Jack Collins

• AI Research Scientist in the foundation models team.
• Research into robotics foundation models for enabling intelligent and autonomous collaborative robots.

• Postdoctoral researcher at the Oxford Robotics Institute in the Applied AI lab (A2I).
• Research activities in areas including generative modelling, world models, manipulation (mobile, bimanual, dexterous), learning from demonstration, task planning, sim2real, deployment of robots to care homes and more.
• Supervision of DPhil students and other lab responsibilities.

Lecturer of KAUST Academy Advanced AI Course covering the foundations of convolutional neural networks and their application to computer vision, including image classification, segmentation, and object detection.

• Tutor for C19 Machine Learning, a 4th year subject within the Masters in Engineering Science degree.

• Lecturer and tutor of introductory and advanced machine learning courses. Advanced courses included programs on reinforcement learning, computer vision, unsupervised learning and graph neural networks. Tutoring including running seminars and tutorials on machine learning concepts and marking assessable items.

• Lead developer of cobot welding cell. Deployed in 4 months for steel fabricator, Watkins Steel.
• Exploration of the use of Mixed Reality in the construction industry through visualisation and annotation within Microsoft Hololens 1 and 2, Oculus Quest and Rift headsets.
• Application of additive manufacturing methods to the construction industry.

• Supervisor and Co-supervisor of undergraduate thesis students completing research in the robotics and manipulation domain.#
• Tutor for a range of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science courses including:
  • Mechatronics Design 2 – Research, Design, and Implementation of an advanced mechatronic product.
  • Mechatronics Design 1 – Culmination of a product requiring mechanical design, electrical design, and embedded software.
  • Building IT Systems – Foundation unit taught in Python with topics including APIs, Databases, search patterns and GUIs.

• Thesis: Simulation to reality and back: A robot’s guide to crossing the reality gap
• Supervisors: Dr. Juxi Leitner, Dr. David Howard and Dr. Ross Brown

• Major in Robotics
• 1st Class Honours
• GPA – 6.25/7.0
• Thesis Title: Automated Artificial Evolution of 3D Hexapod Legs