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Human-Robot-Interaction

How do we design robots that work better with humans

This program is led by Queensland University of Technology (QUT) with three projects that are based at QUT and UTS.

Program Co-Leads

Program Postdoctoral Research Fellow:

In conventional Human Robot Collaboration (HRC), safety has been paramount and humans are trained to simply use the robot as a tool. To increase the scope of genuine collaboration, operators need to interact safely with an industrial robot across the whole production cycle, with minimal need for training. Novel interaction approaches using multi-sensory interfaces, gesture control devices and augmented reality can reduce training costs, enable rapid prototyping, and make robots safer and easy to use in production tasks.

This Program addresses how humans are made aware of the movement and intentions of robotic systems (mutual awareness & robotic intention visualisation); how to build toolkits for the rapid prototyping of collaborative robotic solutions; and, how to leverage multimodal interaction, including Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, with robotic systems.

The Program will be based on an in-depth understanding of collaborative work routines and the task domain. It will develop domain appropriate HRC solutions and build skills and capacity for industry to adopt the Program’s outcomes.

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Jared Donovan

Research Program Co-lead (Human-Robot Interaction program)
Queensland University of Technology
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Markus Rittenbruch

Research Program Co-lead (Human-Robot Interaction program)
Queensland University of Technology
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Marc Carmichael

Chief Investigator
University of Technology Sydney
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Stine S. Johansen

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Human-Robot-Interaction Program)
Queensland University of Technology
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Louis Fernandez

PhD Researcher
University of Technology Sydney
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James Dwyer

PhD Researcher
Queensland University of Technology
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Ross Crawford

Chief Investigator
Queensland University of Technology
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Stephen Wan

Associate Investigator
CSIRO CINTEL
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Pavan Sikka

Associate Investigator
CSIRO CINTEL
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Cécile Paris

Associate Investigator
CSIRO CINTEL
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Mats Isaksson

Research Program Co-lead (Biomimic Cobots program) & Swinburne Node Leader
Swinburne University of Technology
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Robert Fitch

Chief Investigator
University of Technology Sydney
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Lee Clemon

Associate Investigator
University of Technology Sydney / University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Tom Long

Associate PhD Researcher
Queensland University of Technology
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Tony Le

Associate PhD Researcher
University of Technology Sydney
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Learn more about the researchers participating in this program.

Project 2.1: Robotic Intention visualisation (Master of Philosophy)

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Project 2.2: Human Robotic Interaction prototyping toolkit

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Project 2.3: Multi-modal HRC

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Project 2.4: Exploration of cobotic-assisted stent graft manufacture at Cook Medical

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Project 2.5: “Spot, what’s happening?” Explaining a robot’s state through language

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Associated Project: Robotic Blended Sonification

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Associated Project: Cobotic Improvisations

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