Alon
Wolf
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DK, 212
Head of Biorobotics and Biomechanics Lab
For more information visit the web-site of the Biorobotics and Biomechanics Lab
Education
- 1995 – B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Technion – I.I.T., Israel
- 1998 – M.Sc.,Mechanical Engineering, Technion – I.I.T., Israel
- 2002 – Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Technion – I.I.T., Israel
Research Interests
- Kinematics of mechanisms and motion
- Medical Robotics/Devices
- Biomechanics – gait analysis and rehabilitation
- Parallel and Hyper-redundant robots
Guest Appointments
- 2018-date Distinguished Visiting Professor, Bologna Business School, Universoty of Bologna, Itali.
- 2004-08 Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Medicine Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, USA.
- 2003-06 Adjunct Faculty, The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, USA.
Selected Honors and Awards
- 2023 – Doctor Honoris Causa (Dr.h.c) Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
- 2022 – Medal of Honor, Romanian Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care.
- 2021 – The Variety award for ground braking technology and science for the help of disabled people.
- 2018 – 1st prize award- Medical Entrepreneurship conference 2018, Technion Medical School (with two of my supervised undergraduate students).
- 2017 – Uzi and Michal Halevi Grant for Innovative Applied Engineering Research.
- 2016 – Hershel Rich Technion Innovation Award.
- 2016 – Selected and Appointed to the IEEE EMBS, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Distinguished Lecturer Program 2016-2017.
- 2015 – The Juludan Research Prize Fund (for outstanding research in the application of modern scientific or engineering techniques to medicine.
- 2014 – Innovation of the year in Healthe (Flex system), Popular Science.
- 2013 – Yanai Award for Excellence in Academic Education.
- 2012 – Innovation of the year in security (Snakebot), Popular Science.
- 2010 – Henri Gutwirth Fund Award for Promotion of Research, Technion, Israel.
- 2008 – Salomon Simon Mani Award for Excellence in Teaching, Technion, Israel.
- 2006 – Conference Best Paper Award – Biorob 2006, IEEE International Conference on Biorobotics and Biomechatronics, Pisa Italy
Selected Publications
- Wolf A, Shoham M, Shnider M, Roffman M, “Morphometric Study of the Human Lumbar Spine for Operation-Workspace Specifications”, Spine, Vol 26 Number 22, pp. 2472-2477, 2001.
- Wolf A, Shoham M, Park FC, “An Investigation of the Singularities and Self-Motions of the 3-UPU Robot”, Advances in Robots Kinematics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 165-174, 2002.
- Wolf A, Shoham M, “Investigation of Parallel Manipulators Using Linear Complex Approximation”, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol 125, pp 2003.564-572,
- Wolf A, Shoham M, Shnider M, Roffman M, “Feasibility Study of a Mini, Bone-Attached, Robotic System for Spinal Operation: Analyses and Experiments”, Spine, Vol 29 Issue 2, pp. 220-228, 2004.
- Wolf A, Shoham M, Ottaviano E, Ceccarelli M, “An Investigation of the Singularities of the CaPaMan: A 3-DOF Parallel Manipulator, Using Line Geometry Tools”, Mechanism and Machine Theory Vol 39(1), pp. 75-95, 2004.
- Wolf A., Jaramaz B, Lisien B, DiGioia AM III, “Mini Bone Attached Active-Robotic System for Joint Arthroplasty”, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, Vol 1(2), pp. 101-121, 2005.
- Wolf A, DiGioia AM III, Mor AB, Jaramaz B, “A Kinematic Model for Estimating Cup Alignment Error During Total Hip Arthroplasty”, Journal of Biomechanics, Vol 38 (11), November 2005, Pages 2257-2265.
- Wolf A, DiGioia AM III,Mor AB, Jaramaz B, “Cup Alignment Error-Model During Total Hip Arthroplasty”, Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Vol 437, pp 132-137, 2005.
- Wolf A, Choset H,Brown HB, Casciola R, “Design and Control of a Mobile Hyper-Redundant Urban Search and Rescue Robot”, International Journal of Advanced Robotics, Vol 19 (8) pp.221-248, 2005.
- O’Halloran D, Wolf A, Choset H, “Design of a High-Impact Survivable Robot”, Journal of Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol 40 (12), pp 1315-1416, 2005.
- Shamas E, Wolf A, Choset H, “Three Degrees of Freedom Joint for Spatial Snake Robots”, Journal of Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol(41), pp 170-190, 2006.
- Wolf A, DiGioia AM III, Jaramaz B, “Computer Guided Total Knee Arthroplasty”, MIS Techniques in Orthopedics, Eds. Giles R. Scuderi, Alfred J. Tria, and Richard A. Berger, pp. 390-407, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
- Wolf A, DiGioia AM III, Jaramaz B, “How can CAOS Support Minimally Invasive THR and TKR?”, Minimally Invasive Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Springer-Verlag, pp. 182-185, 2004
- Abraham NJ, Wolf A, Choset H, “A Potential Function Approach to Surface Coverage for a Surgical Robot”, Journal of Computer Aided Surgery, In press.
- Wolf A, Shoham M, “Task Based Synthesis of Parallel Robots Using Screw Theory Tools”, Journal of Mechanism and Machine Theory, In press.
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