Humanoid Robotics and Embodied Artificial Intelligence
CS
Featured Projects.
Project no.3: MOIRA
MORIA is a prototype modular humanoid robot with quick-change parts. The concept is that the robot can be adapted quickly in the field by adding various attachments and components to fit the needs of the researcher.
Unlike typical commercial robots, MOIRA can be repaired quickly using 3D printed parts and off-the-shelf electronics and actuators.
The AI system can be run locally on a PI5 with AI HAT 2+, allowing for platform-independent and open programming.
Project no.3: Machine Learning for Robotic Lipsync
As listed in BBC Science Focus's list of the top 13 scientific moments of 2021 (See End of Year Special 2021) my research in developing a machine learning tool to extract visemes from speech synthesis to control robotic lip synchronisation gained international attention in the robotics community.
Project no.4: Robotic Eyes that Dilate to Light and Emotion
When the robot is interacting with someone, a camera uses machine-learning software to predict their emotional state from their facial expressions. This assigns an emotion to the robot such as positive or negative and sends a message to the pupils to expand or get smaller accordingly. Similarly, in light mode, the robot’s pupil dilates in darkness and shrinks in brighter conditions. This research was recently used for the front cover of the December 2021 issue of Informatics HCI special edition.
