Oussama Khatib, a Stanford robotics researcher, discusses human-robot collaboration at Stanford, including underwater exploration with OceanOneK and remote medical procedures.
Khatib describes Stanford’s Robotics Center as a place where researchers from different fields can work together on projects that are too challenging for individual labs. He argues that robotics needs foundations in mechanisms, interaction, perception, and reasoning, so capabilities can transfer across medical and field applications.
Khatib connects deep-sea work with healthcare and workplaces through the shared challenge of designing human-robot interfaces. OceanOneK lets archaeologists see in stereo and use haptic controls to feel contact remotely; the team tested it down to 852 meters and recovered a Catalan vase without damage.
Khatib describes robotic ultrasound as a way to reduce strain on sonographers and connect doctors with patients across long distances. By splitting control between two autonomous systems, the team says it can handle delays of up to a second, and demonstrated a live procedure linking Bangkok and Stanford.
Khatib argues that safety should be built into a robot’s hardware as well as its software and control. His Maestro design can reconfigure joint limits so its workspace stays clear of a patient, while torque control supports compliant interaction.
Khatib explains a control approach that directs robot forces and posture without planning joint trajectories. He advocates learning task strategies from force and motion data, then describes OceanOneK’s Mediterranean expeditions and its potential for archaeology, marine science, and underwater maintenance.
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