25 March 2026

In the recent QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 for Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering, my current home, MIT, where I work as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (MITMECHE), is ranked 1st. I look forward to continuing to contribute to this wonderful community! MIT also ranked overall

At the same time, my alma mater and former employer, the University of Cambridge, continues to hold official External Collaborator status and has ranked 4th in the world. Congratulations to my colleagues from the Institute of Manufacturing (IfM) and the larger Engineering Department!

11  March 2026

We won the Most Impactful Poster at MERE 2026: Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition, Mechanical Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), for our work on smartphone-based robotic teleoperation. This work includes the collaborative efforts of multiple researchers (Rolando, Ziling, Stella, and John) and students (Zac and Neeraj), with Rolando being the main person/presenter behind it.

Pretendse Figure, courtesy of Meredith Thompson.

31  Jan 2026

A paper based on the thesis by former MPhil student at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), Zachary Baylis, was accepted for publication at the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). Congratulations, Zac and the rest of the team, who worked on this project!

Z. Baylis, Z. Chen, R. Bautista-Montesano, Y. Jung Yoon, T. Bohné, S.K. Tadeja, J. Liu, Exploring Haptic Augmentation and Language Design for Smartphone-Based Teleoperation, 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

18  Dec 2025

We were among 8 teams from ~45 internal MIT teams who won funding bestowed by MIT's 2025 Initiative for New Manufacturing call for proposals on AI and Automation in manufacturing. Our successful proposal was titled "Scaling Expert Performance: Agentic Human-AI Teaming for Smart Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement," with Dr. John Liu, head of the LEAP Group, and Assistant Prof. Andreea Babu serving as the PI and Co-PI, respectively.

12  Dec 2025

Former MPhil student at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), Zachary Baylis, obtained a distinction and a final grade of 83% for his thesis, ranking first overall in his MPhil ISMM cohort! Congratulations, Zac!

Zac carried out his thesis project under my supervision, as part of a collaboration between the Cyber-Human Lab (CHL) in Cambridge and the MIT Learning Engineering Practice (LEAP) Group. 

20 Nov 2025

Dr Tim J. Schoonbeek, a former visitor to Cyber-Human Lab (CHL) in Cambridge, has successfully defended his thesis entitled "Automated support for operators executing industrial procedures through visual analysis of data from head-mounted displays." The research he conducted at CHL formed part of his doctoral thesis. I had the pleasure of becoming an advisory member of his doctoral committee. Well done, Doctor Schoonbeek!

20 Nov 2025

I had the great pleasure and fun of visiting ASML HQ at Eindhoven, NL, and seeing their Experience Centre and Exhibition. Plenty of interesting discussion, thanks to my host, Dr Jacek Kustra, with whom we had the chance to talk on the future of chip production. What an amazing place to see! 

7 Nov 2025

Our paper, titled "Hypernetwork Approach to Rapid NeRF Adaptation," has been accepted for publication in the Knowledge-Based Systems journal! 

7 Nov 2025

Our paper, titled "Mapping of the Digital Twin Design Process Landscape: The Results of a Domain-Expert Visual Qualitative Study," has been accepted for publication in the Research in Engineering Design journal! The paper presents the results of 19 expert approaches to designing and developing digital twins, organized into a comprehensive design process.

5 Nov 2025

Our paper, titled Design and development of asymmetric VR environment supporting collaborative interaction of physicians and patients with MRI data has been accepted for publication in the Computers & Graphics journal!

14 August 2025

Our paper, based on Adya Hegde's ISMM MPhil thesis, has been accepted for inclusion in the  4th International Workshop on XR Solutions for Smart Production (XR-SPro 2025) at the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct) 2025.

This also marks the first paper I have co-authored since joining MIT.

14 June 2025

Today, as reported in Google Scholar, the work of my colleagues and I has reached 500 citations! I am thankful to all my collaborators, former and present.

29 April 2025

We had a visit from the CEO, Łukasz Antczak, and CTO, Jakub Bartoszek, from the MAB Robotics startup, who visited Boston to become the recipients of the 2025 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award by The Robot Report for their work on the Honey Badger quadruped robot, known for its ability to operate underwater and in extreme environments. 

