Research
Latest Results
"Enabling Autonomous Colonoscopy Intervention Using a Robotic Endoscope Platform" is now published in the IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
Our interdisciplinary research is focused on medical devices, surgical tools, medical mechatronics, surgical robotics, design and control - with a specific emphasis on translation from bench to bedside. These efforts include design of novel surgical tools and devices, characterization and modeling of how these tools and devices interact with the patient, and design and control optimization based on these models.Â
Active research projects are focused on 3D micropatterned material mechanics;Â robotic capsule endoscopy design, intelligence, dynamics, and control; synthetic, distributed sensing, soft and modular tissue (sTISSUE); and an intelligence-driven patient care approach to reduce medical errors (I-CARE).
Research Recognition
Professor Rentschler and his laboratory's efforts have been recognized through the Department of Mechanical Engineering's Woodward Outstanding Faculty Award (2014-2015), the College of Engineering and Applied Science Dean's Performance Award for Outstanding Junior Faculty (2016), the University of Colorado Provost's Faculty Achievement Award (2016), Research and Innovation Office Faculty Fellow (2019), the University of Colorado New Inventor of the Year Award (2009), and the Sylvia Norviel Cancer Research Faculty Fellow (2018-present).