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A woman with light brown hair tied back is interacting with a medium-sized orange and white humanoid robot in a classroom.

The Centre for Robotics is a cross-cutting catalyst that unites expertise from computer science, electronics, and engineering. Its areas of focus include sensing and smart materials, computer vision and machine hearing, deep learning, uncertainty quantification, reinforcement learning, control theory, human-robot interaction, and swarm robotics.

Building on electronics and computer science (ECS) expertise in trustworthy and responsible artificial intelligence (AI), as well as cybersecurity and verification, the scope of our research embeds assurance, safety and security, including the verification of machine learning systems embedded onboard robotic systems.

A smiling woman, Dr Christine Evers, with long light brown hair, wearing a white blouse featuring a vertical black line down the centre and around the neckline.

“The vision of the Centre for Robotics is to bridge the gap between robot perception, control, and interaction. By equipping robots with the ability to
perceive and understand the world around them

  • Act with precision and agility
  • Engage and collaborate with humans in a transparent and trustworthy manner
  • We envisage a future where robots become indispensable partners that support humanity in solving complex problems and global challenges.

ECS offers a unique environment within the landscape of robotics: Bringing together roboticists with expertise across control theory, machine learning, human-robot interaction, and swarm robotics, we facilitate the inception of novel intra- and inter-disciplinary research ideas, collaborations, and enterprise activities.”

Dr Christine Evers, Director.