Professor Tony Prescott

MA, MSc, PhD, CPsychol FBPsS

School of Computer Science

Professor of Cognitive Robotics

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T.J.Prescott@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Tony Prescott
School of Computer Science
Regent Court (DCS)
211 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
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Tony Prescott is Professor of Cognitive Robotics at the University of Sheffield, UK, and the co-founder and former director of Sheffield Robotics, a cross-disciplinary research institute across both Universities in Sheffield.  He is also an active member of the Sheffield Neuroscience Institute.  He is a fellow of the British Psychological Society, was a Sage Centre for the Study of Mind Distinguished Fellow in 2018, and a finalist in the 2022 Ana Avatar competition for telepresence robotics.

Tonys research mixes robotics and artificial intelligence with psychology, brain theory and philosophy and aims at answering questions about the human condition by creating synthetic entities with animal or human-like capacities such as perception, memory, emotion and sense of self.  His approach takes a posthuman perspective, examining the ever-deepening relationship between our species and the technologies we create. He also regularly speaks and writes about the societal and cultural impacts of future robotic, AI, virtual reality and telepresence technologies.

Tony has published over 240 articles and conference papers at the interface of robotics, AI, psychology, and neuroscience, and has received 瞿10M in grant funding from UKRI, InnovateUK, the European Framework and Horizon Europe programmes and the Wellcome Trust. He is the co-creator of the award-winning animal-like robots Scratchbot, Shrewbot and MiRo-e, and the lead editor of The Scholarpedia of Touch, published by Springer, and of Living Machines: A Handbook of Research in Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems published by Oxford University Press.  He co-founded and co-chairs the annual international Living Machines conference.

Tony has co-founded two robotics spin-out companies, Consequential Robotics, developing education and assistive living technologies, and Bettering Our Worlds (BOW), who develop software that makes it easier to program robots.  He is also passionate about the use of robots in STEM education and founded the Skills and Education in Robotics and AI network. Tonys research is regularly featured in online and print media and has been covered by the BBC One Show, BBC Breakfast, Tomorrows World Live, BBC Sunday Morning, Sky 壅翌腦瞳 and BBC Radio 4 Today, World at One, Costing the Earth, Inside Science and Material World. International coverage has included the Discovery Channel, Arte Channel, and CNN.

Tony maintains profiles on and , and a with links to online interviews, talks and movies about his robots and research.  He has authored several shorter pieces of general interest, about artificial intelligence and robotics, for the online magazine .

Qualifications
  • MA Psychology (Edinburgh)
  • MSc Applied Artificial Intelligence (Aberdeen)
  • PhD Machine Learning (Sheffield)
  • CPsychol FBPsS.
Research interests

My research is within the areas of cognitive neuroscience, artificial intelligence and bio-inspired robotics. A particular focus is on the investigation of biomimetic and biohybrid systems: an example of the former would be an animal-like or humanoid robot, of the latter a human-machine interface.

Current research is directed towards:

  • social cognition for humanoid robots including the possibility synthetic autobiographical memory and of a robot "sense of self;
  • active touch sensing for attention, orienting, and spatial memory;
  • assistive and companion robotic technologies;
  • haptic interfaces for sensory augmentation;
  • telepresence robotics, and
  • societal and ethical issues in technology.

Some of my research is done under the auspices of the Department's  and the .

Publications

Books

  • Prescott T (2024) . Routledge.
  • (2018) . Oxford University Press.
  • Lepora NF, Mura A, Verschure PFMJ & Prescott TJ (2013) .

Edited books

  • Engel AK, Friston KJ & Kragic D (Eds.) (2016) . The MIT Press.
  • Prescott TJ, Ahissar E & Izhikevich E (Eds.) (2015) . Scholarpedia Corporation.
  • (Ed.) (2014) Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics): Preface..
  • Prescott TJ, Lepora NF, Mura A & Verschure PFMJ (Eds.) (2012) Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - First International Conference, Living Machines 2012, Barcelona, Spain, July 9-12, 2012. Proceedings. Springer.
  • Seth A, Prescott T & Bryson J (Eds.) (2011) Modelling Natural Action Selection. Cambridge Univ Pr.
  • Gro R, Alboul L, Melhuish C, Witkowski M, Prescott TJ & Penders J (Eds.) (2011) Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems - 12th Annual Conference, TAROS 2011, Sheffield, UK, August 31 - September 2, 2011. Proceedings. Springer.
  • Gro R, Alboul L, Melhuish C, Witkowski M, Prescott T & Penders J (Eds.) (2011) Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems. Springer.

