COgnitive RObotics LAB (COROLAB)
Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester
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About the Research Group

The Cognitive Robotics Lab at the School of Computer Science of the University of Manchester, led by Professor Angelo Cangelosi, hosts a "Robot Home", with a living lab for human-robot interaction experiments. The lab has access to various humanoid robot platforms (iCub, Pepper, Sawyer and Nao) and other interactive robots (e.g. Giraff). The Lab is involved in numerous projects funded by the EU H2020 programme, by the US Air Force Lab, and by companies such as Honda. Current projects include MoveCare on robot companions for the elderly, THRIVE++ on trust and theory of mind, DeCIFER on the robot's understanding of human's actions and goals, and the three Marie Sklodowska Curie grants DCOMM, SECURE and STRoNA on machine learning for language and action.

Members

Group Leader

Angelo Cangelosi

Professor of Machine Learning & Robotics

Postdoctoral Researchers

Federico Tavella

UKRI TAS Trust Node

Joseph Bolarinwa⁩

UKRI TAS Trust Node

Wenjie Huang

PRIMI Project

Fangjun Li

eTALK

PhD Students

Francesco Semeraro

UKRI EPSRC/BAE Systems HRCFM

Mehdi Hellou

PRESEO Project

Radu Stoican

Reinforcement Learning for HRI

Rahul Singh Maharjan

PERSEO Project

Wolodymyr Krywonos

Explainable AI

Hongbo Zhu

Explainable AI

Giannis (Ioannis) Petousakis

Trust in HRI via Theory of Mind

Haodong Xie

Abstract Concepts Learning

Manith Adikari

Social Robot Mediation via Theory of Mind

Theodor Wulff

MSCA TRAIL ESR

Tien Pham

MSCA TRAIL ESR

Xinyun Chi

CRADLE Project

Gabriel Paredes-Larson

Computational Modelling

Matthew Rolph

CRADLE Project

Visiting Scholars

Prof. Antonio Chella

University of Palermo

Dr. Christian Goerick

Honda Reserach Institute

Dr. Debora Zanatto

University of Bristol

Dr. Eduardo Coutinho

University of Liverpool

Dr. Francesco Lanza

University of Palermo

Dr. Juan G. Victores

University Carlos III of Madrid

Prof. Xiaofeng Liu

Hohai University China

Sandro Brignone

University of Turin

Ana Lucia Urrea

University of Seville

Wiktor Rorot

University of Warsaw

Federico Manzi

Theory of mind in HRI

George Angelopoulos

Transparency in HRI

Giuseppe Fulvio Gaglio

Moral mediators in the Metaverse

Niyati Rawal

PERSEO project

Alumni

Massimiliano Patacchiola

Deep learning

Gabriella Pizzuto

MSCA DCOMM ETN

Gi Hyun Lim

H2020 STRoNA Fellowship

Mohammad Thabet

MSCA SECURE ETN

Samuele Vinanzi

THRIVE++

Daniel Hernández García

Heriot-Watt University

Ioanna Giorgi

University of Plymouth

Wenxuan Mou

US THRIVE++ project

Hazel Taylor

HRI for nuclear robotics

Luca Raggioli

MSCA ITN e-LADDA ESR

Baris Serhan

THRIVE++ and UKRI TAS Trust Node

Jacopo de Berardinis

Graph neural netwrok

Robots

Robots we have at our lab

  • iCub

    iCub Description

    • The iCub robot is a humanoid robot valued €200K, incorporates 53 DoFs (Degrees of Freedom) for moving the head, arms & hands, waist and legs, compliant actuators and sensors. The skin in forearms and hand palms allows for tactile HRI and fine object manipulation. The head has stereo cameras in a swivel mounting where eyes would be located on the human head and microphones on the side, to replace the ears. It also has lines of red LEDs representing mouth and eyebrows mounted behind the face panel for making facial expressions and expressing emotions.

    • The robot is already capable of eye and head motion, leg and body movement using accelerometers and gyroscopes, object recognition and a grasping movement of small objects, crawling, solving complex 3D mazes, collision avoidance within non-static environments and self-collision avoidance.

    • iCub is an open systems platform for research in robotics, AI, and cognitive science.

  • Sawyer

    Sawyer Description

    • Sawyer is the revolutionary collaborative robot designed to execute tasks that have been impractical to automate with traditional industrial robots.

    • https://www.rethinkrobotics.com/sawyer/

  • Pepper

    Pepper Robot Description

    • Pepper is the world’s first social humanoid robot able to recognize faces and basic human emotions. Pepper was optimized for human interaction and is able to engage with people through conversation and his touch screen.

    • https://www.softbankrobotics.com/emea/en/pepper

  • NAO

    NAO Robot Description

    • NAO is the first robot created by SoftBank Robotics. Famous around the world, NAO is a tremendous programming tool and he has especially become a standard in education and research. NAO is also used as an assistant by companies and healthcare centers to welcome, inform and entertain visitors.

    • https://www.softbankrobotics.com/emea/en/nao

  • Furhat

    Furhat Robot Description

    • Furhat is a social robot that communicates with us humans as we do with each other - by speaking, listening, showing emotions and maintaining eye contact. This advanced research platform is used for Artificial Intelligence (AI), Human Robot Interaction (HRI), Cognition and Healthcare.

    • https://furhatrobotics.com/

  • Franka Research 3

    Franka Panda Description

    • FRANKA research 3 is a robotic arm developed by Franka Emika, designed for research and educational purposes in robotics and automation.

    • It features a seven-axis design, allowing for high flexibility and dexterity in performing various tasks. The arm is known for its sensitive force-torque sensors, advanced safety features, and easy programmability, making it suitable for human-robot collaboration and a wide range of research applications.

    • https://franka.de/

Projects

Research Projects

Thrive++

UKRI TAS Trust Node

MSCA ITN e-LADDA

MoveCare

DeCIFER

SECURE

DComm

STRoNA

PERSO

TRAIL

PRIMI

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