@article{imitationlearningforrobotassistanceinope, title = {Imitation Learning for Robot Assistance in Open Surgery: A Multi-Policy Evaluation on Suture Following}, author = {Xucheng Wang and Zhizhou Yang and Xiaoman Zhang and Sung Eun Kim and Romain Hardy and Pranav Rajpurkar}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2605.28736}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.28736}, }