Smart implants. Surgical robots. Clinically credible.
We integrate miniature mechanics, embedded sensing, and robust control to create body‑compatible devices—taking prototypes from concept to clinic.
The Implantable Robotics Lab advances medical devices toward systems with awareness (sensing), action (actuation), and cognition (control) to integrate safely with the human body. We complement these devices with robotic systems for implant placement, designed to prepare the local area and position implants precisely in anatomies that are difficult to access.
Once considered the realm of science fiction, active implantable devices are now reachable—yet still constrained by challenges in powering, sensing and actuation, microfabrication, and long‑term biocompatibility. Our research brings these technologies from design concepts to clinically credible devices.
Our agenda targets two fronts:
- Active implants that substitute or assist impaired organ function, or monitor and treat chronic conditions through closed‑loop operation.
- Robotics for implants that improve the efficacy and accuracy of surgical interventions—leveraging advances in medical imaging and system engineering.
We merge competencies from mechatronics, robotics, and bioengineering to develop technologies, components, and designs that treat diverse pathologies with minimum side effects. To overcome long‑standing barriers, we focus on miniature mechanical design, compact, low‑power electronics, efficient embedded software, and robust control engineering.