Joshua Brown
Haptics Researcher | Imperial College London | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
369 Fulham Road,
London, United Kingdom
I’m a Research Fellow in the Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery at Imperial College London where I work at the intersection of robotics, human-computer interaction and medicine. 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 and Research Associate (postdoc) with the Department of Surgery and Cancer as part of the Centre for Engagement and Simulation Science and SiMMS research group. I am currently a PI-level Research Fellow in the Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery. 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 currently hold a Visiting Scholar appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, am a member of the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering, and am Chief Engineer and co-founder of Human Robotix Ltd.
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Jul 11, 2025 | Enjoyed presenting my work on soft haptic interfaces and medical simulation at the UK-RAS ECR pitching event. |
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Jul 04, 2025 | Great to be representing Human Robotix at the HybridNeuro summer school at Imperial College! |
Jul 01, 2025 | Excited to be joining the King’s MedTech Accelerator at the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering with Human Robotix! |
May 06, 2025 | Had a great time presenting our poster on PatientSim at the Imperial College Digital Education Conference 2025. Huge thanks and well done to the team, including my students, Prateek and Fatima! |
Mar 17, 2025 | I’m thrilled to be on-campus at MIT for the first day of my visiting appointment in the Cutaneous Sensory Lab. A huge thank you to Dr Lynette Jones for hosting me. |
Selected Publications
- A suite of robotic solutions for nuclear waste decommissioningRobotics, Dec 2021