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
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"
}
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"
}
Offline Adaptation of Quadruped Locomotion using Diffusion Models
O'Mahoney R, Mitchell AL, Yu W, Posner I & Havoutis I (2024)
BibTeX
@misc{offlineadaptati-2024/11,
title={Offline Adaptation of Quadruped Locomotion using Diffusion Models},
author={O'Mahoney R, Mitchell AL, Yu W, Posner I & Havoutis I},
year = "2024"
}
TWIST: Teacher-Student World Model Distillation for Sim-to-Real Transfer
Yamada J, Rigter M, Collins J & Posner I (2024), 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 9190-9196
BibTeX
@inproceedings{twistteacherstu-2024/8,
title={TWIST: Teacher-Student World Model Distillation for Sim-to-Real Transfer},
author={Yamada J, Rigter M, Collins J & Posner I},
booktitle={IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2024)},
pages={9190-9196},
year = "2024"
}
A review of differentiable simulators
Newbury R, Collins J, He K, Pan J, Posner I et al. (2024), IEEE Access, 12, 97581-97604
BibTeX
@article{areviewofdiffer-2024/7,
title={A review of differentiable simulators},
author={Newbury R, Collins J, He K, Pan J, Posner I et al.},
journal={IEEE Access},
volume={12},
pages={97581-97604},
publisher={IEEE},
year = "2024"
}
Oscillating latent dynamics in robot systems during walking and reaching
Parker Jones O, Mitchell A, Yamada J, Merkt W, Geisert M et al. (2024), Scientific Reports, 14(1)
BibTeX
@article{oscillatinglate-2024/5,
title={Oscillating latent dynamics in robot systems during walking and reaching},
author={Parker Jones O, Mitchell A, Yamada J, Merkt W, Geisert M et al.},
journal={Scientific Reports},
volume={14},
number={11434},
publisher={Springer Nature},
year = "2024"
}
Gaitor: Learning a Unified Representation Across Gaits for Real-World Quadruped Locomotion
Mitchell AL, Merkt W, Papatheodorou A, Havoutis I & Posner I (2024)
BibTeX
@misc{gaitorlearninga-2024/5,
title={Gaitor: Learning a Unified Representation Across Gaits for Real-World Quadruped Locomotion},
author={Mitchell AL, Merkt W, Papatheodorou A, Havoutis I & Posner I},
year = "2024"
}
World models via policy-guided trajectory diffusion
Rigter M, Yamada J & Posner I (2024), Transactions on Machine Learning Research, 2024(2)
BibTeX
@article{worldmodelsviap-2024/3,
title={World models via policy-guided trajectory diffusion},
author={Rigter M, Yamada J & Posner I},
journal={Transactions on Machine Learning Research},
volume={2024},
publisher={Journal of Machine Learning Research},
year = "2024"
}
