An international medical robotics seminar was held at EKIK Research Center
Hosted by the Bejczy Antal iRobotics Center of the University Research and Innovation Center (EKIK), an international medical robotics seminar was held on May 29th. At the professional event, which took place in the BARK Main Laboratory, two prominent international researchers, Prof. Hongliang Ren and Prof. Peter Kazanzides, gave presentations on the latest research directions in surgical robotics.
Prof. Hongliang Ren, a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), presented his research findings under the title 'Endoluminal Robotics & Embodied AI in vivo'.
His presentation focused on current issues in endoluminal robotics, bio-robotics, intelligent control, soft continuum robots, and multi-sensory learning applied in medical robotics. A joint bilateral TÉT (Science and Technology) grant between Óbuda University and CUHK was also launched this year.
The other speaker of the seminar was Prof. Peter Kazanzides, a research professor at Johns Hopkins University, who gave a presentation titled 'Augmented Reality for Robotic Surgery', demonstrating the role of augmented reality in surgical robotics, as well as the development experiences related to the da Vinci Research Kit. It was through this collaboration with JHU that BARK gained the exceptional opportunity ten years ago to acquire the da Vinci Research Kit research system.
The event was hosted by Prof. Dr. Tamás Haidegger, leader of the medical robotics group at Óbuda University. In addition to engineering and medical professionals, high-ranking representatives from the Chinese Embassy in Budapest also attended. The seminar provided an important opportunity to strengthen international academic relations and allowed the university's researchers, students, and professional partners to gain first-hand insight into the latest international development trends in medical robotics, in vivo robotic systems, and robot-assisted surgery. This is further highlighted by the fact that the partners are preparing a joint surgical robotics competition for the international ICRA robotics conference in Vienna (https://2026.ieee-icra.org/).
His presentation focused on current issues in endoluminal robotics, bio-robotics, intelligent control, soft continuum robots, and multi-sensory learning applied in medical robotics. A joint bilateral TÉT (Science and Technology) grant between Óbuda University and CUHK was also launched this year.
The other speaker of the seminar was Prof. Peter Kazanzides, a research professor at Johns Hopkins University, who gave a presentation titled 'Augmented Reality for Robotic Surgery', demonstrating the role of augmented reality in surgical robotics, as well as the development experiences related to the da Vinci Research Kit. It was through this collaboration with JHU that BARK gained the exceptional opportunity ten years ago to acquire the da Vinci Research Kit research system.
The event was hosted by Prof. Dr. Tamás Haidegger, leader of the medical robotics group at Óbuda University. In addition to engineering and medical professionals, high-ranking representatives from the Chinese Embassy in Budapest also attended. The seminar provided an important opportunity to strengthen international academic relations and allowed the university's researchers, students, and professional partners to gain first-hand insight into the latest international development trends in medical robotics, in vivo robotic systems, and robot-assisted surgery. This is further highlighted by the fact that the partners are preparing a joint surgical robotics competition for the international ICRA robotics conference in Vienna (https://2026.ieee-icra.org/).
