Papers
5
Total Citations
149
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About
Dr. Michael Farnsworth is a leading researcher at the intersection of robotics, aerospace maintenance, and human-machine interaction. His work focuses on transforming Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) through automation and digital technologies. Dr. Farnsworth’s most impactful contribution is his pioneering application of a 6 DoF robotic arm integrated with a digital twin to automate fan-blade reconditioning for aerospace MRO (64 citations), directly addressing critical bottlenecks in the UK’s aviation sector. He has also advanced human-robot collaboration by designing augmented reality interfaces to improve operator trust (55 citations), a key factor for flexible manufacturing. His foundational work includes developing a maintenance task classification system for automated robotic maintenance (11 citations) and exploring autonomous and self-repairing design principles for through-life engineering. With a career spanning from foundational classification to applied, high-impact automation, Dr. Farnsworth’s research is instrumental in shifting high-value asset maintenance from manual, labor-intensive processes toward intelligent, autonomous systems.
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- 2Designing an AR interface to improve trust in Human-Robots collaboration55 citations · 2018
- 3Autonomous Maintenance for Through-Life Engineering16 citations · 2014
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- 5Self-repairing design process applied to a 4-bar linkage mechanism3 citations · 2015