TeamTîm

The people behind CUCR.Y bobl tu ôl i CUCR.

Principal investigators, researchers, students, and collaborators working across the group's research areas — and the graduates who came before.Prif ymchwilwyr, ymchwilwyr, myfyrwyr, a chydweithwyr sy'n gweithio ar draws meysydd ymchwil y grŵp — a'r graddedigion a fu o'u blaen.

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Principal InvestigatorsPrif Ymchwilwyr

Juan David Hernández Vega

Juan David Hernández Vega

Principal InvestigatorPrif Ymchwilydd

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the School of Computer Science and Informatics at Cardiff University, and former Director of Postgraduate Research studies. His research focuses on motion planning, autonomous navigation, robot decision-making, and human–robot collaboration. He has over 10 years of robotics experience across academia and industry, including work on underwater robots, automated valet parking, collaborative robotics, and autonomous systems simulation.

Uwch Ddarlithydd (Athro Cyswllt) yn Ysgol Cyfrifiadureg a Gwybodeg ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, a chyn-Gyfarwyddwr astudiaethau Ymchwil Ôl-raddedig. Mae ei ymchwil yn canolbwyntio ar gynllunio symud, llywio ymreolaethol, gwneud penderfyniadau gan robotiaid, a chydweithio rhwng dynol a robot. Mae ganddo dros 10 mlynedd o brofiad roboteg ar draws y byd academaidd a diwydiant, gan gynnwys gwaith ar robotiaid tanddwr, parcio awtomataidd, roboteg gydweithredol, ac efelychu systemau ymreolaethol.

PlanningNavigationRobot Learning
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Victor Romero-Cano

Victor Romero-Cano

Principal InvestigatorPrif Ymchwilydd

Academic in the School of Computer Science and Informatics at Cardiff University, within the Human-centred Computing research unit, working in robotics, artificial intelligence, and autonomous systems. His research focuses on advancing robot perception and machine learning technologies to make autonomous systems ubiquitous and practically useful across diverse real-world environments.

Academydd yn Ysgol Cyfrifiadureg a Gwybodeg ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, o fewn yr uned ymchwil Cyfrifiadura sy'n Canolbwyntio ar y Dyn, yn gweithio ym maes roboteg, deallusrwydd artiffisial, a systemau ymreolaethol. Mae ei ymchwil yn canolbwyntio ar ddatblygu technolegau canfyddiad robotiaid a dysgu peirianyddol er mwyn gwneud systemau ymreolaethol yn hollbresennol ac yn ymarferol ddefnyddiol ar draws amrywiaeth o amgylcheddau go iawn.

PerceptionMachine LearningAutonomous Systems
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Walter Colombo

Principal InvestigatorPrif Ymchwilydd

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PhD ResearchersYmchwilwyr PhD

Emin Safa Tok

Emin Safa Tok

PhD ResearcherYmchwilydd PhD

PhD candidate in the Computational Robotics team, working on perception and AI — developing 3D world representations that enable embodied AI on robots. He holds a BSc in Computer Science from Marmara University and an MSc in Advanced Computer Science from Cardiff University.

Ymgeisydd PhD yn y tîm Roboteg Gyfrifiadurol, yn gweithio ar ganfyddiad a deallusrwydd artiffisial — yn datblygu cynrychioliadau 3D o'r byd sy'n galluogi deallusrwydd artiffisial ymgorfforedig ar robotiaid. Mae ganddo BSc mewn Cyfrifiadureg o Brifysgol Marmara ac MSc mewn Cyfrifiadureg Uwch o Brifysgol Caerdydd.

Perception & AI3D World RepresentationEmbodied AI
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Furkan Duman

Furkan Duman

PhD ResearcherYmchwilydd PhD

A mechatronics engineer and PhD candidate in Computer Science at Cardiff University, researching learning-based hybrid motion planning for robotic manipulators, with a particular emphasis on object manipulation planning in constrained environments.

Peiriannydd mecatroneg ac ymgeisydd PhD mewn Cyfrifiadureg ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, yn ymchwilio i gynllunio symud hybrid ar sail dysgu ar gyfer trinwyr robotig, gyda phwyslais arbennig ar gynllunio trin gwrthrychau mewn amgylcheddau cyfyng.

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Ioannis Marios Stavropoulos

Ioannis Marios Stavropoulos

PhD ResearcherYmchwilydd PhD

PhD candidate and Teaching Associate at Cardiff University researching robot supervisory control via immersive interfaces under communication constraints.

Ymgeisydd PhD a Chymrawd Addysgu ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd yn ymchwilio i reolaeth oruchwyliol robotiaid drwy ryngwynebau trochol o dan gyfyngiadau cyfathrebu.

Space RoboticsSupervisory ControlAugmented Reality
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Jose Patiño

Jose Patiño

PhD ResearcherYmchwilydd PhD

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Samuel Millan-Norman

Samuel Millan-Norman

PhD ResearcherYmchwilydd PhD

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Steven Silva

Steven Silva

PhD ResearcherYmchwilydd PhD

Mechatronics engineer from ESPOL in Ecuador, and now a teacher at Cardiff University, pursuing a PhD on social robot navigation.

Peiriannydd mecatroneg o ESPOL yn Ecwador, ac yn awr yn diwtor ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, yn dilyn PhD ar lywio robotiaid cymdeithasol.

Path PlanningHuman-Robot Interaction
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Yuanzhi He

Yuanzhi He

PhD ResearcherYmchwilydd PhD

PhD candidate focusing on reinforcement learning, evolutionary algorithms, and generative models for sample-efficient motion planning on long-horizon robotic manipulation tasks.

Ymgeisydd PhD sy'n canolbwyntio ar ddysgu atgyfnerthol, algorithmau esblygiadol, a modelau cynhyrchiol ar gyfer cynllunio symud sy'n effeithlon o ran samplau ar dasgau trin robotig hirdymor.

Robotic ManipulationReinforcement LearningGenerative AI
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Zitian Ding

Zitian Ding

PhD ResearcherYmchwilydd PhD

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CollaboratorsCydweithwyr

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A short description of an external collaborator or partner institution.

Disgrifiad byr o gydweithiwr allanol neu sefydliad partner.

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PhD GraduatesGraddedigion PhD

  • Jamie Doe PhD 2026 Robotics Engineer, Example Company
  • Casey Doe PhD 2025 Research Scientist, Example Lab
  • Robin Doe PhD 2025 Postdoctoral Researcher, Example University