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Humans and robots

Our internationally recognised academic team conduct leading research and contribute cutting-edge developments in the field of humans and robots.

The humans and robots research theme addresses the following topics:

  • human-centred robotics – developing robots that understand, anticipate and respond to human behaviours
  • social robotics – robots that are designed to interact with humans and other robots in human environments
  • robot perception/learning – systems by which robots are endowed with the ability to perceive, comprehend and learn new skills or adapt to its environment through learning algorithms

Find out more about some of our research projects.

Members

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Dr Matthias Gruber

Principal Research Fellow

Telephone
+44 29208 70079
Email
GruberM@cardiff.ac.uk
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Dr Yulia Hicks

Senior Lecturer - Teaching and Research

Telephone
+44 29208 75945
Email
HicksYA@cardiff.ac.uk
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Dr Ze Ji

Senior Lecturer (Teaching and Research)

Telephone
+44 29208 70017
Email
JiZ1@cardiff.ac.uk
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Dr Catherine Jones

Reader and Director of Wales Autism Research Centre

Telephone
+44 29208 70684
Email
JonesCR10@cardiff.ac.uk
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Professor Rossi Setchi

Professor in High-Value Manufacturing and Director of the Research Centre for AI, Robotics and Human-Machine Systems (IROHMS)

Telephone
+44 29208 75720
Email
Setchi@cardiff.ac.uk
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Dr Qiyuan Zhang

Lecturer in Human Factors

Email
ZhangQ47@cardiff.ac.uk
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Dr Alexia Zoumpoulaki

Academic and research staff

Telephone
+44 29225 10052
Email
ZoumpoulakiA@cardiff.ac.uk