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Two Months at Bristol Robotics Laboratory: Robots, Exoskeletons, and a Lot of Sheep

10.6.2026

Over the past two months, I swapped Tampere for Bristol and had the chance to spend a research exchange at Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL). Between running my own exoskeleton-mobile robot-human interaction study, learning how to use exoskeletons and robot dogs, helping at the VIVO Showcase, and meeting amazing researchers, there was never a dull moment.

12.5.2026

Why Real Autonomy Is So Hard: Insights from the SIX Mobile Work Machines Results Seminar

On Monday 5.5.2026, Mixed Fleet researchers participated in the SIX Mobile Work Machines Results Seminar, which brought together researchers, industry partners, and practitioners to reflect on the realities of autonomous and semi-autonomous machines operating in complex, real-world environments. The event was held in Solo Sokos Torni Hotel, Tampere.

26.2.2026

TeknologiaUra – fair in Tampere-talo

TeknologiaUra fair is organized annually in Tampere-talo in mid-November to educate future talents about different career possibilities in technology. TAU and TAMK had a joint stand which Computing Sciences joined to promote local options for higher education to high school, middle school and vocational school students as well as their teachers. The fair had around 30 stands ranging from local manufacturing companies to multinational IT service companies and everything in between.

26.1.2026

Beyond HTI – Cat-Robot Interaction Thesis Research

You probably know all about different ways in which domestic pets interact with technologies that we, humans, have emerged ourselves in. A cat writing a one-letter essay on your laptop during an afternoon nap, attacking your TV screen whenever you are watching a nature documentary or dogs befriending a Sale robot on its’ way to deliver your groceries.

20.1.2026

Cultural adaptation of Brainwolk walking meeting

The changing weather conditions set challenges for the conduction of outdoor walking meetings in January. No worries, ad hoc cultural and contextual adaptations are possible. Read further to get to know how we made a walking meeting in Cross-Cultural Design course to manage with the slippery January street conditions!

10.12.2025

Multisensory Mixed Fleet Warehouse: Testing Haptics, Scents, and Interactive Maps

Last week we returned to TREDU to run the next round of our Mixed Fleet simulation study, this time with a brand-new twist, multisensory feedback. After building the earlier version of the warehouse simulation and learning a lot from how students interacted with AGVs on screen, we wanted to explore whether adding haptics, scent, and live navigation support could make collaboration with automated vehicles feel more intuitive.

24.11.2025

Building My First Mixed Fleet Warehouse Simulation: From Workshop Sticky Notes to a Fully Playable Training Environment

Over the past months, I’ve been quietly working on something that started as a simple co-design workshop idea, a few sketches, and a pile of sticky notes from the Mixed Fleet participants who identified the most challenging human-AGV interaction moments in warehouses. Those early discussions eventually became a fully playable simulation built in Unity, which still feels slightly surreal to admit. And just to clarify, I am not a programmer. This was my first real dive into C#, physics scripting, object orientation, and debugging. The fact that the simulation now runs, turns, signals, and behaves in a way that resembles real warehouse movement is something I’m genuinely proud of.