Vision: To innovate by creating technological systems that complement and enhance the human experience.I am a Professor of Social Robotics at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. I am also the founder and director of the Creative Robotics Lab (Art, Design & Architecture UNSW) and the founder and director of the National Facility for Human-Robot Interaction Research (UNSW, USYD, UTS, St Vincent’s Hospital). I am a Research Leader at the UNSW Ageing Futures Institute. My contributions are in the areas of Social Robotics, Responsive Systems, and Human-Machine Interface Design. Contributions include:• Created novel interfaces between a human and a robot that include the modalities of movement as body language, and touch as an encoder of human emotion.• Created interactive robots that are of human scale and have a substantial presence in the physical world. • Introduced open experimentation whereby robots are placed in public spaces (not tested only in laboratory settings).• Through my research I have assembled two of the world’s largest datasets (over 690,000 recorded interactions in 13 countries) in human-robot interaction (HRI) studies that provide valuable information on the qualitative dimensions of human-machine relations.I am the recipient of several competitive grants, including Australia Research Council Discovery, Linkage, ARC LIEF, an ARC Fellowship, an Australia Council of the Arts Fellowship, NICTA, Australia-Japan Foundation, U.S. Airforce, Fuji Xerox Innovation (Japan), DST (Army). My robots and responsive agents have been exhibited worldwide, including: Victoria & Albert Museum, London; National Art Museum Beijing; Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Korea; Aros Aarhus Museum of Modern Art, Denmark; Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh; Millennium Museum - Beijing Biennale of Electronic Arts; Ars Electronica, Linz; European Media Arts Festival, Osnabruck; ZENDAI Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai; Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Sydney; Conde Duque Museum, Madrid; Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao.
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Director And FounderCreative Robotics LabUnited States -
Director And FounderCreative Robotics Lab 2011 - PresentSydney, Au -
Director And FounderNational Facility For Human-Robot Interaction Research 2018 - PresentSydney, Nsw, Au -
Research LeaderUnsw Ageing Futures Institute 2017 - PresentKensington, Nsw, Au -
Research CollaboratorDefence Australia 2019 - PresentRussell, Australian Capital Territory, Au -
Research CollaboratorSuncorp Group 2020 - PresentBrisbane, Brisbane, Au -
Professor Of Social RoboticsUnsw 2017 - PresentSydney, New South Wales (Nsw), Au -
Associate ProfessorUnsw Nov 2011 - Dec 2016Sydney, New South Wales (Nsw), Au -
Adjunct ProfessorWaseda University 2019 - PresentShinjuku, Tokyo, Jp -
Adjunct ProfessorUniversity Of Sydney 2011 - PresentThe University Of Sydney, New South Wales, Au -
Arc Australian Research FellowUniversity Of Sydney 2009 - 2011The University Of Sydney, New South Wales, Au -
Industry ConsultantBridgestone Japan 2019 - 2019Jp -
Research CollaboratorFujifilm Business Innovation Corp. Jan 2016 - Dec 2018港区, 東京都, JpResponsible for the design and prototyping of a new social robot for Fuji Xerox Japan, Innovation Centre. -
Research CollaboratorAir Force Research Laboratory Jan 2015 - Jan 2018Wright-Patterson Afb, Oh, Us[US] Air Force Research Laboratory, Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development project ‘Eliciting emotions from tactile surfaces and kinetic agents’ [joint CIs Velonaki & Pagnucco, 2015–17]. Techniques for sensitive artificial skin and the interpretation of human touch have been developed in these projects. -
Senior Research FellowUniversity Of Sydney 2007 - 2008The University Of Sydney, New South Wales, Au -
Arc Australian Postdoctoral Fellow (Industry)University Of Sydney 2003 - 2006The University Of Sydney, New South Wales, AuAwarded and led, as first-named Chief Investigator, an ARC research project ‘Fish–Bird: Autonomous interactions in a contemporary arts setting’ [LP0349069, Velonaki, Rye, Scheding & Williams, 2003–06]. Granting Body: Australia Council for the Arts, ANAT, Artspace, MCA, Patrick Technology & Systems
Mari Velonaki Education Details
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UnswExperimental Interface Design -
UnswMedia Arts
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