Journal articles

  • Nkhumise RM, Basu D, Prescott TJ & Gilra A (2025) Studying exploration in RL: An optimal transport analysis of occupancy measure trajectories. Transactions on Machine Learning Research.
  • Prescott TJ & Jimenez-Rodriguez A (2025) . Psychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory, 82, 45-96.
  • Lithoxoidou EE, Stamos A, Triantafyllidis A, Georgiadis C, Altsitsiadis E, Giakoumis D, Votis K, Dewitte S, Tzovaras D, Eleftherakis G & Prescott T (2025) . User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 35(2).
  • Kabaciska K, Dosso JA, Vu K, Prescott TJ & Robillard JM (2025) . Collabra: Psychology, 11(1).
  • Prescott T, Robillard JM & Murray S (2025) . Medical Humanities, 50, 715-716.
  • Prescott TJ, Vogeley K & Wykowska A (2024) . Science Robotics, 9(95).
  • Prescott TJ & Dominey PF (2024) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 379(1913).
  • Prescott TJ, Montes Gonz獺lez FM, Gurney K, Humphries MD & Redgrave P (2024) . Biomimetics, 9(3).
  • Belkaid M, Metta G, Prescott T & Wykowska A (2023) . International Journal of Social Robotics, 15(8), 1261-1263.
  • Prescott TJ & Wilson SP (2023) . Science Robotics, 8(78).
  • Whelan MT, Jimenez-Rodriguez A, Prescott TJ & Vasilaki E (2023) . Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 18(1).
  • Dosso JA, Bandari E, Malhotra A, Hoey J, Michaud F, Prescott TJ & Robillard JM (2022) . Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 18(S2), e059261-e059261.
  • Waterstone R, Robillard JM & Prescott TJ (2022) . Journal of Responsible Technology, 12.
  • Dosso JA, Bandari E, Malhotra A, Guerra GK, Hoey J, Michaud F, Prescott TJ & Robillard JM (2022) . Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, 9.
  • Wilson SP & Prescott TJ (2022) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377(1844).
  • Kabaciska K, Prescott TJ & Robillard JM (2021) . International Journal of Social Robotics, 13(5), 919-935.
  • Watson M, Gladwin D & Prescott T (2021) . IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 37(2), 642-658.
  • Sarda Gou M, Webb TL & Prescott T (2021) . Heliyon, 7(3).
  • Prescott TJ & Robillard JM (2021) . iScience, 24(1).
  • Naneva S, Sarda Gou M, Webb TL & Prescott TJ (2020) . International Journal of Social Robotics, 12, 1179-1201.
  • Robillard JM, Goldman IP, Prescott TJ & Michaud F (2020) . Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 76(2), 457-460.
  • Martinez-Hernandez U, Rubio-Solis A & Prescott TJ (2020) . Neurocomputing, 382, 127-139.
  • Watson MT, Gladwin DT, Prescott TJ & Conran SO (2019) . IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 24(6), 2964-2975.
  • Prescott TJ, Camilleri D, Martinez-Hernandez U, Damianou A & Lawrence ND (2019) . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374(1771), 20180025-20180025.
  • Salles A, Bjaalie JG, Evers K, Farisco M, Fothergill BT, Guerrero M, Maslen H, Muller J, Prescott T, Stahl BC , Walter H et al (2019) . Neuron, 101(3), 380-384.
  • Prescott TJ & Robillard JM (2019) . BMJ, 364.
  • Krubitzer LA & Prescott TJ (2018) . Trends in Neurosciences, 41(10), 744-762.
  • Grant RA, Breakell V & Prescott TJ (2018) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1880).
  • Cameron D, Millings A, Fernando S, Collins EC, Moore RK, Sharkey A, Evers V & Prescott A (2018) . Connection Science, 30(4), 343-361.
  • Fischer T, Puigb簷 JY, Camilleri D, Nguyen PDH, Moulin-Frier C, Lall矇e S, Metta G, Prescott TJ, Demiris Y & Verschure PFMJ (2018) . Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 5.
  • Moulin-Frier C, Fischer T, Petit M, Pointeau G, Puigbo JY, Pattacini U, Low SC, Camilleri D, Nguyen P, Hoffmann M , Chang HJ et al (2018) . IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 10(4), 1005-1022.
  • Martinez-Hernandez U, Dodd TJ & Prescott TJ (2018) . IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 48(12), 2339-2348.
  • Prescott T & Szollosy M (2017) . Connection Science, 29(3), 187-188.
  • Prescott TJ (2017) . Connection Science, 29(2), 142-149.
  • Martinez-Hernandez U, Boorman L & Prescott T (2017) . IEEE Sensors Journal, 17(8), 2534-2541.
  • Arkley K, Tiktak GP, Breakell V, Prescott TJ & Grant RA (2017) . Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 203, 133-142.
  • Prescott TJ, Conran S, Mitchinson B & Cudd P (2017) . Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 242, 565-572.
  • Martinez-Hernandez U, Dodd TJ, Evans M, Prescott TJ & Lepora NF (2017) . Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 87, 15-27.
  • Kerdegari H, Kim Y & Prescott T (2016) . IEEE Transaction on Haptics, 9(3), 376-386.
  • Lepora NF, Martinez-Hernandez U, Evans M, Natale L, Metta G & Prescott TJ (2015) . IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 31(3), 605-618.
  • Prescott T (2015) . New Scientist, 225(3013), 36-39.
  • Prescott T (2015) . Connection Science, 27(1), 1-2.
  • Arkley K, Grant RA, Mitchinson B & Prescott TJ (2014) . Curr Biol, 24(13), 1507-1512.
  • Mitchinson B, Pearson MJ, Pipe AG & Prescott TJ (2014) . Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 62(3), 366-375.
  • Grant RA, Itskov PM, Towal RB & Prescott TJ (2014) . FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, 8.
  • Grant RA, Sharp PS, Kennerley AJ, Berwick J, Grierson A, Ramesh T & Prescott TJ (2014) . Behav Brain Res, 259, 274-283.
  • Prescott TJ (2014) . Connection Science, 26(1), 1-4.
  • Mitchinson B & Prescott TJ (2013) . PLoS Comput Biol, 9(9), e1003236.
  • Grant RA, Haidarliu S, Kennerley NJ & Prescott TJ (2013) . Journal of Experimental Biology, 216(18), 3483-3494.
  • Grant R, Wieskotten S, Wengst N, Prescott T & Dehnhardt G (2013) . J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol, 199(6), 521-533.
  • Lepora NF, Verschure P & Prescott TJ (2013) . Bioinspir Biomim, 8(1), 013001.
  • Penders J, Alboul L, Prescott T, Gro R, Melhuish C & Witkowski M (2012) . Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 60(11), 1355.
