Dr Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne
PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons) Eng
Research Group News
November 2024 | ||
 Celebrating 60 years of Robotics at Queen Mary University of London12 November 2024Queen Mary University of London’s (QMUL) School of Engineering and Materials Science is this year celebrating 60 years of Robotics. In 1964, Meredith Thring became the head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Queen Mary, and one of the first professors of Robotics at a UK university, having begun … [more] | ||
September 2024 | ||
 Queen Mary team showcases medical technologies at the British Science Festival17 September 2024Queen Mary Bioengineering researchers recently showcased a cutting-edge exhibit at this year’s British Science Festival, held on 13 September, at the University of East London’s Stratford Campus. The exhibit, titled From Robot Doctors to Lab-Grown Organs, gave attendees a glimpse into the future of healthcare, highlighting how … [more] | ||
March 2024 | ||
 Undergraduate research posters win prizes at ILF18 March 2024Students from across the School of Engineering and Materials Science, including the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research (QMCUR), third year BEng students, and the Intercalated BSc in Bioengineering presented their research projects at the Industrial Liaison Forum on 6th March 2024. All students engaged in lively discussion with our academics … [more] | ||
September 2023 | ||
 Success of Queen Mary researchers and students at TAROS 2023 - the UK Robotics Conference22 September 2023On September 13-15, 2023 the Centre for Advanced Robotics @ Queen Mary University of London (ARQ) traveled to Cambridge, UK to present their research at TAROS 2023 - the UK oldest robotics and autonomous systems conference. ARQ was represented by multiple research papers and posters at TAROS 2023. Gabriele Gudici's work was selected … [more] | ||
 School celebrates student achievements at IMechE awards14 September 2023This week, six BEng/MEng Biomedical Engineering students were selected to present their final year projects at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Healthcare Technologies Student and Early Career Awards. Queen Mary's representation included four poster presentations and two oral presentations, given by Saskia Hale, Lujain Musafir, Haipeng Liang, … [more] | ||
June 2023 | ||
 Professor Kaspar Althoefer co-chairs the prestigious IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 202316 June 2023The largest and most prestigious conference on robotics, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2023 (ICRA) was held in the ExCeL centre, London, May 29 - June 2, 2023. The conference was co-organised by the Centre of Advanced Robotics at Queen Mary (ARQ) and was co-chaired by Professor Kaspar Althoefer, SEMS academic and … [more] | ||
 SEMS Bioengineering at Queen Mary's Festival of Communities12 June 2023Cutting-Edge Science and Engineering Research Showcase RoboCare: Innovations in Healthcare and Assisted Living Dr. Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne’s team showcased RoboCare, illustrating the potential of robotic technologies in healthcare and assisted living. Visitors interacted with assistive robots, Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) and discovered how they can enhance the quality of … [more] | ||