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Ingmar Posner Professor of Engineering Science (Applied Artificial Intelligence)  Deputy Director (founding) of the Oxford Robotics Institute

Professor

Ingmar Posner DPhil (Oxon) MEng

Professor of Engineering Science (Applied Artificial Intelligence)

Deputy Director (founding) of the Oxford Robotics Institute

TEL: 01865 613095

Biography

Driven by an early passion for AI and machine learning in robotics, Ingmar read Electronic Systems Engineering at Aston University before joining Oxford's Department of Engineering Science.

Ingmar's work is frequently covered in the national and international press. In 2014 Ingmar co-founded Oxbotica, a leading provider of mobile autonomy software solutions.

Research Interests

Ingmar leads the Applied Artificial Intelligence Lab (A2I) at Oxford University. He also serves as Deputy Director of the Oxford Robotics Institute, which he co-founded in 2016. Ingmar has a significant track record in designing machine learning approaches (shallow and deep) which address core challenges in AI and machine learning.

His goal is to enable robots to robustly and effectively operate in complex, realworld environments. His research is guided by a vision to create machines which constantly improve through experience. In doing so, Ingmar's work explores a number of intellectual challenges at the heart of robot learning, such as machine introspection in perception and decision making, data efficient learning from demonstration, transfer learning and the learning of complex tasks via a set of less complex ones.

All the while, Ingmar’s intellectual curiosity remains grounded in real-world robotics applications such as autonomous driving, logistics, manipulation and space exploration. In 2014 Ingmar co-founded Oxbotica, a leading provider of mobile autonomy software solutions.

Recent Publications

AutoGraph: Predicting Lane Graphs from Traffic Observations

Zurn J, Posner I & Burgard W (2024), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 9(1), 73-80

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@article{autographpredic-2024/1,
  title={AutoGraph: Predicting Lane Graphs from Traffic Observations},
  author={Zurn J, Posner I & Burgard W},
  journal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
  volume={9},
  pages={73-80},
  year = "2024"
}

RAMP: A Benchmark for Evaluating Robotic Assembly Manipulation and Planning

Collins J, Robson M, Yamada J, Sridharan M, Janik K et al. (2024), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 9(1), 9-16

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@article{rampabenchmarkf-2024/1,
  title={RAMP: A Benchmark for Evaluating Robotic Assembly Manipulation and Planning},
  author={Collins J, Robson M, Yamada J, Sridharan M, Janik K et al.},
  journal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
  volume={9},
  pages={9-16},
  year = "2024"
}

DITTO: Offline Imitation Learning with World Models

DeMoss B, Duckworth P, Hawes N & Posner I (2023)

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@misc{dittoofflineimi-2023/2,
  title={DITTO: Offline Imitation Learning with World Models},
  author={DeMoss B, Duckworth P, Hawes N & Posner I},
  year = "2023"
}

You Only Look at One: Category-Level Object Representations for Pose Estimation From a Single Example

Goodwin W, Havoutis I & Posner I (2023), Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, 205, 1435-1445

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@inproceedings{youonlylookaton-2023/1,
  title={You Only Look at One: Category-Level Object Representations for Pose Estimation From a Single Example},
  author={Goodwin W, Havoutis I & Posner I},
  pages={1435-1445},
  year = "2023"
}

Leveraging Scene Embeddings for Gradient-Based Motion Planning in Latent Space

Yamada J, Hung CM, Collins J, Havoutis I & Posner I (2023), Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2023-May, 5674-5680

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@inproceedings{leveragingscene-2023/1,
  title={Leveraging Scene Embeddings for Gradient-Based Motion Planning in Latent Space},
  author={Yamada J, Hung CM, Collins J, Havoutis I & Posner I},
  pages={5674-5680},
  year = "2023"
}

Touching a NeRF: Leveraging Neural Radiance Fields for Tactile Sensory Data Generation

Zhong S, Albini A, Jones OP, Maiolino P & Posner I (2023), Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, 205, 1618-1628

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@inproceedings{touchinganerfle-2023/1,
  title={Touching a NeRF: Leveraging Neural Radiance Fields for Tactile Sensory Data Generation},
  author={Zhong S, Albini A, Jones OP, Maiolino P & Posner I},
  pages={1618-1628},
  year = "2023"
}

You Only Look at One: Category-Level Object Representations for Pose Estimation From a Single Example

Goodwin W, Havoutis I & Posner I (2023), Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, 205, 1435-1445

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BibTeX
@inproceedings{youonlylookaton-2023/1,
  title={You Only Look at One: Category-Level Object Representations for Pose Estimation From a Single Example},
  author={Goodwin W, Havoutis I & Posner I},
  pages={1435-1445},
  year = "2023"
}

Leveraging Scene Embeddings for Gradient-Based Motion Planning in Latent Space

Yamada J, Hung CM, Collins J, Havoutis I & Posner I (2023), Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2023-May, 5674-5680

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BibTeX View PDF
@inproceedings{leveragingscene-2023/1,
  title={Leveraging Scene Embeddings for Gradient-Based Motion Planning in Latent Space},
  author={Yamada J, Hung CM, Collins J, Havoutis I & Posner I},
  pages={5674-5680},
  year = "2023"
}

AutoGraph: Predicting Lane Graphs From Traffic Observations

Zurn J, Posner I & Burgard W (2023), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

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BibTeX View PDF
@article{autographpredic-2023/1,
  title={AutoGraph: Predicting Lane Graphs From Traffic Observations},
  author={Zurn J, Posner I & Burgard W},
  journal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
  year = "2023"
}

RAMP: A Benchmark for Evaluating Robotic Assembly Manipulation and Planning

Collins J, Robson M, Yamada J, Sridharan M, Janik K et al. (2023), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Altmetric score is
BibTeX View PDF
@article{rampabenchmarkf-2023/1,
  title={RAMP: A Benchmark for Evaluating Robotic Assembly Manipulation and Planning},
  author={Collins J, Robson M, Yamada J, Sridharan M, Janik K et al.},
  journal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
  year = "2023"
}
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