Philip Long
Philip Long, Lecturer, ATU
Dr. Philip Long is a Lecturer in Robotics & Automation at Atlantic Technological University, Galway (ATU), Ireland. His research interests include human-robot collaboration, sensor-based control of robot manipulators, cable-driven parallel robots and flexible manufacturing. He has extensive experience in technology transfer projects in robotics, having worked in both industry and academia for over 15 years. Prior to joining ATU, at IMR, he was PI/Co-PI on a number of large-scale technology transfer and equipment projects in robotics totalling over €3M. During his time as a research engineer at IRT Jules Verne, Nantes, France, he developed sensor-based control schemes for human-robot collaboration in partnership with industrial partners notably Renault, Airbus and Alstom (GE). Furthermore, he has contributed to high TRL university-led projects developing a multi-arm robotic system for muscle separation and a U.S. Department of Energy led project developing control architectures to enable a humanoid robot (NASA's Valkyrie) to execute nuclear decommissioning. He holds a Mechanical Engineering Degree from University of Galway, a European Masters degree from University of Genova and École Centrale de Nantes, and a PhD from École Centrale de Nantes. He has publications in several top-tier robotics journals and over 50 international conferences, 4 international patents (3 granted, 1 pending), and served as an Associate Editor for IEEE's flagship robotics and automation conference ICRA (International Conference on Robotics and Automation) from 2019 to 2022. He currently supervises 8 PhDs, 2 masters students and 2 postdoctoral researchers.