Invited Speakers

Giacinto Barresi is a Professor of Robotics at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, School of Engineering, CATE, UWE Bristol, UK. His research applies cognitive ergonomics and neuroergonomics to user interfaces and human-machine integration in biomedical (surgical, rehabilitative, prosthetic, assistive) applications. He is Telehealth/Telemedicine Application Chair of the IEEE Telepresence Initiative, Co-Chair of the IEA Technical Committee on Human Factors in Robotics, and a member of the Executive Committee of UK-RAS and the Academic Committee of the RAS section of IEEE UK & Ireland. His talk will address how approaches of cognitive ergonomics and neuroergonomics (employing cognitive and neuroscientific methods in human factors) can inform human-robot interaction design in contexts characterised by teleoperation and telepresence.

Dr. Patricia Capsi-Morales is a Senior Research Fellow at the Technical University of Munich in Germany. She obtained her PhD in Information Engineering from the Italian Institute of Technology and the University of Pisa. Her doctoral work, “Neuroscientific and Soft Robotic Principles for a New Generation of Natural Bionic Limbs,” received the IEEE Italy Section 2022 Best PhD Thesis Award. She was also a core member of the SoftHand Pro Team, which won the silver medal at the Cybathlon 2020 Global Edition. Her research interests are on adaptive neurotechnologies for motor rehabilitation and seamless human–robot interaction. She develops bidirectional neural interfaces that enable users to intuitively control and perceive remote or artificial bodies, bridging the gap between intention, action, and sensory feedback. She is an Associate TC Co-Chair for the RAS TC on Neuro-Robotics Systems.

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