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Biography
Damith Herath holds a PhD in Robotics from the University of Technology, Sydney for his research work at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems (CAS) on robotic mapping and navigation. He has worked as a Research Fellow at CAS, as a visiting Fellow at the Toyohashi University of Technology and as the lead Research Engineer on the ARC funded Thinking Head project at the MARCS Institute at the University of Western Sydney. Damith has over a decade of experience leading multidisciplinary robotic research projects and is the co- and founding chair of the International Workshop on Robotics & Art held in 2011 and 2014 alongside two key robotics conferences. Damith is the CEO and co-founder of Robological, a multi-award winning Robotics Startup based in Sydney, named one of the 23 most innovative young technology companies in Australia in 2014.
Damith is currently an Assistant Professor in Software Engineering attached to the Human-Centred Computing Laboratory at the Faculty of Education, Science, Technology and Mathematics. He is also an Honorary Visiting Scholar at the National Facility for Human-Robot Interaction Research at the University of New South Wales.
Research interests
- Robot Perception
- Human Robot Interaction
- Robotic Art
Related Links
http://www.damith.org/
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Comprehensive Performance Analysis of a Pre-commercial Balancing Mat
Ghahramani, M. & Herath, D.
1/09/21 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
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Cloud Connected, Distributed Robotics Framework – A ROS Based Experimental Evaluation
Herath, D. & Santana, F.
20/02/18 → 20/08/18
Project: Other
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Feeling safe: A study on trust with an interactive robotic art installation
Gurung, N., Herath, D. & Grant, J. B., 8 Mar 2021, p. 447-451. 5 p.Research output: Contribution to conference (non-published works) › Paper › peer-review
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Micro-Expression Recognition Based on Video Motion Magnification and Pre-trained Neural Network
Bai, K., Goecke, R. & Herath, D., 23 Aug 2021, 2021 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2021 - Proceedings. alZahir, S., Labeau, F. & Mock, K. (eds.). United States: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, p. 549-553 5 p. (Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP; vol. 2021-September).Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Conference contribution › peer-review
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What's in a face? The effect of faces in human robot interaction
Gurung, N., Grant, J. B. & Herath, D., 8 Aug 2021, 2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2021. Smith, S. L. & Van der Loos, M. (eds.). United States: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, p. 1024-1030 7 p. (2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2021).Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Arts + Health: : New Approaches to Arts and Robots in Health Care
Herath, D., McFarlane, J., Jochum, E. A., Grant, J. B. & Tresset, P., 23 Mar 2020, HRI 2020 - Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction: HRI '20: Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. New York: ACM Association for Computing Machinery, p. 1-7 7 p. (ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction).Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Conference contribution › peer-review
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On the Importance of Posture and the Interaction Environment
Hansen, A. K., Nilsson, J., Jochum, E. A. & Herath, D., 23 Mar 2020, Proceedings of HRI '20: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction: HRI '20: Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. Belpaeme, T., Young, J., Gunes, H. & Riek, L. (eds.). New York, NY, USA: ACM Association for Computing Machinery, p. 227-229 3 p.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Conference contribution › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)36 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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UNCOVER EVENT: THE HUMAN COST OF ROBOTS
Caroline FISHER (Speaker), Bruce Baer ARNOLD (Speaker) & Damith HERATH (Speaker)
19 Jun 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk