Human-Robot Interaction

Ensuring people and robots get the best out of each interaction, in each form it may take, is a vital dimension of robotics research. Our research will progress discoveries and developments in many of the following forms of interaction:

• Developing robotic prosthetics or exoskeletons that guide, correct or enhance movement to work seamlessly with the body’s natural functions.
• Ensuring that assistive robots who work jointly with a person to achieve a task, such as lifting a patient in and out of bed, understanding the social dynamics and action steps needed to undertake safe, appropriate interactions.
• Improving the accuracy and speed of collaboration during joint task execution, such as finding and passing over tools and materials.
• Developing a robot’s capacity to work in group scenarios, either with other robots, or with diverse groups of people with different requirements.
• Improving the efficiency and accuracy of a robot under remote teleoperation in dangerous or sensitive environments, such as in surgery.