Etienne BURDET

Address Department of Bioengineering Imperial College London SW7 2AZ London, UK

e.burdet@imperial.ac.uk

http://www.bg.ic.ac.uk/staff/burdet

fax: +44-(0)20 7594 5179

Education

84-90 Study of Mathematics and Physics at ETH-Zurich 89 Masters in Mathematics (thesis in Differential Geometry, adv. W Ballmann, U Bonn), 90 Masters in Physics (thesis in Neuroscience, adv. K Hepp, ETH-Zurich) 91-96 PhD studies in Robotics at ETH-Zurich (advs: G Schweitzer, ETH-Zurich, T Flash, Weizmann Inst. of Sci.) 97-99 Postdoctoral education in Computational Neuroscience and Haptics (with TE Milner, McGill, Canada, M

Kawato, ATR, Japan, JE Colgate, Northwestern U, USA) Languages: studied and worked in French (mother tongue), German and English

Professional Experience

09- Reader in Human Robotics, Imperial College London 05-08 Senior Lecturer in Bioengineering, Imperial College London 05-08 Senior Fellow, National University of Singapore 99-04 Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore 98-08 Consultancy for ATR International, Japan 96-99 Postdoctoral Fellow, Simon Fraser U, Canada, and Northwestern U, USA 6-8/96 Visiting Researcher, Fujitsu Ltd, Numazu, Japan 91-96 Research Assistant at the Institute of Robotics, ETH-Zurich

Awards

2009 Apple Research & Technology Support Award 2009 Best Presentation Award at the International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR09) 2007 First prize in the GSEPS Research Symposium Poster Competition, Imperial College London 2006 Best Paper Award at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Robots and Systems (IROS2006) 2004 Far East Economic Review Award 2004 Offer of Canada Research Chair (declined) 2003 ATR Prize 2001 Research Prize of the Japanese Neural Networks Society 1998 Recipient of the JISTEC research grant, Japan 1998 STA-fellowship, Japan 1998 Advanced Researcher Award, Swiss National Science Foundations 1996 Fellowship from Fujitsu Ltd, Japan 1996 Prospective Researcher Award, Swiss National Science Foundations 1984 Best Bachelor of the section, Gymnase du Bugnon, Lausanne

Patents and journal publications 2007-2009 (students in italic)

• R Gassert, L Dovat, O Lambercy and E Burdet, Motor Skills Training Systems, UK patent filled on June 12, 2008. • L Dovat, O Lambercy, R Gassert, CL Teo and E Burdet, Finger function rehabilitation device. Provisional patent

US 61/130,764 filled on June 3, 2008.

1) ES Boy, E Burdet, CL Teo and JE Colgate (2007), Experimental Evaluation of Motion Guidance with a Cobot. IEEE Transactions on Robotics 23(2): 245-55.

2) B Rebsamen, E Burdet, C Guan, CL Teo, Q Zeng, C Laugier and M Ang (2007), Navigating ones Wheelchair in a Building by Thought. IEEE Intelligent Systems 22: 18-24 (feature article).

3) DW Franklin, G Liaw, TE Milner, R Osu, E Burdet and M Kawato (2007), The End-point Stiffness of the Arm is directionally tuned to Instability in the Environment. Journal of Neuroscience 27(29): 7705-16.

4) O Lambercy, L Dovat, R Gassert, CL Teo, T Milner and E Burdet (2007), A Haptic Knob for Rehabilitation of Hand Function. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 15(3): 356-66.

5) DW Franklin, U So, E Burdet and M Kawato (2007), Visual Feedback is not necessary for the Learning of Novel Dynamics. PLoS ONE 2(12): e1336. oi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001336.

6) H Zhang, E Burdet, AN Poo and DW Hutmacher (2008), Robotic Microassembly of Tissue Engineering Scaf-folds. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (in press).

7) Q Zeng, E Burdet, B Rebsamen and CL Teo (2008), A Collaborative Wheelchair System. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 16(2): 161-70.

8) R Gassert, E Burdet, H Chinzei (2008), MR Robotics: A Critical Tool for Image Guided Interventions, Clinical Diagnostics and Neuroscience. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine (Guest Editor, special issue on MRI-Compatible Robotics) 3: 12-14.

9) R Gassert, E Burdet, H Chinzei (2008), Opportunities and Challenges of MRI-Compatible Robotics. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine 3: 15-22.

10) R Gassert, D Chapuis, H Bleuler and E Burdet (2008), Sensors for Applications in Magnetic Resonance Environments. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 13(3): 335 - 344.

11) H Zhang, E Burdet, AN Poo and DW Hutmacher (2008), Robotic Microassembly of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (in press).

12) Q Zeng, E Burdet, B Rebsamen and CL Teo (2008), Collaborative Path Planning for a Robotic Wheelchair, Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology (in press).

