On the 17th of July 2023, the ARC Training Centre for Joint Biomechanics welcomed shadow minister the Hon Paul Fletcher MP to showcase QUT’s robotics capabilities as one of the leading research centres in the world, and the leading institution at the QUT Centre for Robotics in Australia in this field.  

The Hon Paul Fletcher was “impressed with what [he] saw on [his] visit to [the] Queensland University of Technology,” and he shared his admiration of the research projects giving his seal of approval for the calibre of research coming out of QUT with “great work” in materials science, batteries, robotics, and AI including medical robotics and medical image analysis AI being undertaken at the centre. As emphasized by the QUT team, the visit presented a valuable opportunity to highlight the collaborative research efforts, whilst the minister emphasised their significance of policy development in these areas to ensure Australia remains competitive in the field. 

A noteworthy moment during the visit was the participation of centre PhD student Mr Morgan Windsor from the ARC Training Centre for Joint Biomechanics and QUT Centre for Robotics. Morgan’s presentation, titled ‘Pose Quality Prediction for Vision Guided Robotic Shoulder Arthroplasty,’ garnered attention as an example of QUT’s commitment to innovation in orthopedics. The presentation showcased Morgan’s research while underlining the importance of QUT’s role in promoting cutting-edge translational biomechanics research. 

Overall, the visit was a fantastic opportunity to showcase the current progress under program 2 at the centre (robotic assisted testing and surgery).