Core expertise
Human-robot interaction
Social robotics
Robot and AI ethics
Healthcare and medical robotics
Psychological and behavioural science
Behaviour change
Psychosocial interventions
Consciousness and working memory
Biography
Nicole has a cross appointment between the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. She's affiliated with the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, and the School of Psychological Sciences.
She's contributed to university-led research for a decade, and her research involves human behaviour, and its translation into software agents and robotic systems to work towards a human-robot society. She's led clinical trials and experimental studies involving the use of humanoid and socially interactive robots to collaborate with people.
