Biography
Driven by an early passion for AI and machine learning in robotics, Ingmar read Electronic Systems Engineering at Aston University before joining Oxford's Department of Engineering Science.
Ingmar's work is frequently covered in the national and international press. In 2014 Ingmar co-founded Oxbotica, a leading provider of mobile autonomy software solutions.
Research Interests
Ingmar leads the Applied Artificial Intelligence Lab (A2I) at Oxford University. He also serves as Deputy Director of the Oxford Robotics Institute, which he co-founded in 2016. Ingmar has a significant track record in designing machine learning approaches (shallow and deep) which address core challenges in AI and machine learning.
His goal is to enable robots to robustly and effectively operate in complex, realworld environments. His research is guided by a vision to create machines which constantly improve through experience. In doing so, Ingmar's work explores a number of intellectual challenges at the heart of robot learning, such as machine introspection in perception and decision making, data efficient learning from demonstration, transfer learning and the learning of complex tasks via a set of less complex ones.
All the while, Ingmar’s intellectual curiosity remains grounded in real-world robotics applications such as autonomous driving, logistics, manipulation and space exploration. In 2014 Ingmar co-founded Oxbotica, a leading provider of mobile autonomy software solutions.
Research Groups
Recent Publications
An End-to-End Framework for Modeling Pneumatic Soft Robots Based on Differentiable Finite Element Methods
Zhong S, Yao Y, Maiolino P & Posner I (2025), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 10(12), 13003-13010
BibTeX
@article{anendtoendframe-2025/12,
title={An End-to-End Framework for Modeling Pneumatic Soft Robots Based on Differentiable Finite Element Methods},
author={Zhong S, Yao Y, Maiolino P & Posner I},
journal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
volume={10},
pages={13003-13010},
publisher={Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},
year = "2025"
}
The complexity dynamics of grokking
DeMoss B, Sapora S, Foerster J, Hawes N & Posner I (2025), Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena, 134859
BibTeX
@article{thecomplexitydy-2025/8,
title={The complexity dynamics of grokking},
author={DeMoss B, Sapora S, Foerster J, Hawes N & Posner I},
journal={Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena},
pages={134859},
publisher={Elsevier},
year = "2025"
}
Offline Adaptation of Quadruped Locomotion Using Diffusion Models
O'Mahoney R, Mitchell AL, Yu W, Posner I & Havoutis I (2025), 00, 9974-9980
BibTeX
@inproceedings{offlineadaptati-2025/5,
title={Offline Adaptation of Quadruped Locomotion Using Diffusion Models},
author={O'Mahoney R, Mitchell AL, Yu W, Posner I & Havoutis I},
booktitle={2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
pages={9974-9980},
year = "2025"
}
Group decision-making in robot teleoperation: two heads are better than one
Nguyen A, Bhattacharyya R, Colombatto C, Fleming S, Posner H et al. (2025), 489-500
BibTeX
@inproceedings{groupdecisionma-2025/3,
title={Group decision-making in robot teleoperation: two heads are better than one},
author={Nguyen A, Bhattacharyya R, Colombatto C, Fleming S, Posner H et al.},
booktitle={IEEE/ACM International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2025)},
pages={489-500},
year = "2025"
}
Group Decision-Making in Robot Teleoperation: Two Heads are Better Than One
Nguyen D-A, Bhattacharyya R, Colombatto C, Fleming S, Posner I et al. (2025), 00, 489-500
BibTeX
@inproceedings{groupdecisionma-2025/3,
title={Group Decision-Making in Robot Teleoperation: Two Heads are Better Than One},
author={Nguyen D-A, Bhattacharyya R, Colombatto C, Fleming S, Posner I et al.},
booktitle={2025 20th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)},
pages={489-500},
year = "2025"
}
COMBO-Grasp: learning constraint-based manipulation for bimanual occluded grasping
Yamada J, Mitchell A, Collins J & Posner I (2025)
BibTeX
@misc{combograsplearn-2025/2,
title={COMBO-Grasp: learning constraint-based manipulation for bimanual occluded grasping},
author={Yamada J, Mitchell A, Collins J & Posner I},
year = "2025"
}
Joint Decision-Making in Robot Teleoperation: When are Two Heads Better Than One?
Nguyen D-A, Bhattacharyya R, Colombatto C, Fleming S, Posner I et al. (2025)
BibTeX
@misc{jointdecisionma-2025/1,
title={Joint Decision-Making in Robot Teleoperation: When are Two Heads Better
Than One?},
author={Nguyen D-A, Bhattacharyya R, Colombatto C, Fleming S, Posner I et al.},
year = "2025"
}
Vision-Language-Action Models for Robotics: A Review Towards Real-World Applications
Kawaharazuka K, Oh J, Yamada J, Posner I & Zhu Y (2025), IEEE Access, 13, 162467-162504
BibTeX
@article{visionlanguagea-2025/1,
title={Vision-Language-Action Models for Robotics: A Review Towards Real-World Applications},
author={Kawaharazuka K, Oh J, Yamada J, Posner I & Zhu Y},
journal={IEEE Access},
volume={13},
pages={162467-162504},
publisher={Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},
year = "2025"
}
TactGen: tactile sensory data generation via zero-shot sim-to-real transfer
Zhong S, Albini A, Maiolino P & Posner I (2024), IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 41, 1316-1328
BibTeX
@article{tactgentactiles-2024/12,
title={TactGen: tactile sensory data generation via zero-shot sim-to-real transfer},
author={Zhong S, Albini A, Maiolino P & Posner I},
journal={IEEE Transactions on Robotics},
volume={41},
pages={1316-1328},
publisher={Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers},
year = "2024"
}
The Complexity Dynamics of Grokking
DeMoss B, Sapora S, Foerster J, Hawes N & Posner I (2024)
BibTeX
@misc{thecomplexitydy-2024/12,
title={The Complexity Dynamics of Grokking},
author={DeMoss B, Sapora S, Foerster J, Hawes N & Posner I},
year = "2024"
}
