Carlos David Rodriguez Guerrero

Carlos David Rodriguez Guerrero is an Associate Professor at KU Leuven, affiliated with the Faculty of Engineering Technology and Department of Mechanical Engineering. He specializes in robotic technologies for surgery, rehabilitation, and workplace injury prevention through the Robot Assisted Surgery (RAS) and Smart Instrumentation (SI) research groups.

His research integrates human-centered robotics, haptic interfaces, and extended reality (XR) to enhance surgical precision and training. Current projects include:

• MIRACLE (2025-2028): Augmented reality-enhanced robot-assisted ultrasound for cervical spine surgery
• AR-Spine (2025): Augmented reality interaction scheme for cervical pedicle screw placement
• ICSI Training (2023-2027): Virtual reality simulation advancements
• Wearable haptic garments (2022-2024): Human-machine interaction and spatial task learning

Publications demonstrate expertise in haptics, exoskeleton design, and sensorimotor learning, with applications in rehabilitation engineering and medical robotics.

He contributes to the Leuven Centre for Affordable Health Technology and teaches courses in Information Management, Control Systems, and Medical Devices.