Research Groups

Research into intelligent aircraft, including autonomous Micro Air Vehicles, specializing in their guidance and control.

Research into interactive assistive robots and smart sensor systems to realise person-focused innovative assistive care solutions for supporting independent living

Research into overcoming the energy barrier to deployment of autonomous robots in remote areas utilising microbial fuel cells.

Developing robots that can operate in challenging environments, beyond the limitations of conventional sensory devices.

Research and Development in all aspects of Connected Autonomous Vehicles

Taking inspiration from the human hand, its dexterity and sense of touch, research into dexterous robotics including teleoperation, haptics, assistive, soft and wearable technologies.

Research and development in all aspects of Robotics for Hazardous Environments and Autonomous System Support.

Robotic technology is able to provide precise and accurate sensing and movement capabilities. Our group looks at the application of such technology in human-controlled surgical applications.

Research towards bringing future generations of humans and humanoid robots together, which requires safe interaction of humans with robots

Vision is a key ability in the natural world, and by equipping robots with visual skills, we give them an important tool for understanding and extracting information from real world environments

The so called 4th Industrial Revolution and its economic and societal implications is no longer solely an academic concern, but has become a matter for political as well as a public debate

Investigating the aspect of physical and behavioural safety to enable safe human-robot interaction, to ensure that a robot is capable of performing cooperation tasks with humans.

Research into the next generation of advanced robotics engineering systems. Robots that can make human-like decisions while carrying out manufacturing process.

Soft robotics seeks to release robots from the constraints of hard materials such as metal and plastic and develop artificial muscles and organs more analogous to biological systems.

A combination of environmental, social and internal cues could result at the group level in components believed to be important in the emergence of self-organised behaviour.

Investigating all aspects of safety for verification and validation purposes and to enable safe Human Robot Interaction in cooperative tasks.