People

Academic and professional staff, postdoc researchers, PhD students and alumni

Academic and Professional Staff

Sethu Vijayakumar

Professor of Robotics; Programme Director, The Alan Turing Institute

Street: Research Interests:
Humanoid Robotics, Robot Learning, High-Dimensional Motion Planning, Optimal Control, Human Sensorimotor Adaptation, Prosthetics and Exoskeletons

Steve Tonneau

Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

Street: Research Interests:
Humanoid Robotics, Multi-contact Motion Planning, Convex optimisation, Combinatorial problems

Serena Lambley

Projects Manager

Postdoctoral Researchers

João Moura

Postdoctoral Researcher

Street: Research Interests:
Learning constrained motions and manipulation with contacts

Saeid Samadi

Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: ssamadi@ed.ac.uk

Street: Research Interests:
Humanoids and Animanoids, whole-body balance control, motion planning, optimal control

Wenqian Du

Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: wdu2@ed.ac.uk
Google Scholar

Street: Research Interests:
Whole-body motion generation, humanoid and quadruped robots, manipulation, optimization-based torque control, balance and locomotion

Keyhan Babarahmati

Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: kkouhkil@ed.ac.uk
- Linkedin
- Google Scholar

Street: Research Interests:
Safe and Compliant Human-Robot Interaction/Cooperation/Collaboration, Dynamics and Model-based Control, Reinforcement Learning in Robot Control and Optimal Control

Russell Buchanan (due to start 2023)

Postdoctoral Researcher

Web: Personal Page
Google Scholar

Street: Research Interests:
Legged robots, state estimation, mapping

Namiko Saito (due to start April 2023)

Postdoctoral Researcher

Web: Personal Page
Google Scholar

Street: Research Interests:
Multimodal learning, Sensorimotor control and Manipulation

PhD Students

Jiayi Wang

PhD Student

Email: Jiayi.Wang@ed.ac.uk
Web: Personal Page
- LinkedIn
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Github
- Google Scholar

Street: Research Interests:
Motion Planning for Legged Robots

Traiko Dinev

PhD Student

Email: Traiko.Dinev@ed.ac.uk
Web: Personal Page

Street: Research Interests:
Computational co-design, Dynamic locomotion, Statistical Machine Learning

Andreas Christou

PhD Student

Street: Research interests:
Rehabilitation robotics, Human sensorimotor control, Neuroprosthetics, Exoskeletons, Functional Electrical Stimulation

Ran Long

PhD Student

Email: Ran.Long@ed.ac.uk
Web: Personal Page

Street: Research Interests:
Visual odometry, localisation in dynamic environments, robot proprioception

Ruaridh Mon-Williams

PhD Student

Email: ruaridh.mw@ed.ac.uk
Web: LinkedIn

Street: Research Interests:
Game theory, control theory, robotics, machine learning, human-robot interaction and cognitive science

Marina Aoyama

PhD Student

Email: m.aoyama@sms.ed.ac.uk
LinkedIn

Street: Research Interests:
Learning from Demonstration, Machine Teaching, Dynamic motor control, Human-robot collaboration

Visitors & Interns

Giulia De Togni

Visiting Researcher

Street: Research Interests:
Disaster Risk Reduction, Risk Communication, Governance, AI and Robotics in Healthcare, Socially Assistive Robotics, Affective Computing, Politics of Innovation, Technoscientific Imaginaries, Anthropology, Ethnography, Japan

Adrian Röfer

ELLIS Joint PhD Student

University of Freiburg

Web: Personal Page
Web: Github

Street: Research Interests:
Mobile Manipulation, Imitation Learning, Contact-Rich Manipulation, and Visuomotor Control

Aidan Roche

Clinical Lecturer

Web: Personal Page
Google Scholar

Street: Research Interests:
Human motor control, Bionic interfaces, Upper limb prosthetics, Peripheral nerve surgery

Juan del Aguila Ferrandis

BSc Honours Project Student

Street: Research Interests:
Machine learning and dexterous manipulation

Sandor Felber

Robotics R&D Engineering Placement Student

Email: S.Felber@sms.ed.ac.uk
Linkedin

Street: Research Interests:
Mobile Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, Robotic Teleoperation, Motion Control, Object Manipulation

Alumni - PhD Graduates & Postdocs (and next destination)

