The Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology is housed within the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (Bessemer Building) and hosts a team of approximately 50-60 staff (mainly postdoctoral researchers and postgraduate students).

The Centre was formed from Bionics Research Group (Institute of Biomedical Engineering) in December 2009, made possible by a charitable donation from Professor Winston Wong, Taiwanese business leader and a physics alumnus of Imperial. Click here for more details

Mission Statement

Inspired by life-style aspirations and biological systems, the Centre is inventing, developing and demonstrating devices to meet global challenges in healthcare and well-being, by mimicking living systems effectively and efficiently to create innovative and advanced technologies.