Institute of Robotics, Autonomous Systems and Sensing

Our mission is to promote cutting-edge research and education in the field of robotics, autonomous systems and sensing, with a strong focus on translational impact of our discoveries.

We are an active member of Robotics at Leeds which hosts the £5.5 million EPSRC national facility for innovative robotic systems.

Research areas

• Surgical and medical robotics
• Assistive and rehabilitation robotics
• Ultrasonics and embedded systems
• Communication, sensing and control

We have a strong track record in outreach and public engagement activities such as the Leeds Robotics Hackathon, flow code programming (during National Robotics week) and March of the Robots. 

Further information

View all members of our team, our recent projects and publications.

PhD projects

We have opportunities for prospective postgraduate researchers. Find out more.

Contact us

If you would like to discuss an area of research in more detail please contact the Institute Director, Professor Pietro Valdastri, or the Deputy Director, Dr James McLaughlan.