Metrics for Mechanical Thrombectomy Navigation, on behalf of the Stakeholder Taskforce for AI-assisted Robotic Thrombectomy (START)

    Mar 30, 2026Harry Robertshaw, Anna Barnes, Phil Blakelock +20Robotic Endovascular InterventionSurgical Robotics

    School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, Kings College London, London, UK · King’s Technology Evaluation Centre (KiTEC), Kings College London, London, UK · Patient & Public Involvement, Kings College London, London, UK +18

  21. Modeling and Control of a Pneumatic Soft Robotic Catheter Using Neural Koopman Operators

    Mar 4, 2026Yiyao Yue, Noah Barnes, Lingyun Di +4Robotic Endovascular InterventionContinuum Robot Control

    Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. · Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. · Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.

  22. Sample-Efficient Learning with Online Expert Correction for Autonomous Catheter Steering in Endovascular Bifurcation Navigation

    Feb 23, 2026Hao Wang, Tianliang Yao, Bo Lu +4Robotic Endovascular InterventionRL for Robotics

    Department of Control Science and Engineering, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, and Shanghai Institute of Intelligent Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China · Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China · Robotics and Microsystems Center, School of Mechanical and Electric Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215131, China +3

  23. Vision-Based Reasoning with Topology-Encoded Graphs for Anatomical Path Disambiguation in Robot-Assisted Endovascular Navigation

    Feb 23, 2026Jiyuan Zhao, Zhengyu Shi, Wentong Tian +5Robotic Endovascular InterventionCoronary Angiography

    Department of Control Science and Engineering, College of Electronics and Information Engineering, and Shanghai Institute of Intelligent Science and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China · Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China · Shanghai Operation Robot Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201318, China +2

  24. Toward AI Autonomous Navigation for Mechanical Thrombectomy using Hierarchical Modular Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning (HM-MARL)

    Feb 20, 2026Harry Robertshaw, Nikola Fischer, Lennart Karstensen +6Robotic Endovascular InterventionMulti-Agent Reinforcement Learning

    School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, Kings College London, London, UK · School of Engineering & Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK