Smith+Nephew, Imperial College London launch R&D center to advance musculoskeletal surgical robotics
SNN•Research focus and programme goals
Work targets less invasive procedures, improved usability beyond specialist hospitals, and better patient outcomes.
Research priorities include markerless registration and tracking to remove bone pins, supported by real-time anatomy-adaptive computer vision.
The programme plans funding for 1 senior postdoctoral role and up to 7 PhD students, recruited over the five-year period.
Smith+Nephew launches five-year R&D partnership with Imperial College London
Smith+Nephew launched a five-year R&D partnership with Imperial College London to speed development of musculoskeletal surgical robotics.
The centre embeds company engineers with Imperial researchers to translate computer vision and sensing research into clinical robotic surgery.
