Dexterity and Haptics at the Manipulation and Touch Lab (IS Colloquium)
- Dr. Adam Spiers
- Imperial College London
The Manipulation and Touch Lab (MTL) at Imperial College London conducts research on topics related to human and robotic manipulation, tactile sensing, haptic interfaces and applied machine learning. In this talk the PI of the lab, Dr Ad Spiers, (formerly of MPI-IS) will discuss several of the MTL’s novel mechatronic approaches to these topics, focusing particularly on dexterous robotic manipulation and tactile sensors. Ad will also give an overview of his startup’s work on a novel haptic interface to aid navigation for vision-impaired pedestrians.
Biography: Dr Adam ‘Ad’ Spiers is a lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Dept of Electrical Engineering at Imperial College London. His major research focus is robotic manipulation, where he takes inspiration from biological systems to develop new robotic hand hardware, sensing and control approaches. He also conducts research in upper-limb prosthetics, human hand function and handheld shape-changing haptic interfaces. Prior to joining Imperial, he worked at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Yale University, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, the Joint European Torus (JET) and The University of Reading. He is a co-founder of MakeSense Ltd, a startup focusing on navigation technology for visually impaired people.
Details
- 26 March 2025 • 11:00 - 12:00
- Hybrid - WebEx plus in-person attendance in Copper (2R04)
- Haptic Intelligence
