Starting with a brief overview of robotics at Imperial College, the lecture will introduce the Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, which is an interdisciplinary research hub run jointly between the Engineering and Medical faculties, with an overview of academic themes, running programs and key infrastructure. It will then survey some of the latest work by Prof. Rodriguez y Baena’s own group, the Mechatronics in Medicine Laboratory, before concluding with his thoughts about the present and future of the centre and this technology, including an overview of new academic positions open in the centre.

Bio: Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena is Professor of Medical Robotics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London, where he leads the Mechatronics in Medicine Laboratory and the Applied Mechanics Division. He has been the Engineering Co-Director of the Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, which is part of the Institute of Global Health Innovation, since July 2020. He is a founding member and great advocate of the Imperial College Robotics Forum, now the first point of contact for roboticists at Imperial College.
Additional Information on Positions at the Hamlyn Centre.

Faculty Host:  Cameron Riviere – criviere@andrew.cmu.edu