  • Anderson SR, Porrill J, Pearson MJ, Pipe AG, Prescott TJ & Dean P (2012) . PLoS One, 7(9), e44560.
  • Fox CW, Evans MH, Prescott TJ & Pearson MJ (2012) . Robotics and Autonomous Systems.
  • Lepora NF, Fox CW, Evans MH, Diamond ME, Gurney K & Prescott TJ (2012) . J R Soc Interface, 9(72), 1517-1528.
  • Evans MH, Fox CW, Lepora NF, Pearson MJ, Sullivan JC & Prescott TJ (2012) . Front Neurorobot, 6, 12.
  • Grant RA, Sperber AL & Prescott TJ (2012) . Front Behav Neurosci, 6, 39.
  • Sullivan JC, Mitchinson B, Pearson MJ, Evans M, Lepora NF, Fox CW, Melhuish C & Prescott TJ (2012) . IEEE Sensors Journal, 12(2), 350-362.
  • Mitchinson B, Grant RA, Arkley K, Rankov V, Perkon I & Prescott TJ (2011) . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 366(1581), 3037-3048.
  • Pearson MJ, Mitchinson B, Sullivan JC, Pipe AG & Prescott TJ (2011) . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 366(1581), 3085-3096.
  • Prescott TJ, Diamond ME & Wing AM (2011) . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 366(1581), 2989-2995.
  • Wilson SP, Bednar JA, Prescott TJ & Mitchinson B (2011) . PLoS Comput Biol, 7(10), e1002188.
  • Grant RA, Mitchinson B & Prescott TJ (2011) The development of whisker control in rats in relation to locomotion. Developmental Psychobiology.
  • Anderson SR, Pearson MJ, Pipe A, Prescott T, Dean P & Porrill J (2010) . IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 26(6), 1065-1076.
  • Wilson SP, Law JS, Mitchinson B, Prescott TJ & Bednar JA (2010) . PLoS One, 5(1), e8778.
  • Mitchinson B, Chan TS, Chambers J, Pearson M, Humphries M, Fox C, Gurney K & Prescott TJ (2010) . ADV ENG INFORM, 24(1), 49-61.
  • Humphries MD & Prescott TJ (2010) . Prog Neurobiol, 90(4), 385-417.
  • Chambers JM & Prescott TJ (2010) . Neuropsychologia, 48(4), 887-899.
  • Prescott TJ, Pearson MJ, Mitchinson B, Sullivan JCW & Pipe AG (2009) . IEEE ROBOT AUTOM MAG, 16(3), 42-50.
  • Wilson S, Mitchinson B, Pearson M, Bednar J & Prescott T (2009) . BMC Neuroscience, 10(Suppl ), P334.
  • Fox C & Prescott T (2009) . BMC Neuroscience, 10(S1).
  • Fox CW, Mitchinson B, Pearson MJ, Pipe AG & Prescott TJ (2009) . Autonomous Robots, 26(4), 223-239.
  • Fox C, Humphries M, Mitchinson B, Kiss T, Somogyvari Z & Prescott T (2009) . Front Neuroinform, 3, 6.
  • Grant RA, Mitchinson B, Fox CW & Prescott TJ (2009) . J Neurophysiol, 101(2), 862-874.
  • Prescott TJ (2008) . Scholarpedia, 3, 2705-2705.
  • Mitchinson B, Arabzadeh E, Diamond ME & Prescott TJ (2008) . Biol Cybern, 98(3), 185-194.
  • Montes-Gonzalez F, Prescott TJ & Negrete-Martinez J (2007) . Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, 4(3), 101-109.
  • Pearson MJ, Pipe AG, Melhuish C, Mitchinson B & Prescott TJ (2007) . ADAPT BEHAV, 15(3), 223-240.
  • Prescott TJ & Humphries MD (2007) . BEHAV BRAIN SCI, 30(1), 104-+.
  • Prescott TJ, Bryson JJ & Seth AK (2007) . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 362(1485), 1521-1529.
  • Humphries MD, Gurney K & Prescott TJ (2007) . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 362(1485), 1627-1639.
  • Prescott TJ (2007) . ADAPT BEHAV, 15(1), 9-31.
  • Mitchinson B, Martin CJ, Grant RA & Prescott TJ (2007) . Proc Biol Sci, 274(1613), 1035-1041.
  • Montes-Gonzalez F, Prescott TJ & Negrete-Martinez J (2007) . Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, 4(3), 101-109.
  • Prescott TJ, Newton LD, Mir NU, Woodruff PWR & Parks RW (2006) . Neuropsychology, 20(6), 685-699.
  • Prescott TJ, Gonzalez FMM, Gurney K, Humphries MD & Redgrave P (2006) . NEURAL NETWORKS, 19(1), 31-61.
  • Humphries MD, Gurney K & Prescott TJ (2006) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273(1585), 503-511.
  • Pearson MJ, Gilhespy I, Melhuish C, Mitchinson B, Nibouche M, Pipe AG & Prescott TJ (2005) . International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2(4).
  • Humphries M, Gurney K & Prescott T (2005) Is there an integrative center in the vertebrate brain-stem? A robotic evaluation of a model of the reticular formation viewed as an action selection device. ADAPT BEHAV, 13(2), 97-113.
  • Gurney KN, Humphries M, Wood R, Prescott TJ & Redgrave P (2004) . Network: Computation in Neural Systems, 15(4), 263-290.
  • Gurney KN, Humphries M, Wood R, Prescott TJ & Redgrave P (2004) Testing computational hypotheses of brain systems function: a case study with the basal ganglia.. Network, 15(4), 263-290.
  • Mitchinson B, Gurney KN, Redgrave P, Melhuish C, Pipe AG, Pearson M, Gilhespy I & Prescott TJ (2004) . Proc Biol Sci, 271(1556), 2509-2516.
  • Gurney K, Prescott TJ, Wickens JR & Redgrave P (2004) . Trends Neurosci, 27(8), 453-459.
  • Eiser JR, Fazio RH, Stafford T & Prescott TJ (2003) . Pers Soc Psychol Bull, 29(10), 1221-1235.
  • Crowe SJ & Prescott TJ (2003) . INT J BEHAV DEV, 27(5), 467-479.
  • Girard B, Cuzin V, Guillot A, Gurney KN & Prescott TJ (2003) . J Integr Neurosci, 2(2), 179-200.
  • Prescott TJ (2002) . The Quarterly Review of Biology, 77(3), 362-362.
  • Gurney K, Prescott TJ & Redgrave P (2001) . Biol Cybern, 84(6), 411-423.
  • Gurney K, Prescott TJ & Redgrave P (2001) . Biol Cybern, 84(6), 401-410.
  • Redgrave P, Prescott TJ & Gurney K (1999) . Neuroscience, 89(4), 1009-1023.
  • Redgrave P, Prescott TJ & Gurney K (1999) . Trends Neurosci, 22(4), 146-151.
  • Prescott TJ, Redgrave P & Gurney K (1999) Layered control architectures in robots and vertebrates. ADAPT BEHAV, 7(1), 99-127.
  • Crowe A, Porrill J & Prescott T (1998) . J Mot Behav, 30(3), 217-233.
  • Prescott TJ & Ibbotson C (1997) . Artif Life, 3(4), 289-306.
  • Prescott TJ (1996) Spatial representation for navigation in animats. ADAPT BEHAV, 4(2), 85-123.
  • Prescott T & Szollosy M () . Connection Science, 29(2), 119-123.
  • Prescott T & D翹rr V () . Scholarpedia, 10(4), 32688-32688.
  • Prescott T () . Scholarpedia, 7(8), 6597-6597.
  • Prescott TJ, Mitchinson B & Grant RA () . Encyclopedia:Touch, 6(10).

