SoAIR Laboratory

Research laboratory focusing on different topics that combine multidisciplinary knowledge in robotics and AI, cognitive science, and computational linguistics

The SoAIR Laboratory is a new research laboratory focusing on different topics that combine multidisciplinary knowledge in robotics and AI, cognitive science, and computational linguistics, including:

Human-Robot Interaction; social intelligence in robots and its applications in human daily life (e.g., e-health, education, entertainment, helping children with autism, elderly care, etc.)
Cognitive and developmental systems that can make robots able to make decisions under uncertainty and acquire new skills (e.g., sensorimotor, interactive, and linguistic), and develop the learned knowledge and skills through interaction with human users and the environment.
E-Health and healthcare technologies for human well-being.
Language and speech technologies.

For more information please contact Dr Amir Aly, Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

(Location: Smeaton Building

The SoAIR Laboratory utilises the following robot platforms

ICub Robot
A full humanoid robot capable of grasping objects and interacting with people and the environment. It is an ideal platform for related research to embodied cognition.

Nao Robot
A humanoid social robot used extensively in different applications like education, entertainment and healthcare.

Pepper Robot
A humanoid robot used in different applications like education and entertainment.

Baxter Robot
A two-armed robot with an animated screen that is capable of grasping objects during human-robot collaboration.

Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS)

The centre builds on the world-leading and international excellence in the field of artificial intelligence, cognitive robotics and neural computation.

Find out more about our research, projects and team.