HCI² Research Group

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Welcome to the Human-Centred Industrial Intelligence Lab (HCI²) at London South Bank University. We design and study human-centred, AI-enabled manufacturing and remanufacturing systems that bring together digital twins, collaborative robotics and data-driven decision support.

Our research focuses on multi-fidelity digital twins for factories and logistics, ergonomics-aware human–robot collaboration, augmented reality for operator support, and AI for disassembly, remanufacturing and circular production. Working at the intersection of computer science, human sciences, robotics and industrial engineering, we develop and validate methods on real industrial use-cases, from adaptive AMR fleet management to ergonomics-aware task allocation in Industry 5.0-aligned production systems.

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Spatial Augmented Reality in Manual Assembly: An Empirical Investigation of Its Effects on Assembly Performance and Cognitive Ergonomics.

Bugra Alkan, Naimul Hasan, Louie Webb, Malarvizhi Kaniappan Chinnathai (2025)

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A Novel Adaptive AMR Fleet Management System Leveraging AI-enabled Digital Twin for Agile Incident Response and Improved Shop-floor Efficiency.

Louie Webb, Osman M. Tokhi, Bugra Alkan (2025).

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November 12, 2025 | Extra-Curricular Activity

Kilobot Swarm Intelligence

HCI² Lab is proud to host the 2025 Kilobot Swarm Intelligence Workshop. This two-day event is designed for undergraduate (BSc) and postgraduate (MSc) students to gain hands-on experience with decentralized, collective artificial intelligence. Participants will move from foundational principles to advanced applications, exploring how complex, emergent group behaviors can arise from simple, locally-executed rules. The forum will feature a series of technical workshops culminating in a dynamic swarm robotics challenge, providing a unique opportunity to program, test, and deploy algorithms on a large-scale Kilobot collective.

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Welcome to the Human-Centred Industrical Intelligent Lab (HCI²). We bring together researchers, engineers and students working on human-robot collaboration, intelligent systems, perception, and AI.

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