Book chapters

  • Cheung HC, Cameron D, Lucas A & Prescott T (2024) In Balogh R, Obdr鱉獺lek D & Fislake F (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (pp. 188-199). Springer Nature Switzerland
  • Prescott T (2024) , The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence (pp. 23-45). Routledge
  • Prescott T (2024) , The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence (pp. 68-92). Routledge
  • Prescott T (2024) , The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence (pp. 1-3). Routledge
  • Prescott T (2024) , The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence (pp. 4-22). Routledge
  • Prescott T (2024) , The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence (pp. 46-67). Routledge
  • Prescott T (2024) , The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence (pp. 93-112). Routledge
  • Prescott T (2024) , The Psychology of Artificial Intelligence (pp. 113-123). Routledge
  • Salazar PJ & Prescott AJ (2023) In Meder F, Hunt A, Margheri L, Mura A & Mazzolai B (Ed.) (pp. 3-15). Berlin: Springer.
  • Vouloutsi V, Mura A, Tauber F, Speck T, Prescott TJ & Verschure PFMJ (2021) Preface (pp. v-vii).
  • Prescott TJ (2021) In Ang MH, Khatib O & Siciliano B (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Robotics Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
  • Prescott TJ, Lepora N, Mitchinson B, Pearson M, Martinez-Hernandez U & Grant RA (2020) , The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference (pp. 79-109). Elsevier
  • Verschure PFMJ, Halloy J & Prescott TJ (2020) Sapiens 5.0 : a manifesto for the development of human-AI collaboration, Futures Studies (pp. 83-110). Abu Dhabi, UAE: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research.
  • Prescott TJ & Camilleri D (2019) In Ferreira MIA, Sequeira JS & Ventura R (Ed.), Cognitive Architectures (pp. 85-104). Springer Nature
  • Mura A & Prescott TJ (2018) In Prescott TJ, Lepora N & Verschure PFMJ (Ed.), Living machines: A handbook of research in biomimetics and biohybrid systems (pp. 602-613). Oxford University Press
  • Prescott TJ (2018) In Prescott TJ, Lepora N & Verschure PFMJ (Ed.), Living machines: A handbook of research in biomimetics and biohybrid systems (pp. 51-54). Oxford University Press
  • Prescott TJ (2018) In Prescott TJ, Lepora N & Verschure PFMJ (Ed.), Living machines: A handbook of research in biomimetics and biohybrid systems (pp. 373-379). Oxford University Press
  • Lepora NF, Verschure PFMJ & Prescott TJ (2018) In Prescott TJ, Lepora N & Verschure PFMJ (Ed.), Living machines: A handbook of research in biomimetics and biohybrid systems (pp. 26-48). Oxford University Press
  • Verschure PFMJ & Prescott TJ (2018) In Prescott TJ, Lepora N & Verschure PFMJ (Ed.), Living machines: A handbook of research in biomimetics and biohybrid systems (pp. 15-25). Oxford University Press
  • Prescott TJ (2018) In Prescott TJ, Lepora N & Verschure PFMJ (Ed.), Living machines : A handbook of research in biomimetic and biohybrid systems (pp. 430-438). Oxford University Press
  • Prescott TJ & Krubitzer L (2018) In Prescott TJ, Lepora N & Verschure PFMJ (Ed.), Living machines : A handbook of research in biomimetic and biohybrid systems (pp. 82-98). Oxford University Press
  • Vouloutsi V, Halloy J, Mura A, Mangan M, Lepora N, Prescott TJ & Verschure PFMJ (2018) Preface (pp. V-VII).
  • Prescott TJ & D羹rr V (2016) , Scholarpedia Scholarpedia Corporation
  • Prescott TJ, Ayers J, Grasso FW & Verschure PFMJ (2016) Embodied Models and Neurorobotics In Arbib MA & Bonaiuto J (Ed.), From Neuron to Cognition via Computational Neuroscience (pp. 483-512). MIT Press
  • Prescott TJ & Verschure PFMJ (2016) Action-oriented Cognition and its implications : Contextualising the New Science of Mind In Engel AK, Friston K & Kragic D (Ed.), The Pragmatic Turn Toward Action-Oriented Views in Cognitive Science Mit Press
