Human-Human Element of Human Robot Collaboration by Jon Woolfrey
The Human-Human Element Behind Human-Robot Collaboration presented by Dr Jon Woolfrey.
Robotics is a complicated and multidisciplinary field, and developing successful cobotic technology begins with strong human-human collaboration. In this presentation, Jon will share some of his collaborative experiences, including a case study of preparing the ergoCub humanoid robot for a demo in London 2023. He concludes by reflecting on the ethics of problem solving, drawing on work by Robert Pirsig and Matthew Crawford, and what this means in the context of robotics research.
Most recently, Dr Woolfrey was a Research Fellow in the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Leeds. His work focuses on robotics, control, optimisation, and human–robot interaction, with particular expertise in controlling robot manipulators in dynamic and contact-rich environments. Trained initially as a mechanic, he holds a PhD in robotics from the University of Technology Sydney and has held research roles with the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and in medical robotics laboratories. His current research includes robot arm control for surgical applications, terahertz sensing for cancer detection in robotic systems, and the modelling and control of soft, magnetically actuated robots.
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