Title: Robotics and Human Digestion

Expert: Weiliang Xu, Professor

Inviter: Mingzhu Zhu, Associate Professor

Date and Time: 9:00-11:00, Apr. 21, 2022 (UTC+08:00)

Place: Online Meeting by Webex

Meeting Number: 2518 471 6770

Meeting Code: Z2Gsdx

Introduction to Expert:

Weiliang Xu, professor, fellow of the New Zealand Academy of Engineering, senior member of IEEE, chair in Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Auckland.

Abstract:

This talk introduces our 2-decade long research program on digestion robotics. The biological principle and the biomimetic design of these robotic organs are presented with focus on their distributed actuation, sensing and closed-loop control. Science challenges in the digestion robotics are outlined. Case studies of the applications in food/drug/implant will be shown.