  • Dominey PF, Prescott TJ, Bohg J, Engel AK, Gallagher S, Heed T, Hoffman M, Knoblich G, Prinz W & Schwartz A (2016) In Engel AK, Friston K & Kragic D (Ed.), The Pragmatic Turn : Toward Action-Oriented Views in Cognitive Science Mit Press
  • Prescott TJ & Verschure PFMJ (2016) , The Pragmatic Turn (pp. 321-332). The MIT Press
  • Dominey PF, Prescott TJ, Bohg J, Engel AK, Gallagher S, Heed T, Hoffmann M, Knoblich G, Prinz W & Schwartz A (2016) , The Pragmatic Turn (pp. 333-356). The MIT Press
  • Prescott TJ, Mitchinson B & Grant RA (2016) In Prescott TJ, Ahissar E & Izhikevich E (Ed.), Scholarpedia of Touch (pp. 103-116). Atlantis Press
  • (2016) In Lepora NF, Mura A, Mangan M, Verschure PFMJ, Desmulliez M & Prescott TJ (Ed.) Springer International Publishing
  • Prescott AJ, Mitchinson B, Lepora NF, Wilson SP, Anderson SR, Porrill J, Dean P, Fox CW, Pearson MJ, Sullivan JC & Pipe AG (2015) The robot vibrissal system: Understanding mammalian sensorimotor co-ordination through biomimetics In Krieger P & Groh A (Ed.), Sensorimotor Integration in the Whisker System (pp. 213-240). New York: Springer.
  • Wilson SP, Verschure PFMJ, Mura A & Prescott A (2015) In Wilson S, Verschure P, Mura A & Prescott A (Ed.), 4th International Conference, Living Machines 2015, Barcelona, Spain, July 28 - 31, 2015, Proceedings (pp. v-vi). Springer International Publishing
  • Duff A, Lepora NF, Mura A, Prescott TJ & Verschure PFMJ (2014) In Duff A, Lepora N, Mura A, Prescott A & Verschure P (Ed.), Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems: Third International Conference, Living Machines 2014, Milan, Italy, July 30--August 1, 2014, Proceedings (pp. V-VIII). Springer International Publishing
  • Seth AK, Bryson JJ & Prescott TJ (2011) , Modelling Natural Action Selection (pp. 1-4). Cambridge University Press
  • Prescott TJ, Bryson JJ & Seth AK (2011) , Modelling Natural Action Selection (pp. 169-175). Cambridge University Press
  • Seth AK, Prescott TJ & Bryson JJ (2011) , Modelling Natural Action Selection (pp. 7-11). Cambridge University Press
  • Humphries MD, Gurney KN & Prescott TJ (2011) In Seth AK, Prescott TJ & Bryson JJ (Ed.), Modelling natural action selection (pp. 300-329). Cambridge University Press
  • Bryson JJ, Prescott TJ & Seth AK (2011) , Modelling Natural Action Selection (pp. 421-426). Cambridge University Press
  • Chambers JM, Gurney K, Humphries M & Prescott A (2011) Mechanisms of choice in the primate brain: a quick look at positive feedback In Seth AK, Prescott TJ & Bryson JJ (Ed.), Modelling Natural Action Selection (pp. 390-420). Cambridge University Press
  • Prescott AJ, Mitchinson B, Pearson MJ & Pipe AG (2011) Biomimetic robots as scientific models: a view from the whisker tip In Krichmar J & Wagatsuma H (Ed.), Neuromorphic and Brain-Based Robots (pp. 23-57). Cambridge University Press
  • Seth AK, Bryson JJ & Prescott TJ (2011) , Modelling Natural Action Selection (pp. 1-4).
  • Redgrave P, Prescott AJ & Gurney KN (2003) Selection and the basal ganglia: A role for dopamine In Graybiel AM, DeLong MR & Kitai ST (Ed.), The Basal Ganglia VI: v. 6 (pp. 257-266). Springer
  • Prescott AJ, Redgrave P & Gurney KN (2003) Basal Ganglia In Arbib MA (Ed.), The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks (pp. 147-150). The MIT Press
  • Redgrave P, Prescott T & Gurney K (2002) , Advances in Behavioral Biology (pp. 257-266). Springer US
  • Prescott AJ, Montes-Gonzalez FM, Gurney KN, Redgrave P & Humphries M (2002) The Robot Basal Ganglia In Nicholson LFB & Faull RLM (Ed.), The Basal Ganglia VII: v. 7 (pp. 349-356). Springer
  • Prescott TJ & Mayhew JEW (1993) , From Animals to Animats 2 (pp. 231-240). The MIT Press
  • Prescott AJ & Mayhew JEW (1992) Adaptive local navigation In Blake A & Yuille A (Ed.), Active Vision The MIT Press
  • ASTWOOD EB (1969) , Proceedings of the 1968 Laurentian Hormone Conference (pp. v-vi). Elsevier
  • Prescott TJ & Verschure PFMJ () In Prescott TJ, Lepora N & Verschure PFMJ (Ed.), Living machines: A handbook of research in biomimetics and biohybrid systems (pp. 3-14). Oxford University Press

