My research focuses on human-centred robotics for complex industrial environments, especially electric-vehicle battery disassembly, nuclear decommissioning, and shared-control mobile manipulation. I study how robots can infer human intent, coordinate multi-robot actions, use extended reality for teleoperation, and apply language or vision-language models while keeping plans inspectable, safe, and useful for real operators.
Publications
Journal publication dates are distinguished from manuscript receipt, acceptance, and preprint dates. Proceedings contributions, preprints, and the MSc thesis are labelled separately from journal articles.
- Interactive and Inspectable LLM Planning for Human-in-the-Loop EV Battery Disassembly. Frontiers in Robotics and AI 13, 1916454 (2026). Accepted article; final formatted version forthcoming.
- GUIDER: Evaluating Goal-Free Human Intent Inference for Teleoperated Manipulation on Real-Robot Data. preprint arXiv:2608.15446. (2026).
- Panel session: Safety consideration for automated and AI technologies. The Role of Innovation in the Nuclear Back-End: Harnessing Robotics and Advanced Technologies for Safer, More Efficient Activities, pp. 85–92. OECD Publishing, Nuclear Energy Agency. (2026).
- Introducing autonomous robotic technologies to safety-critical industries. The Role of Innovation in the Nuclear Back-End: Harnessing Robotics and Advanced Technologies for Safer, More Efficient Activities, pp. 79–82. OECD Publishing, Nuclear Energy Agency. (2026).
- Intent-driven LLM ensemble planning for flexible multi-robot manipulation. Frontiers in Robotics and AI 13, 1727433 (2026).
- Probabilistic human intent prediction for mobile manipulation: An evaluation with human-inspired constraints. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 112(2), 36 (2026).
- Haptic Teleoperation in Extended Reality for Electric Vehicle Battery Disassembly Using Gaussian Mixture Regression. Journal of Field Robotics 43(2): 1130-1151 (2026).
- An Exploratory Study on Crack Detection in Concrete through Human-Robot Collaboration. preprint arXiv:2508.11404. (2025).
- Utilizing Vision-Language Models as Action Models for Intent Recognition and Assistance. preprint arXiv:2508.11093. (2025).
- A mini-review on mobile manipulators with Variable Autonomy. Frontiers in Robotics and AI 12 (2025): 1540476.
- Advanced robotics for automated EV battery testing using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Frontiers in Robotics and AI 11 (2025): 1493869.
- Technoeconomic Assessment of Electric Vehicle Battery Disassembly - Challenges and Opportunities from a Robotics Perspective. IEEE Access 13: 716-733 (2025).
- Semi-Autonomous Robotic Disassembly Enhanced by Mixed Reality. Proceedings of the 2024 4th International Conference on Robotics and Control Engineering. (2024).
- Multi-robot task planning for efficient battery disassembly in electric vehicles. Robotics 13(5), 75 (2024).
- Electric Vehicle Battery Disassembly using Interfacing Toolbox for Robotic Arms. Batteries 10(5), 147 (2024).
- Hyperparameter-optimized CNN and CNN-LSTM for Predicting the Remaining Useful Life of Lithium-ion Batteries. 2023 Eleventh International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Information Systems (ICICIS). IEEE. (2023).
- Harnessing CNN-DNC and CNN-LSTM-DNC Architectures for Enhanced Lithium-Ion Remaining Useful Life Prediction. 2023 Eleventh International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Information Systems (ICICIS). IEEE. (2023).
- Teleoperation of a Robotic Arm Using Eye Tracking in a Mixed Reality Environment. Working paper, Zenodo, 10.5281/zenodo.21879565. (2023).
- Falling Ball - Gravity perception and eye tracking during object interception in VR. MSc thesis, University of Birmingham, Zenodo, 10.5281/zenodo.21890465. (2023).
- ROBOCART: A self-navigating shopping cart for the supermarket. preprint, Zenodo, 10.5281/zenodo.21889524. (2023).
Peer Reviews
- Reviewed 47 manuscripts for IEEE Access (ISSN 2169-3536) during 2024–2026.
- Reviewed 2 manuscripts for IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in 2025.
- Reviewed 2 manuscripts for Computers & Electrical Engineering (ISSN 0045-7906) in 2024.
Research Funding
- NDA Studentship — funded by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and supported by the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory (UKNNL).
- REBELION project support — Research & Development of a highly automated and safe streamlined process for increased lithium-ion battery repurposing and recycling. The GUIDER journal paper acknowledges UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) support under Grant 10079049. The wider EU-funded consortium identifies Grant 101104241; these are distinct award references.
- Additional computational resources — RTX computers funded by GalacNo Ltd.
- Open to collaboration — have an idea, resource, or interest in supporting any of my PhD research? Email me and let’s explore it together.
Talks and Presentations
- COSIMO-IDAI Generative AI Series, LLM orchestration and practical generative AI workflows. (27 February 2026, Elm House, University of Birmingham). [Read More]
- Master class on the Role of LLMs for the entertainment and business industry. (29 October - 2 November 2025, Bucharest, Romania). [Read More]
- KM Talks, United Kingdom National Nuclear Lab, Probabilistic Human Intent Recognition for Mobile Manipulators. (25 September 2025, United Kingdom). [Read More]
- Workshop on the Role of Innovation in the Nuclear Back-End. Panel on Harnessing Robotics and Advanced Technologies for Safer, More Efficient Activities. (31 March - 4 April 2025, Cumbria, United Kingdom). [Read More]
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