London, 23 June 2026
Agilis Robotics is proud to announce its participation in the MRC-Hamlyn Workshop: Hands-on Translational Surgical Robotics, held on 23 June 2026 as part of the internationally renowned Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics (https://www.hamlynsymposium.org/). The workshop’s main venue was the Royal Geographical Society, London, with a satellite demonstration site at the White City Laboratory, Imperial College London.
The MRC-Hamlyn Workshop is a prestigious, practice-focused programme co-organised by the Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Centre (MRC) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), designed to bridge advances in robotic surgery with direct clinical application. This year’s edition broke new ground as the first edition of the workshop to be held in the United Kingdom, the first to be delivered in a hybrid livestreamed format to a large international audience, and the first to feature real-time two-site interactive demonstration connecting a laboratory and a live lecture theatre audience simultaneously.
The MRC-Hamlyn Workshop venue at the Royal Geographical Society, London, with delegates from across the world gathered for the Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics. 23 June 2026. © Agilis Robotics.
The AI Robotic Challenges session at the Royal Geographical Society, with live displays of multiple medical robotics systems from international participating teams. 23 June 2026. © Agilis Robotics.
A Two-Site Live Demonstration
During the live demonstration Session, Prof. Jason Ying Kuen Chan (Chief of Clinical Development) and Justin Ho (Chief Operating Officer), supported by the Agilis Robotics team, performed a live broadcast of robot assisted en bloc trial on cadaver tissue using the Agilis Robotics Intilume™ System at the White City Laboratory. The procedure was livestreamed in real time to the audience at the Royal Geographical Society, where Prof. Ka-Wai Kwok (co-founder and Director, Agilis Robotics) was present on stage alongside Prof. Peter Chiu Ka Fung, Assistant Dean in Translation and Entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Medicine, CUHK, to coordinate the robotic system from the audience end, moderate the live interactive Q&A, and ensure seamless connectivity between the two sites.
The result was a genuinely hybrid clinical demonstration, with surgical instruments in motion at one site, an engaged international audience asking live questions at another, and a robotic system bridging both in real time. The audience response was immediate and enthusiastic, reflecting the growing appetite within the global surgical robotics community for this kind of transparent, accessible, live clinical engagement.
Team photograph at the White City Campus, Imperial College London. Pictured left to right: Prof. Yann Neuzillet, Ms Moud Picarat, Dr Maxime Pattou and Agilis Robotics Team. 23 June 2026. © Agilis Robotics.
The Agilis Robotics team conducting final system testing and calibration at the White City Laboratory ahead of the live demonstration. 23 June 2026. © Agilis Robotics.
About the Intilume™ System
The Intilume™ System is Agilis Robotics’ flagship endoluminal robotic platform, designed to enable minimally invasive cancer surgery through natural orifices without external incision. The system features fully flexible robotic instruments with a cutting-edge mechanical architecture that integrates seamlessly into existing clinical workflows. Its dual-arm dexterity allows surgeons to perform complex procedures such as ERBT in the confined, hollow spaces of the human body with a significantly reduced learning curve compared to conventional approaches. The system has been validated through clinical trials conducted in partnership with the urology team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The MRC-Hamlyn Workshop concluded with a roundtable discussion, bringing together one representative from each of the six demonstration teams who had presented throughout the day, alongside invited scholars and clinicians. The panel featured Prof. Jason Chan once again, representing our Intilume™ System demonstration team, and was joined by Prof. Peter Chiu, among other distinguished participants. The discussion ranged across the key themes of the day, including the clinical translation of robotic surgical systems, the future of AI-assisted surgery, and the pathway from research innovation to real-world operative practice. The roundtable offered a fitting close to a workshop that had, across many live demonstrations, brought together some of the most exciting developments in surgical robotics from institutions across the world.
Prof. Ka-Wai Kwok on stage at the Royal Geographical Society, coordinating the live Intilume™ System demonstration from the White City Laboratory and leading the interactive audience Q&A session. 23 June 2026. © Agilis Robotics.
Roundtable discussion session at the Royal Geographical Society, featuring Prof. Peter Chiu (Assistant Dean for Translation and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) and Prof. Jason Y.K. Chan, among other invited scholars and clinicians, discussing the future of translational surgical robotics. © Agilis Robotics.
Agilis Robotics extends its sincere gratitude to the organisers of the MRC-Hamlyn Workshop: MRC-CUHK and The Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London. We thank Prof. Samuel Au Kwok Wai and Prof. Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena for their leadership throughout the day. We are also grateful to Prof. Peter Chiu, whose engagement during the live interaction session made the demonstration significantly more dynamic and engaging. Last but not least, we give thanks to all delegates who joined in person and online, and to the Agilis Robotics team members whose dedication made this demonstration possible.
Prof. Ka-Wai Kwok inaugurating the MRC-Hamlyn Workshop on stage at the Royal Geographical Society. 23 June 2026. © Agilis Robotics.
Special dinner reception bringing together keynote speakers, clinical scholars, and invited guests following the workshop. 23 June 2026. © Agilis Robotics.
The Intilume™ System is not yet approved or cleared for sale. All demonstrations were conducted in a research and training context.
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