Henry Hickson

Email: pi21102@bristol.ac.uk

PhD supervisors: Alex Mavromatis, Sabine Hauert 

PhD title: How can we make use of one or more computationally powerful virtual robots, to create a hive mind network to better coordinate multi-robot teams?

Biography

I graduated from the University of Southampton with a masters in drinking rum, riding bikes, and designing ships. Following that I spent 6 years working as a Naval Architect on various ship design, refit, and build projects. Once I achieved chartered engineer status, I decided it was time for a change and having dabbled in robotics throughout my career, including in the design and build of an autonomous surface vessel, I joined the FARSCOPE CDT in 2021. My interests in robotics are very broad so I have entered this program with an open mind and a multitude of ideas, I look forward to developing these into a research project that is both exciting and beneficial to the world in which we live.