Joshua Brown

Haptics Researcher | Imperial College London | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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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.
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

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    ROV Teleoperation in the Presence of Cross-Currents using Soft Haptics
    Joshua BrownIldar Farkhatdinov, and Michael Jenkin
    The Journal of Field Robotics, Feb 2025
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    Design and Characterisation of Particle Jamming-Based Variable Stiffness Displays using Non-pneumatic Actuators
    Joshua Brown, and Fernando Bello
    In IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS) , Apr 2024
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    A suite of robotic solutions for nuclear waste decommissioning
    Ivan Vitanov , Ildar Farkhatdinov, Brice Denoun , and 13 more authors
    Robotics, Dec 2021
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    Soft Haptic Interface based on Vibration and Particle Jamming
    Joshua Brown, and Ildar Farkhatdinov
    In IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS) , Mar 2020