Dr James Douthwaite

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Dr James Douthwaite is a Research Associate in Collaborative Robotics at Sheffield Robotics at the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. He received his MEng (Hons) in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Liverpool in 2015 and hid Ph.D from the University of Sheffield in 2019. As an early career researcher, James has numerous published works in the field of collaborative robotics, multi-agent systems and procedural modelling of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). His interests include multi-agent systems, hybrid aerial systems, industry 4.0 technologies and automation.   

In his role within the CSI:Cobot project, James functions as the technical lead for the Digital Twin (DT) environment. Here James draws on his technical abilities as a researcher in robotics in the environment’s core functionality. His role emphases planning and system design whilst coordinating objectives and development across multiple multidisciplinary research teams. 

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