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Welcome to The Centre for Advanced Robotics

The Centre for Advanced Robotics @ Queen Mary (ARQ) is a leading UK-based multidisciplinary research centre dedicated to advancing robotics. Our primary goal is to unite, facilitate, and promote comprehensive research and teaching in Advanced Robotics. ARQ serves as the focal point for world-class under-/postgraduate research and teaching in robotics, reinforcing Queen Mary's robotics research activities. Achieving "Centre of Excellence Status" in 2019 at Queen Mary University of London, ARQ has garnered over £7m in research funding since its inauguration in 2017.

Our diverse research portfolio includes projects funded by prestigious entities such as the European Research Council (ERC), European Commission (EC), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Innovate UK, and industrial partners. ARQ, currently led by Professor Kaspar Althoefer, comprises 20 core and associated academic members, along with 45 postdoctoral researchers and PhD students.

Specialized robotics teams within ARQ focus on areas such as robot design, mechatronics, human-robot interaction, control systems, autonomous systems, field robotics, sensing, biomedical robotics, and mechatronics. Notable teams include SAPHIR (Kaspar Althoefer), CRISP (Lorenzo Jamone), HAIR (Ildar Farkhatdinov), and RSR (Dr Ketao Zhang).

Explore the websites of our teams and projects, and publications for insights into our cutting-edge research.

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News

Recent Publications

  • Nanjangud A, Underwood C, Rai CM, Eckersley S, Sweeting M and Bianco P (2024). Towards robotic on-orbit assembly of large space telescopes: Mission architectures, concepts, and analyses. Acta Astronautica, Elsevier BV vol. 224, 379-396.  
    01-11-2024
  • Liu C, Uddin MH and Zhang K (2024). Capacitive PVC gel pressure sensors with various interlinked microstructural dielectric middle layers. Sensors and Actuators A Physical, Elsevier vol. 374 
    01-08-2024
  • Wang Y, Liu C and Zhang K (2024). A Novel Morphing Quadrotor UAV with Sarrus-Linkage-Based Reconfigurable Frame. 2024 6th International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (ReMAR)
    26-06-2024

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Recent Grants

EMPreSS: Enhanced Methane Monitoring Precision for a Multi-Agent UAV System Solution
Paul Balcombe and Ketao Zhang
£415,037 NERC Natural Environment Research Council (01-06-2024 - 31-05-2027)
Integrated Human-Augmented Robotics and Intelligent Sensing Platform for Precision Viticulture
Ketao Zhang and Lei Su
£297,599 Innovate UK (01-09-2023 - 31-08-2026)
Digital Transformation of Electromagnetic Material Design and Manufacturing for Future Wireless Connectivity (DREAM)
Yang Hao, Kaspar Althoefer, Arumugam Nallanathan and Anthony Phillips
£2,579,837 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (01-06-2023 - 31-05-2028)

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