Dr Sarah Fletcher, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Structures, Assembly and Intelligent Automation, Cranfield University.
Sarah has conducted a wide spectrum of human factors research projects relevant to automation and manufacturing systems but now particularly focuses on understanding the psychological and ethical issues surrounding the design and implementation of intelligent systems and collaborative robotics.
She currently leads a number of projects developing interactive automation and informatics systems to optimise worker acceptance, satisfaction and performance and is an EPSRC High Value Manufacturing Fellow working on the integration of human factors in augmented reality devices for industrial applications.