PhD Graduates [with thesis links]	Postdocs
Henrique Ferrolho (2017-2022), Ocado, UK Christopher Mower (2015-2021), King's College, London, UK Daniel Gordon (2015-2021), University of Edinburgh, UK Theodoros Stouraitis (2016-2021), HONDA Research Institute, Germany Joao Moura (2016-2021), University of Edinburgh, UK Wolfgang Merkt (2015-2019), University of Oxford, UK Agamemnon Krasoulis (2013-2017), Newcastle University, UK Yiming Yang (2013-2017), University of Edinburgh, UK Andreea Radulescu (2011-2016), Italian Institute of Technology, Italy Alexander Enoch (2010-2015), Robotical Ltd. (RAEng Fellow) Hsiu-Chin Lin (2010-2015), University of Birmingham, UK Vladimir Ivan (2010-2015), University of Edinburgh, UK Luigi Acerbi (2010-2014), New York University, USA Konrad Rawlik (2008-2013), Roslin Institute, UK Chris Towell (2008-2013) Evelina Overlingaite (2009-2013) Ian Saunders (2007-2011), University of Warwick, UK. Hannes Saal (2007-2011), University of Chicago, USA Sebastian Bitzer (2006-2010), Max-Planck Institute, Germany Djordje Mitrovic(2006-2010), Basler Kantonalbank, Switzerland Matthew Howard (2005-2009), University of Edinburgh, UK Adrian Haith (2005-2009), John Hopkins University, USA Narayanan Edakunni (2004-2009), University of Bristol, UK Tim Hospedales (2004-2008), Queen Mary University, London, UK Giorgos Petkos (2004-2008), CERTH-ITI, Greece Graham McNeill (2003-2008), University of Bath, UK	Daniel Gordon (2021-2022), Huawei Research Centre, Germany Christian Rauch (2019-2022), Bosch, Germany Vladimir Ivan (2015-2022), Touch Labs, Edinburgh, UK Carlos Mastalli (2019-2022), Heriot Watt University, UK Zeeshan Babar (2021-2022), Heriot Watt University, UK Lei Yan (2019-2021) Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen Songyan Xin (2019-2021) Dyson, UK Carlo Tiseo (2018-2021), University of Edinburgh, UK Sanghyun Kim (2020-2021), Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Korea Wouter Wolfslag (2018-2019), Delft University, Netherlands Yiming Yang (2017-2019), Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China Jun Nakanishi (2009-2014), ICS, TU Munich, Germany David Braun (2010-2013), Vanderbildt University, USA Matthew Howard (2009-2012), King's College, London Takeshi Mori (2010-2011) Stefan Klanke (2007-2009), Radboud University Nijemegen, Netherlands Jo-Anne Ting (2009-2009), University of British Columbia, Canada Heiko Hoffmann (2006-2007), USC, Los Angeles, USA Marc Toussaint (2004-2006), TU Berlin, Germany

PhD Graduates [with thesis links]

Postdocs

Henrique Ferrolho (2017-2022), Ocado, UK
Christopher Mower (2015-2021), King's College, London, UK
Daniel Gordon (2015-2021), University of Edinburgh, UK
Theodoros Stouraitis (2016-2021), HONDA Research Institute, Germany
Joao Moura (2016-2021), University of Edinburgh, UK
Wolfgang Merkt (2015-2019), University of Oxford, UK
Agamemnon Krasoulis (2013-2017), Newcastle University, UK
Yiming Yang (2013-2017), University of Edinburgh, UK
Andreea Radulescu (2011-2016), Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
Alexander Enoch (2010-2015), Robotical Ltd. (RAEng Fellow)
Hsiu-Chin Lin (2010-2015), University of Birmingham, UK
Vladimir Ivan (2010-2015), University of Edinburgh, UK
Luigi Acerbi (2010-2014), New York University, USA
Konrad Rawlik (2008-2013), Roslin Institute, UK
Chris Towell (2008-2013)
Evelina Overlingaite (2009-2013)
Ian Saunders (2007-2011), University of Warwick, UK.
Hannes Saal (2007-2011), University of Chicago, USA
Sebastian Bitzer (2006-2010), Max-Planck Institute, Germany
Djordje Mitrovic(2006-2010), Basler Kantonalbank, Switzerland
Matthew Howard (2005-2009), University of Edinburgh, UK
Adrian Haith (2005-2009), John Hopkins University, USA
Narayanan Edakunni (2004-2009), University of Bristol, UK
Tim Hospedales (2004-2008), Queen Mary University, London, UK
Giorgos Petkos (2004-2008), CERTH-ITI, Greece
Graham McNeill (2003-2008), University of Bath, UK

Daniel Gordon (2021-2022), Huawei Research Centre, Germany
Christian Rauch (2019-2022), Bosch, Germany
Vladimir Ivan (2015-2022), Touch Labs, Edinburgh, UK
Carlos Mastalli (2019-2022), Heriot Watt University, UK
Zeeshan Babar (2021-2022), Heriot Watt University, UK
Lei Yan (2019-2021) Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
Songyan Xin (2019-2021) Dyson, UK
Carlo Tiseo (2018-2021), University of Edinburgh, UK
Sanghyun Kim (2020-2021), Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Korea
Wouter Wolfslag (2018-2019), Delft University, Netherlands
Yiming Yang (2017-2019), Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Jun Nakanishi (2009-2014), ICS, TU Munich, Germany
David Braun (2010-2013), Vanderbildt University, USA
Matthew Howard (2009-2012), King's College, London
Takeshi Mori (2010-2011)
Stefan Klanke (2007-2009), Radboud University Nijemegen, Netherlands
Jo-Anne Ting (2009-2009), University of British Columbia, Canada
Heiko Hoffmann (2006-2007), USC, Los Angeles, USA
Marc Toussaint (2004-2006), TU Berlin, Germany

This article was published on 13 Feb, 2023

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