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Robotic microsurgery: millions in funding for AI learning platform

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GRATA is the name of the research project that the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) is supporting with €1.91 million over the next three years. The project, coordinated by MIRMI member Ali Nasseri, professor at TUM Clinic, focuses on the development of a modular, AI-supported platform for robot-assisted surgery. The aim of the research project is to support medical staff in using robotic applications safely and competently.

The platform, which is supported by generative AI among other things, will consist of a semantic knowledge database, a mentoring and training system, and a simulation environment. 

Vision: European standard for surgical training

Ali Nasseri is specialised in precision robotics in medicine. The TUM MIRMI-professor ccoridnates the research project GRATA.

The aim of GRATA (short for GraphRAG-based training and education system for robot-assisted medical procedures) is to enable users to intuitively learn how to use a complex robotic system so that they can be deployed more quickly for procedures in practice. Nasseri, Professor of Medical Autonomy and Precision Surgery at TUM Clinic, cites age-related macular degeneration as an example. The disease often occurs in old age and its treatment can be well supported by robotic systems.

The vision is ultimately to establish a new European standard for surgical training and to create a flexible and validated platform that improves patient safety and counteracts the shortage of skilled workers.

Further partners in the project: fortiss, TU Chemnitz, adesso SE, SynthesEyes GmbH, and YOUSE GmbH.

Duration: 1.10.2025 to 31.9.2028

Funding Amount: 1,91 Millionen Euro

Sponsor: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)

Prof. Ali Nasseri's robots place syringes with micrometer precision. Image: Andreas Heddergott / TUM

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