Álvaro Ríos Poveda (born 3 February 1974,

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by National Administrative Department of Statistics, DANE in 2023. The city span ...

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) is a Colombian electronic engineer, university professor, and researcher who specializes in

biomedical engineering Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare applications (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic purposes). BME also integrates the logica ...

and

mechatronics Mechatronics engineering, also called mechatronics, is the synergistic integration of mechanical, electrical, and computer systems employing mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering and computer engineering, and also ...

. He has performed research on myoelectric prostheses, sensory feedback, and

bionic Bionics or biologically inspired engineering is the application of biological methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology. The word ''bionic'', coined by Jack E. Steele in August 19 ...

vision technologies.

Early life and education

He began his studies at San Juan Berchmans school in

, Colombia. Ríos earned an undergraduate degree in Electronic Engineering at

Pontifical Xavierian University The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (English: Xavierian Pontifical University) is a private university in Colombia founded in 1623. It is one of the oldest and most traditional Colombian universities, directed by the Society of Jesus, with its ...

and completed his master's at Simon Bolivar University and doctorate studies at USF in Biomedical Engineering. Along with that, he obtained an MBA from ISEAD. His professional career began with research in neural prostheses and bionics systems. Ríos researched biomedical engineering, artificial intelligence, and robotics in control systems.

Career

Ríos is a researcher and university professor in undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Europe and Mexico. From a young age, his interest had grown into motor limitations. In 1996, he developed

prosthetic In medicine, a prosthesis (: prostheses; from ), or a prosthetic implant, is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through physical trauma, disease, or a condition present at birth (Congenital, congenital disord ...

systems that allow patients to have greater limb functionality while ensuring accessibility for these systems in developing countries. In 1997, a sensory feedback system for prostheses was presented at France's World Congress on Biomedical Engineering. Ríos's public work includes myoelectric prosthesis with sensory feedback, presented at ''MEC'02: The Next Generation''. His work mainly aims of his work is to control prosthetics more naturally, utilizing artificial intelligence, neural control, machine learning, and gesture control.

Research

He has remained a member of the Publications Committee of the International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering and a founding member of the Colombian Association of Biomedical Engineering. Since its inception in 2017, Ríos has been participating at every CBS IEEE International Conference on Bionic Systems and Cyborg and giving guest participation at

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's CBS 2017. Later in 2018, he represented the Latin American region at a conference on Upper Limb Prosthesis. Since then, Ríos has remained Chairman for the region of the Americas at the 2020 IEEE CBS and has also been working with World Health Organization, a member of Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology. He also established HAT (Human Assistive Technologies), a bionics company based in Mexico City. At HAT, a C-Hand was developed, which is a bionic prosthesis with sensory feedback and gesture control, and is a bionic arm designed for smart cities.

Recognition

*Gold Cross Degree at (Council of Cali 2022) *Bristol Honor 2014 (Who's who honor)

Publications

* Rios Poveda, A. (2002). ''Myoelectric prostheses with sensorial feedback''. Myoelectric Symposium. * 3. Poveda, AER (2001). Microcontrolled system for the development of myoelectric prostheses with sensory feedback (Doctoral dissertation, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Cali). * * ios, Alvaro (1997). "Microcontroller system for Myoelectric prosthesis with sensorial feedback". ''World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering: XVIII International Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and XI International Conference on Medical Physics''. ISSN 0140-0118. * * * * * * * *

References

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