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Research

Our research can be roughly divided into the eight following themes

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AR Drone

Autonomy

Automation and Monitoring
Safety
Systems Modelling
Testing and Quality Assurance
Verification and Validation

Autonomy

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Bioinspired & Biomimetic Systems

Bio-inspired Robotics
Computational Neuroscience

Bioinspired & Biomimetic Systems

Sheffield Robotics Kilobot Swarm

Distributed Robotics

Multi-robot Systems
Reconfigurable Robots
Swarm Robotics

Distributed Robotics

A picture of the Jaguar robot with manipulator arm

Field Robotics and Smart Cities

Aerial Robotics
Agritech Robots
Navigation
Smart Cities

Field Robotics and Smart Cities

Picture of the Nao robot with girl

Humans and Robots

Assistive Robots
Human-Robot Interaction
Laws and Ethics
Medical Robotics
Social Robotics

Humans and Robots

A picture of the Kuka arm grasping an object

Manufacturing Robotics

Collaborative Robots
Flexible Manufacturing

Manufacturing Robotics

A picture of the Paro robot seal

Robot Bodies

Biomimetics
Micro robots

Robot Bodies

iCub Robot

Robotics Sciences

Evolutionary robotics
Intelligent Control and Signal Processing
Machine Learning and AI
Natural Language Processing
Sensing and Perception

Robotics Sciences

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Our research sub-themes

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