Quentin Boehler
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)
Researches medical and surgical robotics, including magnetic navigation of instruments and learning from demonstration for robot-assisted surgery.
Quentin Boehler's lab at ETH Zurich works on soft, surgical & micro robots and embodied & active vision. 81 papers since 2023, 17 at top venues, mostly Science Robotics and Nature Communications. 13 PhD students. 102 alumni, most often to Seagate Technology.
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 21/ year
- at T1 venues
- 21%
- PhD students
- 13
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- 102
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 10 papers2026 · T1 2 · collecting
- 27 papers2025 · T1 4
- 22 papers2024 · T1 5
- 22 papers2023 · T1 6
T1 venuesOtherVenues: Science Robotics, Nature Communications, RA-L, T-RO, Science
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Soft, surgical & micro robots18 papers
- Embodied & active vision2 papers
- surgery2 papers
- researches medical0 papers
- demonstration0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
202610 papers
- Advanced Robotics ResearchA Transnasal Endoscope for Robotically Assisted Gastroscopy (opens in a new tab)
- Science Robotics (T1)Advancing minimally invasive precision surgery in large open cavities with robotic flexible endoscopy (opens in a new tab)
- T-RO (T1)Expanding the Workspace of Electromagnetic Navigation Systems Using Dynamic Feedback for Single- and Multi-agent Control (opens in a new tab)
- International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and SurgeryInvestigating workload and usability of remote magnetic navigation for catheter ablation (opens in a new tab)
- Nature MaterialsMagnetoelectric microrobots for spinal cord injury regeneration (opens in a new tab)
- SmartBotMicrorobots: Two Decades of Progress (opens in a new tab)
- Operative NeurosurgeryReal-Time Remote Telerobotic Magnetic Navigation for Endovascular Simulated Stroke Thrombectomy Across 5700 Miles (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced Functional MaterialsReconfigurable Magnetic Soft Microrobot for Acoustically Triggered Targeted Bacterial Sterilization (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LRemote Magnetic Levitation Using Reduced Attitude Control and Parametric Field Models (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced ScienceSolvent Oxidation-Directed Synthesis of Highly Crystalline Iron Oxide Nanoparticles With Near-Bulk Magnetization (opens in a new tab)
202527 papers
- Advanced Intelligent SystemsA Covalently Bonded Exchange Coupled Nanomagnet-Based Hydrogel Composite for Microrobotic Applications (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS ), Hangzhou, ChinaA Physics-Informed Neural Network for the Calibration of Electromagnetic Navigation Systems (opens in a new tab)
- Nature NanotechnologyA roadmap for next-generation nanomotors (opens in a new tab)
- SmartBotAdvancing Intelligent Robotics for a Smarter Future: Bridging Technology and Human Potential (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced ScienceAn Automated Lab‐On‐A‐Chip Approach for Pollen Tube Growth Manipulation in a Controlled Chemical Environment (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced Intelligent SystemsAnalysis of the Navigation of Magnetic Microrobots through Cerebral Bifurcations for Targeted Drug Delivery (opens in a new tab)
- Science (T1)Clinically ready magnetic microrobots for targeted therapies (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on MagneticsDesign and Optimization of Remagnetization Actuators (opens in a new tab)
- npj RoboticsDual Active Tilted Roller Actuation System (DATRAS) with an electromagnetic actuation system for vascular intervention (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LDynamic Electromagnetic Navigation (opens in a new tab)
- Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics (HSMR ), London, United KingdomExtended Reality Platform for Teleoperated Neurovascular Interventions using Electromagnetic Navigation Systems
- Science AdvancesInstant variable stiffness in cardiovascular catheters based on fiber jamming (opens in a new tab)
202422 papers
- Advanced MaterialsA Human-Scale Clinically-Ready Electromagnetic Navigation System for Magnetically-Responsive Biomaterials and Medical Devices (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced MaterialsA Naturally Inspired Extrusion-Based Microfluidic Approach for Manufacturing Tailorable Magnetic Soft Continuum Microrobotic Devices (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced Functional MaterialsA Simple In Situ Marker Guiding Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (opens in a new tab)
- Nature Reviews BioengineeringAn electromagnetic robot for navigating medical devices (opens in a new tab)
- Nature Machine Intelligence (T1)Autonomous 3D positional control of a magnetic microrobot using reinforcement learning (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced ScienceAutonomous Magnetic Navigation in Endoscopic Image Mosaics (opens in a new tab)
- Science Robotics (T1)Dexterous helical magnetic robot for improved endovascular access (opens in a new tab)
- Nature Communications (T1)Electrostatic catalysis of a click reaction in a microfluidic cell (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LFast Rotating Magnetic Fields in Open Workspace Using Resonant Magnetic Actuation Systems With Magnetic Decoupling (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced ScienceFast‐Response Variable‐Stiffness Magnetic Catheters for Minimally Invasive Surgery (opens in a new tab)
- Acta BiomaterialiaGuiding bone cell network formation in 3D via photosensitized two-photon ablation (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced ScienceInsights into the Biological Activity and Bio-Interaction Properties of Nanoscale Imine-Based 2D and 3D Covalent Organic Frameworks (opens in a new tab)
202322 papers
- Advanced Functional Materials3D Printed Template-Assisted Casting of Biocompatible Polyvinyl Alcohol-Based Soft Microswimmers with Tunable Stability (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced Intelligent SystemsA Review of Soft Microrobots: Material, Fabrication, and Actuation (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LA Selectively Controllable Triple-helical Micromotor (opens in a new tab)
- International Symposium on Medical Robotics (ISMR), Atlanta, GA, USAAn Evaluation Platform for Catheter Ablation Navigation (opens in a new tab)
- Science (T1)Delivering drugs with microrobots (opens in a new tab)
- Annals of Biomedical EngineeringFundamentals of Bowel Cancer for Biomedical Engineers (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on MagneticsGradiometer-based magnetic localization for medical tools (opens in a new tab)
- NanoscaleMagnetic PiezoBOTs: a microrobotic approach for targeted amyloid protein dissociation (opens in a new tab)
- ACS NanoMagnetically Enhanced Intracellular Uptake of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Antitumor Therapy (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced Functional MaterialsMulti-Agent Control of Laser-Guided Shape-Memory Alloy Microrobots (opens in a new tab)
- Advanced Intelligent SystemsNumerical Study of Metachronal Wave-Modulated Locomotion in Magnetic Cilia Carpets (opens in a new tab)
- T-RO (T1)On the Workspace of Electromagnetic Navigation Systems (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went102 listed, 2% to industry
Industry 1Academia 52
Most often to
- Seagate Technology
Also to
- ETH Zurich
- Aalto University
- Colorado School of Mines
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