21 April 2025

I was invited to and accepted to join the Technical Committee of the IEEE International Symposium on Emerging Metaverse (ISEMV).

1 April 2025

I became a Postdoctoral Associate in Novel Learning Technologies for Manufacturing at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Work within the MIT Learning Engineering and Practice Group (LEAP Group).

19 March 2025

I was invited to deliver a research seminar that was part of the series of  80th anniversary of Cracow University of Technology lectures. I was talking about using augmented reality (AR) to amplify the abilities of production line workers. 

Thanks to Dr Radosław Kycia for the invitation.

13 March 2025

In the recent QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering, my alma mater and current employer, the University of Cambridge, has placed 3rd in the world. Congratulations to my colleagues from the Institute of Manufacturing (IfM)!

MIT, where I will soon start my Postdoctoral Associateship in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (MITMECHE), placed 1st. I look forward to the beginning of my work with my new Team.

At the same time, huge congratulations to my colleagues at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) of NTU Singapore, which I had the pleasure to visit last January, who moved to 4th place this year. What an achievement! 

3 March 2025

I had the pleasure of seeing Dawn - the UK's fastest supercomputer, built in Cambridge.

Courtesy of Wojciech J. Turek, Head of Research Computing Platforms at Cambridge University

12 Feb 2025

I will be delivering a talk for the high-school students planning to participate at the Polish National AI Olympiad. I will share my experience and provide and overview on the application of machine learning in the context of industrial eXtended Reality (XR).

Details can be found at this LinkedIn post. 

5 Feb 2025

The two workshop papers are:

Żaba et al., From Tabletop to Augmented Reality: Exploring Navigation Mesh and Waypoint Navigation Approaches in Role-Playing Game Transformation

Igras-Cybulska et al., Supporting Shared Decision-Making Between Patients and Physicians: Using Hybrid VR Interface for Collaborative MRI Visualization

29 Jan 2025

I will deliver four lectures on practical applications of algorithms as part of 4M26 Algorithms and Data Structures (Lent term 2025) at the Engineering Department, University of Cambridge.

13 Jan 2025

Visit at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). During the two-day visit, I had the pleasure of speaking with multiple faculty and staff members and seeing the wonderful NTU campus.  

13 Dec 2024

I was officially invited to become a Postdoctoral Associate in Novel Learning Technologies in Manufacturing with the MIT Learning Engineering and Practice Group (LEAP Group) under the supervision of Dr John Liu.

24 October 2024

I am thrilled to announce that our paper was awarded the Best Journal Paper Honorable Mention at the prestigious IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2024).  Congratulations to my co-authors: V. Zhang, A. Albers, C. Saeedi-Givi, P.O. Kristensson, T. Bohné

A big thank you to the conference Organizers, Reviewers and Conference Committee for their support and feedback.

Our work was supported by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant no. EP/V062123/1.

20 October 2024

Our research on AR evaluation in industrial settings has been nominated for the best paper award at the prestigious IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2024). 

This year, the IEEE ISMAR 2024 TVCG track had a reported acceptance rate of 16%.

Our work was supported by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant no. EP/V062123/1.

Congratulations to my co-authors: V. Zhang, A. Albers, C. Saeedi-Givi, P.O. Kristensson, T. Bohné

25 September 2024

A paper accepted at the 2024 Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurlIPS 2024)

Congratulations to my co-authors: J. Waczyńska, P. Borycki, J. Kaleta, P. Spurek

23 August 2024

A paper accepted at the IEEE International Symposium on the Emerging Metaverse (ISEMV 2024). 

Congratulations to my co-authors: A. Filipowicz, M. Kurpios, M. Igras-Cybulska, M. Frankowski, T. Bohné, P.O. Kristensson 

19 August 2024

Three papers  I co-authored were accepted at the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality_Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct 2024). 