Conference proceedings

  • Prescott TJ (2025) . Proceedings of the 12 th International Conference of Control Dynamic Systems, and Robotics (CDSR 2025). London, UK, 13 July 2025 - 13 July 2025.
  • Htet A, Bernacka K, Marei O, Holden JN & Prescott TJ (2025) . HRI '25: Proceedings of the 2025 20th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp 1779-1781). Melbourne, Australia, 4 March 2025 - 4 March 2025.
  • Lithoxoidou EE, Eleftherakis G, Votis K & Prescott T (2025) . Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (pp 127-136). Cagliari, Italy, 24 March 2025 - 24 March 2025.
  • Htet A, Jimenez-Rodriguez A, Gagliardi M & Prescott TJ (2024) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems: 13th International Conference, Living Machines 2024, Chicago, IL, USA, July 811, 2024, Proceedings, Vol. LNCS 14930 (pp 52-67). Chicago, IL, USA, 8 July 2024 - 8 July 2024.
  • jimenez-Rodiguez A & Prescott AJ (2023) . BIomimetic and Biohybrid Systems: 12th International Conference, Living Machines 2023, Genoa, Italy, July 1013, 2023, Proceedings, Part II(LNAI 14158) (pp 240-253). Berlin, 10 July 2023 - 10 July 2023.
  • Jimenez-Rodriguez A, Robillard J & Prescott A (2022) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems : 11th International Conference, Living Machines 2022, Virtual Event, July 1922, 2022, Proceedings, Vol. LNAI 13548 (pp 345-353). Virtual Event, 19 July 2022 - 19 July 2022.
  • Salazar PJ & Prescott TJ (2022) . From Animals to Animats 16: 16th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, SAB 2022, Cergy-Pontoise, France, September 2023, 2022, Proceedings, Vol. LNAI 13499 (pp 41-51). Cergy-Pontoise, France, 20 September 2022 - 20 September 2022.
  • Salazar PJ & Prescott TJ (2022) . Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems: 23rd Annual Conference, TAROS 2022, Culham, UK, September 79, 2022, Proceedings, Vol. LNAI 13546 (pp 166-178). Culham, UK, 7 September 2022 - 7 September 2022.
  • Prescott A & Rolillard J (2022) . ICCHP-AAATE 2022 Open Access Compendium "Assistive Technology, Accessibility and (e)Inclusion", Vol. Part II (pp 285-292). Lecco, Italy, 11 July 2022 - 11 July 2022.
  • Sun L, Taher M, Wild C, Zhao C, Majer F, Yan Z, Krajnik T, Prescott T & Duckett T (2021) . Proceedings of 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp 2635-2642). Virtual conference (Prague, Czech Republic), 27 September 2021 - 27 September 2021.
  • Jimenez-Rodriguez A, Prescott TJ, Schmidt R & Wilson S (2020) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems : 9th International Conference, Living Machines 2020, Freiburg, Germany, July 2830, 2020, Proceedings (pp 192-203). Freiburg, Germany, 28 July 2020 - 30 July 2020.
  • Whelan MT, Prescott TJ & Vasilaki E (2020) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems : 9th International Conference, Living Machines 2020, Freiburg, Germany, July 2830, 2020, Proceedings (pp 390-401). Freiburg, Germany, 28 July 2020 - 30 July 2020.
  • Camilleri D, Szollosy M & Prescott TJ (2020) . HRI '20: Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp 70-70). Cambridge, UK (cancelled), 23 March 2020 - 23 March 2020.
  • Ling F, Jim矇nez-Rodr穩guez A & Prescott TJ (2020) . 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) (pp 71-76). Dali, China, 6 December 2019 - 6 December 2019.
  • Cash H & Prescott TJ (2019) . Social Robotics (pp 697-706). Madrid, Spain, 26 November 2019 - 29 November 2019.
  • Panagiotidi M, Wilson S & Prescott T (2019) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (pp 351-354). Nara, Japan, 9 July 2019 - 12 July 2019.
  • Whelan MT, Vasilaki E & Prescott TJ (2019) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (pp 277-286). Nara, Japan, 9 July 2019 - 12 July 2019.
  • Buxton DR, Kerdegari H, Mokaram S, Mitchinson B & Prescott TJ (2019) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (pp 316-320). Nara, Japan, 9 July 2019 - 12 July 2019.
  • Collins EC, Prescott TJ, Yoshikawa Y & Ishiguro H (2019) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (pp 63-75). Nara, Japan, 9 July 2019 - 12 July 2019.
  • Watson MT, Gladwin DT, Prescott TJ & Conran SO (2019) . Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp 4444-4450). Montreal, QC, Canada, 20 May 2019 - 20 May 2019.
  • Naneva S, Webb TL & Prescott TJ (2018) . Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems: 19th Annual Conference, TAROS 2018, Bristol, UK July 25-27, 2018, Proceedings, Vol. 10965 (pp 453-454). Bristol, UK, 25 July 2018 - 25 July 2018.
  • Gou MS, Naneva S, Webb TL & Prescott TJ (2018) . Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems: 19th Annual Conference, TAROS 2018, Bristol, UK July 25-27, 2018, Proceedings, Vol. 10965 (pp 484-485). Bristol, UK, 25 July 2018 - 25 July 2018.
  • Prescott TJ, Mitchinson B, Power T, Bridges G, Camilleri D & Conran S (2018) . Alzheimer's & Dementia, Vol. 14(7) (pp P210-P210). Chicago, IL, USA, 21 July 2018 - 21 July 2018.
  • Camilleri D & Prescott T (2018) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 10928 (pp 64-72). Paris, France, 17 July 2018 - 17 July 2018.
  • Watson MT, Gladwin DT, Prescott TJ & Conran SO (2018) . 2018 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics for Sustainable Energy Systems (IESES) (pp 473-478). Hamilton, New Zealand, 31 January 2018 - 31 January 2018.
  • Camilleri D & Prescott TJ (2018) . 2017 Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EpiRob). Lisbon, Portugal, 18 September 2017 - 21 September 2017.
  • Prescott TJ, Mitchinson B, Conran S, Power T & Bridges G (2018) . Proceeding HRI '18 Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp 41). Chicago, IL, USA, 5 March 2018 - 5 March 2018.
  • Blancas M, Vouloutsi V, Fernando S, Sanchez-Fibla M, Zucca R, Prescott TJ, Mura A & Verschure PFMJ (2018) . Humanoid Robotics (Humanoids), 2017 IEEE-RAS 17th International Conference on (pp 749-755). Birmingham, UK, 15 November 2017 - 15 November 2017.
  • Martinez-Hernandez U & Prescott TJ (2017) . Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on (pp 6735-6740). Vancouver, BC, Canada, 24 September 2017 - 24 September 2017.
  • Cameron D, Fernando S, Cowles-Naja E, Perkins A, Collins E, Millings A, Szollosy M, Moore R, Sharkey A & Prescott A (2017) . Proceedings of the 18th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS) Conference, Vol. 10454 (pp 290-299). University of Surrey, Guildford
  • Cameron D, Fernando S, Collins EC, Millings A, Szollosy M, Moore R, Sharkey A & Prescott A (2017) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10384 (pp 73-85). Stanford University, California
