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: [Kawada Robotics Corporation] [UoE-AIRS] [AvatarX] [EVA]

Current Projects & Grants

AIRS
UoE-AIRS Joint Project

PI: Sethu Vijayakumar, Tin Lun Lam

Grant Agency: Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society (Project Details)

Project Duration: January 2020 - June 2023

Microsoft
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

Alan Turing
Institute Programme Co-Director for Artificial Intelligence

PI: Sethu Vijayakumar

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

Project Duration: September 2018 - August 2024

Harmony logo
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

Honda
Co-bots and Exoskeletons for Assisted Living with Ergonomic Measures

PI: Sethu Vijayakumar & Michael Gienger

Grant Agency: Honda Research Institute (UoE Research Explorer Page)

Project Duration: Feb 2021 - Jan 2023

Kawada
Interactive Collision-Free Bi-Manual Manipulation (Kawada JIP)

PI: Sethu Vijayakumar, Vladimir Ivan

Grant Agency: Kawada Robotics Corporation (Project Details)

Project Duration: June 2020 - Feb 2023

Internship Projects

  • [01] EVA (Elle Miller, 2022)

Completed PhD Projects (& Links to Thesis)