Summary
Belal Ahmad is an Imperial College Research Fellow in the Department of Surgery and Cancer. He is working on the development of dexterous endoscopic microrobots at the tip of optical fibers for minimally invasive medical operations. His main research interests are microrobotics and high-speed sensing and actuation.
Belal received his MSc and Ph.D. in engineering from Kyushu Institute of Technology in 2015 and 2019. He then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the AS2M department in FEMTO-ST between 2019 and 2023. During these positions, he worked on several projects spanning a wide range of microrobotics, including high-speed robotic platforms for single-cell observation and stimulation, optothermal and magnetic microrobots for micromanipulation and single-cell handling, and motion tracking of multi-DOF nanopositioners.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Ahmad B, Barbot A, Ulliac G, et al., 2023, Hybrid Optothermal-Magnetic Mobile Microgripper for In-Liquid Micromanipulation, Ieee Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol:8, ISSN:2377-3766, Pages:1675-1682
Ahmad B, Barbot A, Ulliac G, et al., 2022, Remotely Actuated Optothermal Robotic Microjoints Based on Spiral Bimaterial Design, IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol:27, ISSN:1083-4435, Pages:4090-4100
Ahmad B, Gauthier M, Laurent GJ, et al., 2022, Mobile Microrobots for in Vitro Biomedical Applications: A Survey, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol:38, ISSN:1552-3098, Pages:646-663
Ahmad B, Chambon H, Tissier P, et al., 2021, Laser Actuated Microgripper Using Optimized Chevron-Shaped Actuator, Micromachines, Vol:12
Ahmad B, Maeda H, Kawahara T, 2020, Dynamic Response of Swimming <i>Paramecium</i> Induced by Local Stimulation Using a Threadlike-Microtool, Ieee Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol:5, ISSN:2377-3766, Pages:2570-2577
Ahmad B, Maeda H, Kawahara T, et al., 2017, Microrobotic Platform for Single Motile Microorganism Investigation, Micromachines, Vol:8, Pages:295-295