  • Prescott TJ, Mitchinson B & Conran S (2017) . Proceedings of the Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Vol. Part F (pp 50-51), 6 March 2017 - 9 March 2017.
  • Zaga C, Charisi V, Schadenberg B, Reidsma D, Neerincx M, Prescott T, Zillich M, Verschure P & Evers V (2017) . HRI '17 Proceedings of the Companion of the 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp 429-430). Vienna, Austria, 6 March 2017 - 6 March 2017.
  • Martinez-Hernandez U, Damianou A, Camilleri D, Boorman LW, Lawrence N & Prescott AJ (2017) . 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO). Qingdao, China, 3 December 2016 - 3 December 2016.
  • Martinez-Hernandez U & Prescott TJ (2016) . 25th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2016 (pp 974-979)
  • Martinez-Hernandez U, Rubio-Solis A & Prescott TJ (2016) . Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2016 International Joint Conference on (pp 4927-4933). Alaska, USA, 14 May 2017 - 14 May 2017.
  • Vouloutsi V, Blancas M, Zucca R, Omedas P, Reidsma D, Davison D, Charisi V, Wijnen F, van der Meij J, Evers V , Cameron D et al (2016) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9793 (pp 353-364). Edinburgh, UK, 19 July 2016 - 19 July 2016.
  • Mitchinson B & Prescott TJ (2016) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9793 (pp 179-191). Edinburgh, UK
  • Cameron D, Fernando S, Millings A, Szollosy M, Collins EC, Moore R, Sharkey A & Prescott A (2016) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9793 (pp 413-417). Edinburgh, UK
  • Camilleri D, Damianou A, Jackson H, Lawrence N & Prescott T (2016) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9793 (pp 48-57). Edinburgh, UK
  • Reidsma D, Charisi V, Davison D, Wijnen F, van der Meij J, Evers V, Cameron D, Fernando S, Moore R, Prescott T , Mazzei D et al (2016) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9793 (pp 297-306). Edinburgh, UK, 19 July 2016 - 19 July 2016.
  • Kerdegari H, Kim TJ & Prescott Y (2016) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9793 (pp 107-118). Edinburgh, UK
  • Camilleri D, Boorman L, Martinez U, Damianou A & Prescott T (2016) . Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, Vol. 9716 (pp 40-52). Sheffield, UK, 26 June 2016 - 26 June 2016.
  • Cameron D, Fernando S, Millings A, Szollosy M, Collins E, Moore R, Sharkey A & Prescott A (2016) . Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, Vol. 9716 (pp 33-39). Sheffield, UK, 28 June 2016 - 28 June 2016.
  • (2016) AISB 2016 symposium on the principles of robotics. AISB Annual Convention 2016, AISB 2016
  • Collins EC, Prescott TJ, Mitchinson B & Conran S (2015) . Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology
  • Martinez-Hernandez U, Lepora NF & Prescott TJ (2015) . 2015 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC) (pp 299-304)
  • Martinez-Hernandez U, Boorman LW & Prescott TJ (2015) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9222(9222) (pp 461-464). Barcelona, Spain
  • Kerdegari H, Kim Y & Prescott T (2015) . BIOMIMETIC AND BIOHYBRID SYSTEMS, LIVING MACHINES 2015(9222) (pp 359-365)
  • Cameron D, Fernando S, Millings A, Moore R, Sharkey A & Prescott T (2015) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9222 (pp 348-353). Barcelona, Spain
  • Damianou A, Ek CH, Boorman L, Lawrence ND & Prescott TJ (2015) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9222 (pp 280-292). Barcelona, Spain
  • Collins EC, Prescott TJ & Mitchinson B (2015) . BIOMIMETIC AND BIOHYBRID SYSTEMS, LIVING MACHINES 2015, Vol. 9222 (pp 243-255). Barcelona, Spain
  • Boorman LW, Damianou AC, Martinez-Hernandez U & Prescott TJ (2015) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9222 (pp 441-452). Barcelona, Spain
  • Martinez-Hernandez U, Lepora NF & Prescott TJ (2015) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 9222 (pp 415-428). Barcelona, Spain
  • (2015)
  • Charisi V, Davison D, Wijnen F, Van Der Meij J, Reidsma D, Prescott T, Van Joolingen W & Evers V (2015) Towards a child-robot symbiotic co-development: A theoretical approach. Proceedings of the AISB 2015 Symposium on AI and Games. Canterbury, 20 April 2015 - 20 April 2015.
  • Cameron D, Fernando S, Collins E, Millings A, Moore R, Sharkey A, Evers V & Prescott T (2015) Presence of life-like robot expressions influences children's enjoyment of human-robot interactions in the field. Proceedings of the AISB Convention 2015. Canterbury, UK
  • Kerdegari H, Kim Y, Stafford T & Prescott TJ (2014) . HAPTICS: NEUROSCIENCE, DEVICES, MODELING, AND APPLICATIONS, PT II, Vol. 8619(8619) (pp 55-62). Versailles
  • Barron-Gonzalez H & Prescott T (2014) . Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems(8069) (pp 46-48). Oxford, UK, 28 August 2013 - 28 August 2013.
  • Prescott TJ, Lepora N & Vershure PFMJ (2014) . Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 9055
  • (2014)
  • Evans MH, Fox CW & Prescott TJ (2014) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 8608 (pp 84-96). Milan, Italy
  • Fernando S, Collins EC, Duff A, Moore RK, Verschure PFMJ & Prescott TJ (2014) . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Vol. 8608 (pp 392-395). Milan, Italy
  • Martinez-Hernandez U, Dodd T, Prescott TJ & Lepora NF (2013) . IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (pp 5968-5973)
  • Collins EC, Millings A & Prescott TJ (2013) . Assistive Technology Research Series, Vol. 33 (pp 823-828)
  • Lepora NF, Martinez-Hernandez U, Pezzulo G & Prescott TJ (2013) . IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (pp 4735-4740)
  • Pearson MJ, Fox C, Sullivan JC, Prescott TJ, Pipe T & Mitchinson B (2013) . Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (pp 586-592)
  • Lepora NF, Martinez-Hernandez U & Prescott TJ (2013) . Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (pp 3020-3025)
  • Barron-Gonzalez H, Porrill J, Lepora NF, Chinellato E, Metta G & Prescott TJ (2013) . 2013 World Haptics Conference Whc 2013 (pp 353-358)
  • Martinez-Hernandez U, Metta G, Dodd TJ, Prescott TJ, Natale L & Lepora NF (2013) . 2013 World Haptics Conference Whc 2013 (pp 341-346)
  • Prescott TJ (2013) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 8064 LNAI (pp 438-440)
  • Bertram C, Evans MH, Javaid M, Stafford T & Prescott T (2013) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 8064 LNAI (pp 24-35)
  • Lepora NF, Martinez-Hernandez U & Prescott TJ (2013) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 8064 LNAI (pp 154-166)
  • Martinez-Hernandez U, Dodd TJ, Prescott TJ & Lepora NF (2013) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 8064 LNAI (pp 405-408)
