David Hinwood

Dr David Hinwood is an award-winning multidisciplinary researcher specialising in robot design, human-robot interaction, and machine-learning applications. He is the first PhD graduate from the University of Canberra’s Collaborative Robotics Lab with seven years of development experience in research and robotics deployments. Areas of technical experience include ROS development (C++/Python), motion planning, and data-driven techniques for perception and control.

Dr Hinwood’s PhD focused on designing and fabricating a human-inspired robot gripper for manipulating textiles with reinforcement learning algorithms. This technology is moving from research into an industrial context for textile recycling, contributing to the development of circular economies with automation. Further information surrounding his research and experience can be found on his website (https://robodave94.github.io/).