Sam joined the Cooper Group in 2022 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in autonomous workflows. Sam’s expertise is in intelligent automation, robotics, and machine learning. After completing his MEng degree at University of Portsmouth in 2017, he started his PhD research at Loughborough University, Centre for SMART, on robotic material extraction from e-wastes. Following his PhD, Sam moved to Surrey Space Centre and continued his research on space robotics focused on developing autonomous systems to capture in orbit manmade debris e.g. rocket stages and non-responsive nano satellites. During his postdoc at University of Surrey he was responsible for several side projects including developing concept of operations to support SMEs for in orbit refuelling, manufacturing, and servicing using autonomous robotic platforms.