Joshua Brown
Haptics Research Associate | Imperial College London
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
369 Fulham Road,
London, United Kingdom
I’m a Research Associate (postdoc) at Imperial College London where I work at the intersection of robotics, human-computer interaction and surgery. I am based in the Simulation and Modelling in Medicine and Surgery (SiMMS) group in the Department of Surgery and Cancer. My primary research interest is in haptics though my past research has covered topics including digital manufacturing, personalised medical devices, robotics for muscular rehabilitation and information visualisation. I am currently working on haptic simulations of physical medical examinations which will be deployed to support Imperial’s MBBS in Medicine curriculum.
I first joined Imperial as an undergraduate student in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2014, before returning as a researcher in Bioengineering in 2020. I am currently with the Department of Surgery and Cancer as part of the Centre for Engagement and Simulation Science and SiMMS research group. I completed my PhD in Haptics at Queen Mary University of London and have been a visiting researcher at York University in Canada and Seoul National University in South Korea. I am also a co-founder of Human Robotix Ltd.
News
Nov 25, 2024 | Great to see that my student’s poster paper has been accepted for the 12th Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT2025). Congratulations to Charmaine! |
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Nov 09, 2024 | I am recruiting a PAID ‘student shaper’ to work on LLMs for gamified medical education. If you are a current Imperial College student and passionate software engineer and/or interested in medical technology, please apply here! |
Sep 26, 2024 | Great to see my student presenting his MEng project on shape sensing for continuum robots at ICRA@40. Great work Murilo! |
Sep 23, 2024 | It's fantastic to be representing the SiMMS lab with a 4 day demo stall at ICRA@40, showcasing our work in using haptics, robotics and AI to simulate physical medical examinations. Huge thanks to my students Zumeng, Prateek and Murilo for supporting the demos and represenring our lab so well! |
Aug 22, 2024 | I was surprised and deeply honored to recieve joint second place in the 2023 UK Best PhD in Robotics Award, sponsored by my former university - Queen Mary University of London. |
Selected Publications
- A suite of robotic solutions for nuclear waste decommissioningRobotics, Dec 2021