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Patricia A. Vargas is an Associate Professor/Reader in Computer Science and Robotics at the School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, UK. She is the Founder Director of the Robotics Laboratory and Director of Ethics. Her research focuses on interdisciplinary robotics, including Evolutionary Robotics, Swarm Robotics, Biologically-Inspired Algorithms, Computational Neuroscience, and Neurorobotics. She holds IEEE Senior Member and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy titles.
Education: PhD in Robotics, postdoc at the Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics (University of Sussex, UK). She has contributed to over 66 research outputs since 2009, with recent work emphasizing neurorobotics, SLAM systems, and precision robotics. Her research aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in healthcare and industrial innovation.
Research interests span from bio-inspired algorithms to human-robot interaction, with notable contributions in Parkinson’s disease modeling and swarm robotics. She co-founded the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics and is an executive member of the IEEE Ro-Man Standing Steering Committee.
Awards include the 2017 Spirit of Heriot-Watt Award (Outward Looking). Her work bridges robotics with neuroscience, aiming to advance assistive technologies and ethical robotic systems.
