🔬 University#193 Bristol, United Kingdom· Est. 2002
Bristol Robotics Laboratory
Europe's largest academic robotics centre operated jointly by the University of Bristol and UWE Bristol. Conducts cutting-edge research in humanoid, aerial, legged, and soft robotics with strong emphasis on embodied AI and autonomous systems. Houses advanced facilities including motion capture arenas and collaborative research platforms.
humanoid roboticslegged locomotionaerial roboticssoft roboticsfield roboticshuman-robot interaction
Notable achievements
Leading research in biologically-inspired robotics, soft robot development, and autonomous exploration systems
Notable work
SAM (Soft Active Manipulator) seriesQuadruped research platformsAerial robotics systems
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
HRI
Open access
6G Communication Networks Enabling Embodied Agents: Architecture and Prototype
Lipeng Dai, Luping Xiang, Kun Yang
2026
HRI
Open access
Robots That Know What to Ask: Recovering Misaligned Rewards through Targeted Explanations
Helena Merker, Nick Walker, Andreea Bobu
2026
MANIPULATION
Open access
GesVLA: Gesture-Aware Vision-Language-Action Model Embedded Representations
Wenxuan Guo, Ziyuan Li, Meng Zhang +7 more
2026
LEARNING
Open access
Superhuman Safe and Agile Racing through Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
Ismail Geles, Leonard Bauersfeld, Markus Wulfmeier +1 more
2026