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Jordan Boyle is an Assistant Professor with the Materializing Futures Section in the Department of Sustainable Design Engineering.
His main research area is Robotics, with a focus on Bio-Inspired approaches, Swarm and Multi-Robot Systems and Human-Robot Interaction.
Research interests
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Mobile Robots
- Swarm Intelligence
- Multi-Robot systems
- Biomimetics and Bio-Inspiration
- Robotic Fabrication
- Designing experimental apparatus
Academic background
Before joining Industrial Design Engineering, he worked in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the Unviersity of Leeds (UK) as a Research Fellow, Lecturer and Associate Professor for a total of 12 years. During this time he worked on a variety of Robotics projects including biologically inspired systems, a medical robot, robotic fabrication systems and robots for inspection of civil infrastructure. He also collaborated with colleagues in the School of Medicine and Health, designing various pieces of apparatus for their pre-clinical experimental work.
He earned his PhD in Computer science, studying the neuro-mechanical control of locomotion in the nematode worm C. elegans in the School of Computing at the University of Leeds. Prior to that, he did an MSc by research and a BSc (Hons) at the School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Cape Town (South Africa)
Education/Academic qualification
Doctorate, C. elegans locomotion: an integrated approach, University of Leeds
1 Feb 2006 → 1 Feb 2010
Award Date: 1 Apr 2010
Master's degree, (by research) Modelling the Aplysia californica gill-siphon withdrawal reflex, University of Cape Town
1 Jan 2004 → 19 Dec 2005
Award Date: 19 Dec 2005
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town
1 Feb 1999 → 30 Nov 2002
Award Date: 16 Dec 2002
Keywords (LCC)
- TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
- Robotics
- Robotic Fabrication
- Swarm Robotics
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Bio-inspired Robotics
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The Role of Passive Mechanics in Asymmetrically Actuated Bioinspired Joints
Romo-Rivera, E., Boyle, J. H., Chakrabarty, S. & Cohen, N., 2026, Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 14th International Conference, Living Machines 2025, Proceedings. Jiménez Rodríguez, A., Prescott, T., Mestre, R., Chen, C., Mura, A., Barker, E. & Verschure, P. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 62-75 14 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 15582 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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Integrated Manufacturing: The Future of Fabricating Mechatronic Devices
Shuttleworth, M. P., Fry, N., Richardson, R., Boyle, J. H. & Kay, R. W., 2025, Mechatronic Futures: Further Challenges and Solutions for Mechatronic Systems and their Designers. Hehenberger, P. & Bradley, D. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 363-379 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceedings/Edited volume › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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An interactive simulation of control and coordination strategies for swarms of autonomous construction robots: Towards a post-carbon re-imagining of the interplay between natural and built environments, facilitated by bio-inspired robotic technology
Boyle, J. H., 2024, In: Spool. 11, 1, p. 5-22 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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On the correction of spiral trajectories on a preclinical MRI scanner with a high-performance gradient insert
Scholten, H., Wech, T., Köhler, S., Smart, S. S., Boyle, J. H., Teh, I., Köstler, H. & Schneider, J. E., 2024, In: NMR in Biomedicine. 37, 12, 20 p., e5249.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Cardiac q-space trajectory imaging by motion-compensated tensor-valued diffusion encoding in human heart in vivo
Teh, I., Shelley, D., Boyle, J. H., Zhou, F., Poenar, A. M., Sharrack, N., Foster, R. J., Yuldasheva, N. Y., Parker, G. J. M. & More Authors, 2023, In: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 90, 1, p. 150-165 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Press/Media
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Imitation Learning for Industrial Design Engineering Student Prototyping
F.E.P. de Groot, J.H. Boyle & Jacky Bourgeois
18/10/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement