ARPA-H awards Philips up to $33.7M for autonomous stroke robotics
ARPA-H awarded Philips North America up to $33.7 million for A-RISE, a programme to develop autonomous endovascular procedures for stroke care.

Evidence notes
- Philips is working with Johns Hopkins University and Boston University.
- The team will combine image-guided therapy infrastructure, imitation learning and a multi-channel fluid-driven steerable catheter.
- The programme targets autonomous mechanical thrombectomy and other neurointerventional procedures.
Company context
Philips develops health technology including image-guided intervention systems and autonomous surgical-robotics research.