Projects and Grants

A list of our active projects and funding agencies including Joint Industry Projects (JIP). Scroll down for completed PhD Projects and Internship Projects.

Quick Links: [JST Moonshot-3: Project 1 // Project 2] [Kawada] [Alan Turing Institute] [AvatarX] [EVA]

Current Projects & Grants

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Monitoring and Intervention in Neural Degeneration

PI: Sethu Vijayakumar

Grant Agency: Japan Science and Technology Agency (Moonshot Goal 3)

Project Duration: June 2024 - November 2025 [Project Page]

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Hierarchical Motion Planning Framework for Realising Long-horizon Task

PI: Sethu Vijayakumar, Joao Moura, Namiko Saito

Grant Agency: Japan Science and Technology Agency (Moonshot Goal 3)

Project Duration: April 2024 - November 2025 [Project Page]

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Non-prehensile Manipulation with Admittance Control on Nextage Open robot     

PI: Sethu Vijayakumar

Grant Agency: Kawada Robotics Agency (UoE Research Explorer Page)

Project Duration: January 2023 - August 2024

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PhD Studentship in Biomechanically Enabled Robot Support for Assisted Living       

PI: Sethu Vijayakumar

Grant Agency: Honda Research Institute

Project Duration: September 2023 - August 2026

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The Microsoft Research - Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellowship in Robotics

PI: Sethu Vijayakumar

Grant Agency: RAEng and Microsoft (UoE Research Explorer Page)

Project Duration: August 2017 - May 2027

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Institute Programme Director for Human-AI Interfaces and Robotics (Alan Turing Institute)

PI: Sethu Vijayakumar

Grant Agency: The Alan Turing Institute (UoE Research Explorer Page)

Project Duration: September 2018 - August 2024

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HARMONY: Enhancing Healthcare with Assistive Robotic Mobile Manipulation (HARMONY)

PI: Sethu Vijayakumar

Grant Agency: Horizon 2020 (UoE Research Explorer Page)

Project Duration: January 2021 - June 2024

Internship Projects

  • [01] EVA (Elle Miller, 2022)

Completed PhD Projects (& Links to Thesis)