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Jeremy Wyatt is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans autonomous systems, robot manipulation, planning under uncertainty, and cognitive robotics. Based at the University of Birmingham, Wyatt has made sustained contributions to some of the most challenging open problems in robotics over more than two decades. His early foundational work on reinforcement learning and exploration strategies (1998) laid the groundwork for smarter robot learning, while his later research pushed into probabilistic planning and knowledge representation for robots operating in unpredictable real-world settings. His contributions to the STRANDS Project (2017, 196 citations) represent a landmark achievement in long-term robot autonomy, demonstrating that service robots can function reliably in everyday environments over extended periods. His work on task planning and explanation in open worlds (2015, 152 citations) further advanced how robots reason transparently under uncertainty. Wyatt's highly cited tutorial on modeling deformable objects for robotic manipulation (2020, 119 citations) has become an essential reference for researchers tackling surgical robotics, household automation, and manufacturing. Across his career, his research consistently bridges theoretical rigor with real-world applicability, making him an influential figure for students and practitioners seeking to build robots that think, plan, and act intelligently in complex environments.