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Professor James Taylor is a distinguished academic at Lancaster University where he holds a Personal Chair in Control Engineering within the School of Engineering. As Impact Champion for the School of Engineering and lead for Robotics & Control, he has been instrumental in advancing control engineering research. Previously, he served as group lead for Nuclear Science & Engineering (2019-24) and held senior administrative roles including Director of Teaching and Deputy Head of Engineering (2005-2018).
Professor Taylor's research spans data-driven modelling and automatic control for challenging, uncertain systems with applications in
- Energy systems
- Healthcare
- Robotics
- Environmental monitoring
He has made significant contributions through his research on topics such as
- Electricity theft detection using machine learning
- Nuclear fuel analysis with hyperspectral imaging
- Digital twins for nuclear manufacturing
- Adaptive medical treatment systems
- Robotic plant phenotyping platforms
Scientific recognition includes:
- Fellow of the Institution of Engineering & Technology (FIET)
- Member of IET Academic Accreditation Committee
- Editorial board member for three Elsevier journals
- Active participation in UK Automatic Control Council
Professor Taylor has supervised numerous PhD students to successful completion and co-develops the internationally used CAPTAIN Toolbox (MATLAB) for system identification and control. He has been involved in developing control systems for
- Hydraulically actuated dual-arm robots
- Wave energy converters
- Assisted tele-operation systems
- Grow-cell agricultural facilities
- Motion planning algorithms
