Dr Mauro Dragone is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering and Physical Science. Dr. Dragone has worked in EU projects in the area of Internet of Things (IoT) for smart environments, before leading the EU FP7 project RUBICON (Robotic UBIquitous Cognitive Network, FP7-ICT-269914, 2011-2014), a 2.5 million EUR project that has posed the foundations for self-adaptive robotic systems for Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) applications.

At Heriot-Watt, Dr. Dragone set up the Robotic Assisted Living Testbed (http://ralt.hw.ac.uk), a ‘Living-Lab” designed to facilitate user-driven design and testing of innovative and more practical solutions for healthy ageing and independent living by harnessing IoT and Robotic technologies working together. He is involved in EU projects running competitions for healthcare robotics in domestic scenarios. His current research activities include cloud-robotics, tele-presence robotics, and integration of robot technology in smart homes to assess and assist people living with conditions such as dementia and frailty.