2 papers accepted @ the XR-SPro 2024 Workshop

1 paper accepted @ the MASK! Mobile Analytics from Situated Knowledge Workshop

Congratulations to my co-authors: A. Albers, K. Moskała, M. Frankowski, M. Igras-Cybulska, A. Witoszek-Kubicka, T. Bohné, A. Banaszczyk, M. Łysakowski, M.R. Nowicki, P. Skrzypczyński

15 July 2024

Our research on AR deployment in industrial settings has been accepted for publication by the Multimedia Tools and Applications (MTAP) journal.  Our work was supported by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant no. EP/V062123/1.

1 July 2024

Congratulations to my co-authors: L. Bock and T. Bohné

1 July 2024

Our research on AR evaluation in industrial settings has been accepted for a very competitive journal track (< 23% acceptance) and publication in the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (IEEE TVCG) 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2024).  Our work was supported by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant no. EP/V062123/1.

Congratulations to my co-authors: V. Zhang, A. Albers, C. Saeedi-Givi, P.O. Kristensson, T. Bohné

30 June 2024

Our research, funded by OHMC Pump Prime Funding Call 3, has been accepted for oral presentation and publication in the proceedings of the 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2024).

Congratulations to my co-authors: T. Zhou, M. Capponi, K. Walas, T. Bohné, F. Forni

26 June 2024

My research was recently showcased on the Trinity Hall website. 

26 April 2024

It is my pleasure to announce that I have been awarded the Institute of Manufacturing (IfM) 2023 Postdoctoral Award for Excellence in Research. Congratulations also to Kate Sanders and Zoi Roupakia.

13 April 2024

Dr Thomas Bohné and I received the CUED-Mathworks Small Grant to collaborate with Prof Przemysław Korantowski from the Aerial Robotic Systems Lab at Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) on Using Augmented Reality for Guiding Assembly of Reconfigurable Multicopter System Delivering Parcels. The grant will allow us to support one UROP internship at Cyber-Human Lab (CHL) over summer 2024.

12 December 2023

Dr Thomas Bohné and I received the Engineering for Clinical Practice grant for the Enabling Robotic Surgery Training with Augmented Reality project, which will be realised in collaboration with Prof Fulvio Forni from Control Lab and medics from Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Mr Adam Peryt, MD and Dr Emilia Świetlik, MD. The award will allow us to support one UROP internship at Cyber-Human Lab (CHL) during the summer of 2024.

20 November 2023

It was great to visit the Tulip Experience Centre (TEC) in Boston, MA, US. Lots of interesting discussions. Thank you for the opportunity, Tulip

21 November 2023

It was great to visit Universal Robots (UR) in Boston, MA, US last week—a tone of exciting discussions on the future of collaborative robotics.

20 November 2023

I had a great opportunity and privilege to talk about the work we are doing at the Cyber-Human Lab (CHL) on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean at MIT Media Lab and chat with the members of the Responsive Environments Group.

13 October 2023

Please have a look at the Industrial Metaverse briefing paper resulting from the collaboration between the Cyber-Human Lab (CHL) at Cambridge and the World Economic Forum (WEF): "Exploring the Industrial Metaverse: A Roadmap to the Future".

13 March 2023

Dr Thomas Bohné and I received the Observatory for Human Machine Collaboration (OHMC) Pump Prime Funding Call 3 for the Human-Robot Collaboration Using Augmented Reality (AR) project, which will be realised in collaboration with Prof Fulvio Forni from Control Lab. The award will allow us to support one UROP internship at Cyber-Human Lab (CHL) during the summer of 2023.

10 January 2020

A one, final stop on my trip to sunny California and the Silicon Valley: Apple Park, Apple Inc. HQ. Here, I once again had a chance to talk about our research in Industrial Visual Analytics in Virtual Reality (VR). Thank you, Apple, for having me!

9 January 2020

It was a marvellous experience to deliver a seminar talk about our research in industrial visual analytics in Virtual Reality (VR) at the Stanford Computer Graphics Lab. Wonderful atmosphere, wonderful people! Thank you, Stanford, for having me!

8 January 2020

Hello from PARC, a Xerox Company! I was honoured and humbled to visit the cradle of personal computing (PC) and deliver a talk about my research in Industrial Visual Analytics.