09/02/2026: The Next Evolution of Drones & Robotics

Chris Vukin is the founder and lead developer of Evermed Research, where he explores how spatial computing, wearables, connected devices, robotics, and clinical AI can improve care delivery. Drawing on his background as a registered nurse and clinical IT professional, Chris was selected as an early Google Glass Explorer and led the technical development of CPR Glass. The augmented-reality system used Google Glass sensors with real-time visual and audio feedback to measure and coach CPR compression rate, rhythm, and depth. The project was featured by Google at the Computer History Museum and covered by Forbes. A returning AWE speaker, Chris has since expanded his work across Magic Leap, ARKit, mobile applications, IoT, healthcare interoperability, and AI. He is currently developing Health-Connect and evrConnect, connecting immersive assessment and bedside workflows with standards-based clinical data and care intelligence. His current healthcare robotics work is being advanced through a formal capstone partnership with the University of Miami's biomedical engineering senior-design program. A four-student team, supported by faculty mentors, is contributing engineering design, prototype development, systems integration, and engineering testing to an early-stage healthcare robotics platform.

Evermed Research is an applied healthcare technology organization developing practical connections among clinical care, immersive computing, wearables, connected devices, robotics, interoperability, and AI. Its early work included CPR Glass, a Google Glass application that used sensor data and real-time feedback to help measure and coach CPR technique. Today, Evermed Research is developing Health-Connect and evrConnect - standards-based systems that connect AR-guided assessment, rehabilitation, wearable capture, and bedside workflows with FHIR-based clinical data and intelligent care operations. Evermed Research is also participating in a formal capstone partnership through the University of Miami's biomedical engineering senior-design program. A four-student team, supported by faculty mentors, is contributing engineering design, prototype development, systems integration, and engineering testing to an early-stage healthcare robotics platform. The collaboration may also provide the student team a pathway to apply for USTAAR, a faculty-led University of Miami startup accelerator offering competitive funding and mentoring for prototype development, intellectual-property support, and commercialization. Evermed treats immersive technology as part of the care workflow, not simply as a visualization layer.