13) Q Zeng, E Burdet and CL Teo (2008), Evaluation of a CollaborativeWheelchair System in Cerebral Palsy and Traumatic Brain Injury Users, Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair (in press).

14) G Ganesh, E Burdet, M Haruno, M Kawato (2008), Sparse Regression for Mapping Muscle to Cortical Activity in Humans, NeuroImage 42(1), (2008), 1463-1472.

15) DW Franklin, E Burdet, KP Tee, TE Milner, R Osu, M Kawato (2008), CNS learns Stable, Accurate and Efficient Movements using a Simple Algorithm, Journal of Neuroscience 28(44): 11165-73.

16) L Dovat, O Lambercy, R Gassert, T Maeder, CL Teo, TE Milner, E Burdet (2008), HandCARE: A Cable-Actuated Rehabilitation Equipment to Train Hand Function after Stroke, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 16(6): 582-91.

17) Q Zeng, E Burdet, B Rebsamen, CL Teo (2008), Collaborative Path Planning for a Robotic Wheelchair”, Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 3(6): 315-24.

18) Q Zeng, CL Teo, E Burdet (2009), Evaluation of a Collaborative Wheelchair System in Cerebral Palsy and Traumatic Brain Injury Users, Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair 23: 494-504.

19) B Safwat, ELM Su, R Gassert, CL Teo, E Burdet (2009), The Role of Posture, Magnification, and Grip Force on Microscopic Accuracy, Annals of Biomedical Engineering 37(5): 997-1006.

List of Advisees

Alumni (10 PhD and MSc by research) • Roger GASSERT (PhD, EPFL, 2006), now Assistant Professor at ETH-Zurich, Switzerland. • ZHANG Han (PhD, NUS, 2004), now a researcher at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, USA. • Abdelhamid KADDI-ALLAH (PhD, Imperial, 2009), now a financial analyst at Wellcome Trust, UK. • Dominique CHAPUIS (PhD, EPFL, 2009), now a postdoctoral researcher at ETHZ, Switzerland. • Ludovic DOVAT (PhD, NUS, 2009), now R&D manager at Gotech, Switzerland. • Olivier LAMBERCY (PhD, NUS, 2009), now a postdoctoral researcher at ETHZ, Switzerland. • Brice REBSAMEN (PhD, NUS, 2009), now a postdoctoral researcher at NUS, Singapore. • ZENG Qiang (PhD, NUS, 2009), now a researcher in the China National Petroleum Company. • ZHAO Guoyong (PhD, NUS, 2009), now a postdoctoral researcher at NUS, Singapore. • BOY Eng Seng (MSc, NUS, 2003), now at Victoria Junior College, Singapore. • Ankur DHANIK (MSc, NUS, 2005), now PhD student at Stanford University, USA. • Basil SAFWAT (MSc, Imperial, 2005), now at a software company in London. • TEE Keng Peng (MSc, NUS, 2003), Now a researcher at A*STAR-I2R, Singapore. • WANG Fei (MSc, NUS, 2005), now at Novodec, Switzerland. • Hamid KAZEMI (MSc, NUS, 2009), now PhD student at UBC, Canada. Current Post-doc and PhD students Sivakumar BALASUBRAMANIAN Themistoklis CHARALAMBOUS GANESH Gowrishankar Asif HUSSAIN Jindrich KODL Alejandro MELENDEZ James RAPPEL Eileen SU YANG Chenguang YEONG Che Fai ZHAO Guoyong

Related research highlights

My main research interest is in human-machine interaction. My group uses an approach integrating neuroscience and robotics to: i) investigate human motor control, and ii) design efficient assistive devices and virtual reality based training for rehabilitation and surgery. A complementary goal is to use current robotics to create novel bioengineering techniques. This transdisciplinary approach has produced significant results in areas from robotics to life sciences, computational neuroscience, neural engineering and assistive devices. This approach has generated significant achievements related this proposal, including:

• A method for dynamics modeling, control and identification of robots, successfully implemented on parallel manipulators with 2, 3 and 6 degrees of freedom. These techniques are used in industrial robots such as the ABB IRB 340.

• The first clear evidence and computational model of how humans use learn appropriate force and impedance to control movements in unstable situations (Nature 414: 446-9), see left photo above.

• The first fMRI-compatible haptic interfaces, which are used in five labs in Japan and Europe in order to investigate the neural mechanisms of human motor control and rehabilitation.

• Robotic devices for decentralized rehabilitation of hand function in home and rehabilitation centers (best paper award at IROS06, the dominant conference for robotics applications), see middle photo above.

• A low-cost robotic wheelchair system based on path guidance assistance, which was shown to significantly reduce the effort necessary to control the wheelchair, and was tested by cerebral palsy and traumatic brain injury individuals.

• The first brain controlled wheelchair able to maneuver in a building environment (see right photo above). • A novel microrobotics approach to manufacture scaffolds/cell constructs for bone tissue engineering.