On 24 and 25 October 2026, CRTA was represented at the 3rd European Biomedical and Veterinary Engineering Congress (BioMedVetMech), held at the Esplanade Zagreb Hotel. Participation in the congress provided an opportunity to showcase CRTA's research activities, technological achievements and expertise, with a particular focus on the development and application of advanced robotic technologies in the field of medical robotics.
On Saturday, 24 October, Assist. Prof. Filip Šuligoj, PhD, delivered the opening lecture entitled “Robotics Engineering and Advanced Systems Research: A Review of Technological Frontiers at CRTA Croatia”, in which he presented CRTA's development, robotic systems, research laboratories and completed projects.
On the same day, as part of the Medical Robotics thematic session, he also delivered a presentation entitled “Bridging Medical Imaging and Robotic Perception: Towards Fully Autonomous Patient Localization”. He presented the RONNA robotic system and its applications in patient localization and brain biopsy procedures, as well as the INSPIRATION project – Non-invasive Patient Registration for Robotic Neurosurgery, which focuses on automating the registration process and eliminating the need for markers.
Both presentations attracted considerable interest among participants and sparked discussions on advanced robotic technologies and their applications in medicine.
On Sunday, 25 October, Roč Stilinović, MSc in Mathematics, a young researcher and PhD candidate at CRTA, presented his research entitled “CT to RGB-D Image Registration and Its Application in Robotic Neurosurgery.” His presentation focused on methods for faster and more accurate patient registration in robotic neurosurgery, including noise and outlier removal, global registration with local alignment, and point cloud reduction while maintaining accuracy. He also presented his scientific paper, “Selective Downsampling for Fast and Accurate 3D Global Registration with Applications in Medical Imaging,” published in the Q1 journal Mathematics, as well as his ongoing research aimed at improving registration accuracy by combining point clouds captured from different perspectives. His presentation also generated considerable interest and lively discussions among the participants.
Participation in the BioMedVetMech congress once again highlighted CRTA's contribution to the development of innovative solutions in medical robotics and robotic neurosurgery, as well as the importance of bringing together biomedical engineering and advanced robotic technologies.We would like to thank Assist. Prof. Filip Šuligoj, PhD, and PhD candidate Roč Stilinović for presenting CRTA's research, as well as the organizers and all participants for the inspiring exchange of knowledge and experience.We look forward to future editions of the congress and new opportunities for collaboration.
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