Faculty profile
Eric Diller
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Research
Latest papers
Transformer-based robotic ultrasound 3D tracking for capsule robot in GI tract.
International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery · 2025 · senior author
Technology Roadmap of Micro/Nanorobots.
ACS nano · 2025
Magnetically actuated dexterous tools for minimally invasive operation inside the brain.
Science robotics · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $592,875
Tunable Traction for Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
- $149,706
Magneto-Elastic Characterization for Multi-Material Micro-Robotics
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $125,000
Smart Capsule for non-invasive targeted sampling and delivery in the gut
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
14 publications.
Transformer-based robotic ultrasound 3D tracking for capsule robot in GI tract.
Liu X, He C, Wu M, Ping A, Zavodni A, Matsuura N, Diller E
Technology Roadmap of Micro/Nanorobots.
Ju X, Chen C, Oral CM, Sevim S, Golestanian R, Sun M, Bouzari N, Lin X, Urso M, Nam JS, Cho Y, Peng X, Landers FC, Yang S, Adibi A, Taz N, Wittkowski R, Ahmed D, Wang W, Magdanz V, Medina-Sánchez M, Guix M, Bari N, Behkam B, Kapral R, Huang Y, Tang J, Wang B, Morozov K, Leshansky A, Abbasi SA, Choi H, Ghosh S, Borges Fernandes B, Battaglia G, Fischer P, Ghosh A, Jurado Sánchez B, Escarpa A, Martinet Q, Palacci J, Lauga E, Moran J, Ramos-Docampo MA, Städler B, Herrera Restrepo RS, Yossifon G, Nicholas JD, Ignés-Mullol J, Puigmartí-Luis J, Liu Y, Zarzar LD, Shields CW, Li L, Li S, Ma X, Gracias DH, Velev O, Sánchez S, Esplandiu MJ, Simmchen J, Lobosco A, Misra S, Wu Z, Li J, Kuhn A, Nourhani A, Maric T, Xiong Z, Aghakhani A, Mei Y, Tu Y, Peng F, Diller E, Sakar MS, Sen A, Law J, Sun Y, Pena-Francesch A, Villa K, Li H, Fan DE, Liang K, Huang TJ, Chen XZ, Tang S, Zhang X, Cui J, Wang H, Gao W, Kumar Bandari V, Schmidt OG, Wu X, Guan J, Sitti M, Nelson BJ, Pané S, Zhang L, Shahsavan H, He Q, Kim ID, Wang J, Pumera M
Magnetically actuated dexterous tools for minimally invasive operation inside the brain.
He C, Nguyen R, Mayer H, Cheng L, Kang P, Aubeeluck DA, Thiong'ᴏ G, Fredin E, Drake J, Looi T, Diller E
Ingestible Smart Capsules for Chemical Sensing in the Gut.
Ghorbani Siavashani A, Rehan M, Travas-Sejdic J, Thomas D, Diller E, Stine J, Ghodssi R, Avci E
Medical Microrobots.
Iacovacci V, Diller E, Ahmed D, Menciassi A
Screen-Printed Resistive Tactile Sensor for Monitoring Tissue Interaction Forces on a Surgical Magnetic Microgripper.
Aubeeluck DA, Forbrigger C, Taromsari SM, Chen T, Diller E, Naguib HE
Capsule robot pose and mechanism state detection in ultrasound using attention-based hierarchical deep learning.
Liu X, Esser D, Wagstaff B, Zavodni A, Matsuura N, Kelly J, Diller E
Local stimulation of osteocytes using a magnetically actuated oscillating beam
Onaizah O, Xu L, Middleton K, You L, Diller E
Millimeter-scale flexible robots with programmable three-dimensional magnetization and motions
Xu T, Zhang J, Salehizadeh M, Onaizah O, Diller E
Untethered Miniature Soft Robots: Modeling and Design of a Millimeter-Scale Swimming Magnetic Sheet.
Zhang J, Diller E
Tunable Traction for Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
Principal investigators: Diller, Eric D; Looi, Thomas; Shlomovitz, Eran
Keywords: Colorectal Cancer; Endoscopic Procedure; Esophageal Cancer; Gastric Cancer; Novel Endoscopic Instruments
Magneto-Elastic Characterization for Multi-Material Micro-Robotics
Principal investigators: Diller, Eric
Smart Capsule for non-invasive targeted sampling and delivery in the gut
Principal investigators: Diller, Eric ED
Application of Magnetically Actuated Robotic System for Minimally Invasive Epilepsy Surgery
Principal investigators: Drake, James M; Diller, Eric D; Naguib, Hani E
Keywords: Epilepsy; Force Sensing; Magnetic Actuation; Medically Refractory; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Surgical Robotics
A Magnetic Microrobotic System with Raman Spectroscopy and Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy for Molecular Diagnostics and Cell Biology
Principal investigators: Liu, Xinyu
Soft Medical Microrobots
Principal investigators: Diller, Eric
CREATE in Healthcare Robotics (HeRo)
Principal investigators: Sun, Yu
Novel Multimodal Sensing and Actuation Mechanisms for Intra-Ventricular Neurosurgery Robotic Tools
Principal investigators: Diller, Eric
Novel Multimodal Sensing and Actuation Mechanisms for Intra-Ventricular Neurosurgery Robotic Tools
Principal investigators: Diller, Eric D; Goldenberg, Andrew A; Drake, James M
Keywords: Magnetic Actuation; Smart Materials And Sensors; Surgical Tools
Microfabrication Equipment for Magnetic Micro-Mechanical Structures
Principal investigators: Diller, Eric
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- Computing and Software
- Surgery
- Toronto General Research Institute
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Onaizah Onaizah
Computing and Software
3 shared papers, latest 2020
Naomi Matsuura
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Thomas Looi
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Lidan You
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2020
James Drake
Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Yu Sun
Toronto General Research Institute
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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