Artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare by supporting medical procedures from diagnosis and planning to intervention and education. AI technologies can assist clinicians through robotic automation, real-time guidance, medical imaging analysis, and data-driven decision support, improving precision, safety, efficiency, and patient outcomes.

This workshop brings together researchers, clinicians, and industry practitioners to explore how AI can augment human expertise in healthcare. Through interactive demonstrations, participants will experience applications in robot-assisted interventions, AI-driven diagnosis and decision-making, and intelligent training systems. The workshop will foster discussion on translating AI innovations into clinical practice and medical education.

Programme

Welcome (5 min)
A brief welcome and introduction to the overall theme: how AI-enabled systems can support medical procedures, clinical decision-making, robotic intervention, and healthcare training. The organizers will introduce the objectives of the session, the format of the workshop, and the expected outcomes for participants.

Short pitches + Q&A (50 min)
7-minute pitch for each demonstration presenter to introduce the clinical needs, proposed AI solution, the role of data & algorithms, the current stage, and remaining challenges.

Interactive demonstration (20 min)
Participants will interact with the systems, discuss practical implementation issues, and reflect on the opportunities and limitations of AI in current clinical or medical educational workflows. The discussion will be guided by a set of prepared questions, focusing on AI techniques, trust, interpretability, human-AI collaboration, safety, and implementation challenges.

Conclusion dialogue (10 min)
The participant shares their options for the guided questions. The session will close with a short synthesis by the organizers.

Speakers’ list

•  Marianne Viola Petersen (AIRCARE: AI empowered bio-sensor for UADT cancer diagnosis)
• Simon Lyck Bjært Sørensen (RAPTOR: A secure, self-hosted platform developed to support large-scale medical image annotation through structured workflows, DICOM integration, automated quality control, and coordination across multiple annotators)
• Frederik Duedahl (RAPTOR project from medical perspectives)
• Jakob Kristian Holm Andersen (IMPRESS: Clinical decision support in retinopathy screening)
• Di Wu (Simulation and Control of a Flexible Endoscopic Robot: Demonstrate how a simulator can be used to model the behavior of a continuum robot, and how synthetic data generated from the simulator can be leveraged to develop control strategies for the robot.)
• Bruno Oliveira (BronchoBot: Autonomous Full-Lung Bronchoscopy scanning and Medical Training)
• Iñigo Itturate (Safe Autonomous Robot Suturing using Uncertainty-aware AI: In this demonstration, we will show recent results in generative robot control policies for autonomous robotic suturing. By equipping the AI with uncertainty awareness, we are able to detect anomalous situations that the system was not trained on and safely stop the execution, transferring control back to the surgeon.)
• Oskar Palinko (HospiBot: HuGo is an upper-body humanoid robot on wheels equipped with AI, which is able to help patients find their way on hospital corridors and transport items for hospital staff.)

Level

Intermediate: For attendees who have basic understanding or some experience with the subject but are not yet advanced.

Organizers

• Zhuoqi Cheng (zch@mmmi.sdu.dk) SDU (Lead organizer)
• Jakob Kristian Holm Andersen (jkha@mmmi.sdu.dk) SDU
• Di Wu (diwu@mmmi.sdu.dk) SDU