Dr Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne
PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons) Eng, FHEA, MIEEE
Research Overview
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Facial Expressions, Social Robotics, Medical Robotics, Soft Robotics, Embodied Intelligence, BCI
Interests
My research focusses on
- Understanding human and robotic facial expression perception and synthesis
- Bio signal (EMG/EEG/EOG) processing and control of neuroprosthetics, exoskeletons
- Embodied / Physical intelligence for sensing
- Soft tactile / force/ stiffness sensing
- Physical twins (eg., medical training simulators)
- Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI)