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I&#8217;m currently a Lecturer in Robotics at the University of Canberra, where I lead the Robot Intelligence research stream at the Collaborative Robotics Lab.\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">My current research sits at the intersection of robotics, psychology, and the arts\u2014applying explainable AI to make embodied systems more transparent, investigating social presence in human-robot interaction, and exploring whether robots can do physical theatre. Spoiler: they can, and it&#8217;s wonderfully weird.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Beyond academia, I work as an artist in theatre, filmmaking, animation, and game design. 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