Engineering Physicist. The National Robotarium PM | Visiting lecturer, University of Edinburgh | WES Top 50 Women in Engineering 2021
Scotland, UK
Joined November 2010
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Thank you @netzero_tc for having me on their panel at #speoffshoreeurope. As our energy assets diversify and the North Sea becomes busier than ever, robotics and digitisation will be key for effective and safe operations.
Leaving the screened room for the cyclotron emission exps @Craignirvana3
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We love having the @NRobotarium right on our doorstep 🦾
Check out this behind-the-scenes tour of the UK’s centre for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.
#HeriotWattUni
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#research theme event
@NRobotarium on 30th June. Is Robotics in a sustainable world accelerating or hindering? @SICSA_Scotland colleagues can register for the event and participate in the discussion. @Kaz82ba eventbrite.co.uk/e/robotics-…
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What a beautiful day with @ArleneBunton and the wonderful people down to Ayr. We introduced #Maah to everyone and it was a treat to witness their reactions to our companion #robot. Thank you @scottishcare for helping us develop a platform to enhance peoples' life and #Wellbeing
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This evening I will be joining a panel in The Playfair Library as part of the Edinburgh Futures Institute discussion on "Living with Robots": efi.ed.ac.uk/events/living-w…
The event will be streamed online and there are still a few tickets available for the in-person event. @UoE_EFI
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Our Chancellor's Fellow, Dr Francesco Giorgio-Serchi, spoke to the @EveningStandard's Tech & Science podcast about an e-skin our researchers have created to enable soft robots to 'feel' their surroundings.
🎧 Listen: edin.ac/3Z2olaN
📰 Read more: edin.ac/41v5MxL
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Please, read and share our recent @micromach_mdpi research paper on the Design and Fabrication of a Fully-Integrated, Miniaturised Fluidic System for the Analysis of Enzyme Kinetics
doi.org/10.3390/mi14030537
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Showing #Maah at @Move_Summit with Camilla! What do animators and professional cinematographers think about a friendly and cuddly robot!?
#robotics #companion #interiordesign
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Thank you to the UK Young Academy, it is an honour to have been chosen as a successful candidate for membership to the organisation.
It is a pleasure to announce that I have been accepted as a member of the UK Young Academy.
“We are delighted to introduce the first members of the #UKYoungAcademy. This is a huge achievement for them and an exciting step for the UK in the Young Academy movement," said President of the @royalsociety Sir Adrian Smith. Meet the group: ukyoungacademy.org/members/
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Thank you @NRobotarium for hosting our students' presentation on their #designrobotics course this week!! This course fosters imaginative thinking and multidisciplinary collaboration through making. Congrats to everyone!!
@DesignInf @EdinburghUni
#Robots #design #education
Congratulations NASA, that was absolutely fantastic.
We are going.
For the first time, the @NASA_SLS rocket and @NASA_Orion fly together. #Artemis I begins a new chapter in human lunar exploration.
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Workshops at RoboSoft conferences are always unique. This time, the deadline for WS/Tutorial proposal submission is Nov. 15. Please save the date.
We are looking toward receipts of interesting proposals.
softroboticsconference.org/c…
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The UK Government is helping fund tomorrow's technology today through the National Robotarium, which will attract more investment and talent to Scotland.
UK Minister for Scotland @David_Duguid attended the centre's opening last week 👇
@NRobotarium @DataCapitalEd #LevellingUp
An evening at the ballet. What does it mean to be human in a world of AI - Scottish Ballet presented its contemporary rework of Coppélia. No dolls here, just 3D printed humanoids. Fantastic. @scottishballet
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Alsomitra macrocarpa has seeds which use paper-thin wings to disperse like giant gliders. The seeds, which are produced by a football-sized pod, can glide hundreds of metres across the forest [read more: buff.ly/2xzxEqt] [full video: buff.ly/2EDymnV]
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Our #necrobotics paper is out today in open-access @AdvSciNews Advanced Science! We repurposed biotic material (in this case, a deceased spider) as a #robotic gripper. #materials #engineering onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
ALT Necrobotics article summary: a deceased spider is converted to a robotic gripper in one simple step.