Summary
Edgar Hidalgo is an electronics engineer and research fellow with over a decade of experience specializing in automation, robotics, and advanced manufacturing, now focused on robot-assisted teleoperated echocardiography. Combining Linux, ROS, C, Python, CAD and embedded systems expertise, he has led development and pre-clinical evaluation of haptics-integrated robotic ultrasound systems in collaboration with Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and is driving translation toward commercialisation. He co-founded two tech ventures that brought practical R&D to eldercare and small-business automation, blending product design with user-centered clinical workflows. A PhD-trained roboticist with hands-on 3D printing and reverse-engineering practice, he uniquely bridges academic research, multidisciplinary clinical trials, and pragmatic engineering for remote healthcare delivery.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Electronics Engineer, Networks and Automatization, Electronics Engineer, Networks and Automatization at Institucion Universitaria de Envigado
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, PhD. in Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, PhD. in Robotics at Swinburne University of Technology
Diploma in Leadership and Management, Leadership and Management, Diploma in Leadership and Management, Leadership and Management at Ilsc Greystone College - Melbourne
English, Spanish