Elahe Abdi

Dr Elahe Abdi is Senior Lecturer and Director of Robotics in Medicine and Interaction Laboratory and the Robotics Education Liaison Representative at the Australian Robotics and Automation Association. She received her PhD in Robotics in 2017, from EPFL, Switzerland. She then moved to Australia to establish her research team active in human-robot interaction, shared autonomy and haptic, with application in medicine, construction and service robotics. Elahe has received numerous recognitions including Ph.D. thesis nomination for the EPFL ABB best thesis award and EPFL Prime Prize for exceptional work. She was a Finalist for the Women’s Agenda Award “Emerging Leader in STEM” 2021, and Women Leading Tech Award Education/Research 2023. She was named as one of Science and Technology Australia’s Superstars of STEM 2023-2024 and a 2024-2025 Emerging Leader, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering. Most recently, she was named a Monash University 70th Anniversary Fellow (2026-2029). Dr Abdi's interests are in the domain of human-robot interaction, perception and control with application in medicine, construction and service.

[2026] Enhancing Self-Supervised Depth and Ego-Motion Estimation in Minimally Invasive Surgery [2026] Generic Vs. personalised robot feedback in health-related recommendation: influence on user satisfaction and behavioural change intention [2026] Haptic-Assisted Magnetic Navigation of Microswarm for Targeted Delivery in Dynamic Fluidic Environments [2026] Terrain-adaptive motion planning for autonomous mobile cranes with load sway suppression [2025] Advanced Statistical Analysis Methods in Quantitative HRI Research