Past Events
November 2025 | |
| Wed 26 Nov 2025 11:00 - 12:00 |  Seminar: Robotics seminar: Soft Robotics, Surgeons and the Pathway to Surgical Application, by Prof Martin BirchallCentre for Advanced Robotics ARQ Robotics seminar Title: Soft Robotics, Surgeons and the Pathway to Surgical Application Speaker: Prof Martin Birchall Abstract: Engineering advances may enable development of implantable artificial muscles. Lessons from previous implant experience must be applied to ensure best outcomes, maximum uptake and reduction of avoidable risk. Affordable solutions realistically able to recoup development costs are key, but could generate conflict between scrupulous selection of patients and... |
| Mon 17 Nov 2025 15:00 - 16:30 |  Seminar: ARQ Research Seminar: Towards Autonomy in Robot-Assisted Surgery, by Prof Miloš Žefran
Centre for Advanced Robotics ARQ Research Seminar Speaker: Prof Miloš Žefran Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago Title: Towards Autonomy in Robot-Assisted Surgery Robot-assisted surgery (RAS) provides significant benefits over traditional open and laparoscopic procedures. It also offers the possibility of automating surgical interventions, particularly in light of recent advances in visual computing. My talk will describe our research program towards automating... |
| Tue 4 Nov 2025 10:00 - 16:00 |  AI Collaborative WorkshopCentre for Probability, Statistics and Data Science We aim to bring together experts in AI and those using (or hoping to use) AI methods in their research, from all the five Schools of the Faculty of Science and Engineering. We envisage that the workshop will strengthen the ties between Schools, build a research community around the development and use of AI and develop teams and ideas well ahead of funding calls. Participation by registration: Registration is now closed. Organisers: Marcella Bona, Thomas Roelleke, Kostas Papafitsoros,... |
October 2025 | |
| Mon 13 Oct 2025 13:00 - 14:00 |  Seminar: Sir Peter Mansfield Lecture: "Bioelectronics – From Exploratory Research to Medical Translation" by Professor John Rogers, Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics, Northwestern University
Centre for Electronics Bioelectronics – From Exploratory Research to Medical Translation Please do register for the seminar at this link Advanced electronic/optoelectronic technologies designed to allow stable, intimate integration with living organisms will accelerate progress in biomedical research; they will also serve as the foundations for new approaches in monitoring and treating diseases. Specifically, capabilities for injecting miniaturized, biocompatible electronic systems and other components into... |
| Fri 10 Oct 2025 11:00 - 12:00 |  ARQ research seminar: Tactile Robotics for Human-like Dexterity
Centre for Advanced Robotics Title: Tactile Robotics for Human-like Dexterity Speaker: Nathan Lepora, Professor of Robotics & AI Abstract: Billions are being invested in humanoids, ignoring that they won't be much use without hands as capable as those of humans. So how do you do you build a robot hand that functions as well as a human hand? I break this down into three main challenges: first, the form-factor and mechanical design of the hand; second, the tactile sensing capability of the hand; and third, how you... |
September 2025 | |
| Thu 25 Sep 2025 14:00 - 15:00 |  Seminar: ARQ Seminar Talk: Humanoid Robotics for Waste Recycling and Management: A Technical Overview
Centre for Advanced Robotics Title: Humanoid Robotics for Waste Recycling and Management: A Technical Overview Speaker: Dr. Namdar Baghaei-Yazdi, ESG Director, TeknTrash Robotics Abstract: Global waste exceeds 2.3 billion tonnes annually, with less than 20% recycled. Manual sorting remains hazardous and inefficient, driving the need for robotic solutions. This talk presents a humanoid robotic system, developed by TeknTrash Robotics, integrating dexterous manipulation with AI-driven perception for complex waste streams... |
May 2025 | |
| Wed 28 May 2025 14:00 - 15:00 |  Seminar: IEEE Distinguished Lecture on Sensor Location Optimisation for Effective and Robust BeamformingCentre for Electronics Online Teams Link Summary In many applications, the sensor array's geometrical layout is assumed to be fixed and given in advance. However, it is possible to change the geometrical layout of the array including adjacent sensor spacing and these additional spatial degrees of freedom (DOFs) can be exploited to improve the performance in terms of either beamforming or direction finding or both. With the development of compressive sensing (CS) or the sparsity maximization framework, a new CS... |
| Thu 22 May 2025 11:00 - 12:00 |  Seminar: Quantum Nexus For Sensing, Communication, Control, And ComputingCentre for Electronics Click here to join the seminar online Summary Recent advancements in quantum information science are poised to unleash new sensing, communication, control, and computing (SC3) capabilities. Synergies in SC3 promise the development of next-generation networks with unprecedented performance. For instance, (i) control of statistical information empowers practical quantum inference, (ii) quantum ranging and synchronization facilitates networked sensing, and (iii) remote entanglement... |
| Fri 2 May 2025 10:30 - 11:30 |  Seminar: Cyber-Prosthetics as Body-centric Electromagnetic Devices: From Structural to Metal-free Bio-integrated AntennasCentre for Electronics Online Teams Link Summary The concept of Cyber-Prosthesis redefines implantable devices not only as mechanical surrogates but also as bodycentric wireless nodes capable of sensing, storing, and transmitting biophysical information. Within this paradigm, the structural components of prosthetic implants—such as orthopedic fixtures, dental screws, stents, and heart valves—are converted into antenna systems operating in the UHF RFID band. These systems communicate through body tissues by... |
April 2025 | |
| Wed 30 Apr 2025 10:30 - 11:30 |  Seminar: Interfacing Electromagnetics With Life Sciences and Medicine: Bioelectromagnetics and brain-machine interfaces for the treatment of cognitive conditions, glaucoma, and disorders of the retinaCentre for Electronics Online Teams Link Summary Although technical challenges are still daunting, the clinical utility of neuroprosthetics has increased dramatically over the past few years. This has been accomplished through the convergence of numerous disciplines, which have individually added fundamental understanding/capabilities to systems that interface with the human body to restore senses and movement, or treat prevalent diseases that have currently no foreseeable cure. In this talk, we will cover... |
| Tue 29 Apr 2025 10:00 - 11:00 | Seminar: QMUL Robotics Seminar Series: Material-Enabled Technologies for Soft and Fluidic Robots by Dr. Daniel J. Preston, Rice University
Centre for Intelligent Transport Location: David Sizer LT, Bancroft building, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End, London E1 4NS Title: Material-Enabled Technologies for Soft and Fluidic Robots Abstract: The emerging field of soft robotics, which incorporates... |