  • Mitchinson B, Sullivan JC, Pearson MJ, Pipe AG & Prescott TJ (2013) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 8064 LNAI (pp 179-190)
  • Wilson SP & Prescott TJ (2013) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 8064 LNAI (pp 454-456)
  • Lepora NF, Verschure PFMJ & Prescott TJ (2013) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 8064 LNAI (pp 396-398)
  • Lepora NF, Martinez-Hernandez U & Prescott TJ (2013) . Robotics: Science and Systems, Vol. IX. Berlin, Germany, 24 June 2013 - 24 June 2013.
  • Prescott TJ, Inami M, El Saddik A & Book WJ (2013) . 2013 World Haptics Conference (WHC) (pp 1-4), 14 April 2013 - 17 April 2013.
  • Evans MH, Pearson MJ, Lepora NF, Prescott TJ & Fox CW (2012) . IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (pp 7-13)
  • Lepora NF, Martinez-Hernandez U, Barron-Gonzalez H, Evans M, Metta G & Prescott TJ (2012) . IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (pp 4638-4643)
  • Martinez-Hernandez U, Lepora NF, Barron-Gonzalez H, Dodd TJ & Prescott TJ (2012) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 7429 LNAI (pp 459-460)
  • Mitchinson B, Pearson MJ, Pipe AG & Prescott TJ (2012) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 7429 LNAI (pp 343-353)
  • Wilson E, Anderson SR, Assaf T, Pearson MJ, Walters P, Prescott TJ, Melhuish C, Rossiter J, Pipe T, Dean P & Porrill J (2012) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 7429 LNAI (pp 424-425)
  • Mitchinson B, Pearson MJ, Pipe AG & Prescott TJ (2012) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 7375 LNAI (pp 168-179)
  • Prescott TJ, Lepora NF, Mura A & Verschure PFMJ (2012) Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics): Preface. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 7375 LNAI (pp V-VIII)
  • Grasso FW, Evans M, Basil J & Prescott TJ (2012) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 7375 LNAI (pp 352-354)
  • Lepora NF, Verschure PFMJ & Prescott TJ (2012) The State-of-the-Art in Biomimetics.. Living Machines, Vol. 7375 (pp 367-368)
  • Barron-Gonzalez H, Lepora NF, Martinez-Hernandez U, Evans MH & Prescott TJ (2012) Towards a Framework for Tactile Perception in Social Robotics.. Living Machines, Vol. 7375 (pp 335-336)
  • Martinez-Hernandez U, Barron-Gonzalez H, Evans MH, Lepora NF, Dodd TJ & Prescott TJ (2012) Texture Classification through Tactile Sensing.. Living Machines, Vol. 7375 (pp 377-379)
  • Fox C, Evans M, Pearson M & Prescott T (2012) . Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (pp 4925-4930)
  • Lepora NF, Sullivan JC, Mitchinson B, Pearson MJ, Gurney KN & Prescott TJ (2012) Brain-inspired Bayesian perception for biomimetic robot touch.. ICRA (pp 5111-5116)
  • Dario P, Verschure PFMJ, Prescott T, Cheng G, Sandini G, Cingolani R, Dillmann R, Floreano D, Leroux C, MacNeil S , Roelfsema P et al (2011) . Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 7 (pp 47-51)
  • Saul A, Prescott T & Fox C (2011) . 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics Robio 2011 (pp 835-840)
  • Motiwala A, Fox CW, Lepora NF & Prescott TJ (2011) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 6856 LNAI (pp 253-264)
  • Lepora NF, Fox CW, Evans M, Mitchinson B, Motiwala A, Sullivan JC, Pearson MJ, Welsby J, Pipe T, Gurney K & Prescott TJ (2011) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 6856 LNAI (pp 13-23)
  • Fox CW & Prescott TJ (2011) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 6856 LNAI (pp 183-194)
  • Fox CW, Evans MH, Lepora NF, Pearson M, Ham A & Prescott TJ (2011) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 6856 LNAI (pp 102-113)
  • Motiwala A, Fox C & Prescott T (2011) . BMC Neuroscience, Vol. 12(S1)
  • Lepora NF, Pearson MJ, Mitchinson B, Evans M, Fox C, Pipe A, Gurney K & Prescott TJ (2010) . 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics Robio 2010 (pp 131-136)
  • Evans M, Fox CW, Pearson MJ, Lepora NF & Prescott TJ (2010) . 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics Robio 2010 (pp 720-725)
  • Evans MH, Fox CW, Pearson MJ & Prescott TJ (2010) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 6226 LNAI (pp 178-187)
  • Pearson MJ, Mitchinson B, Welsby J, Pipe T & Prescott TJ (2010) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 6226 LNAI (pp 93-103)
  • Fox C & Prescott T (2010) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 6352 LNCS(PART 1) (pp 388-394)
  • Fox C & Prescott T (2010) Hippocampus as unitary coherent particle filter. 2010 INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON NEURAL NETWORKS IJCNN 2010
  • Lepora NF, Evans M, Fox CW, Diamond ME, Gurney K & Prescott TJ (2010) Naive Bayes texture classification applied to whisker data from a moving robot. 2010 INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON NEURAL NETWORKS IJCNN 2010
  • Koene A & Prescott TJ (2009) Hippocampus, Amygdala and Basal Ganglia Based Navigation Control. ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS - ICANN 2009, PT I, Vol. 5768 (pp 267-276)
  • Pearson MJ, Gilhespy I, Melhuish C, Nibouche M, Pipe AG, Mitchinson B & Prescott TJ (2006) Whiskerbot: A haptic sensor array for mobile robots. Proceedings of Aisb 06 Adaptation in Artificial and Biological Systems, Vol. 2 (pp 93-96)
  • Pearson M, Nibouche M, Pipe AG, Melhuish C, Gilhespy I, Mitchison B, Gurney K, Prescott T & Redgrave P (2006) A biologically inspired FPGA based implementation of a tactile sensory system for object recognition and texture discrimination. 2006 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FIELD PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC AND APPLICATIONS, PROCEEDINGS (pp 897-900)
  • Humphries M & Prescott T (2006) Distributed action selection by a brainstem neural substrate: An embodied evaluation. FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS 9, PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 4095 (pp 199-210)
  • Mitchinson B, Pearson M, Melhuish C & Prescott TJ (2006) A model of sensorimotor coordination in the rat whisker system. FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS 9, PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 4095 (pp 77-88)
  • Pearson MJ, Gilhespy I, Melhuish C, Mitchinson B, Nibouche M, Pipe AG & Prescott TJ (2005) A Biomimetic Haptic Sensor. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, Vol. 2(4) (pp 335-343)
  • Humphries MD, Prescott TJ & Gurney KN (2003) . Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, Vol. 2714 (pp 797-804)
  • Pegg EJ, Gurney KN, Parks RW & Prescott TJ (2003) Reliability and validity of a paced computer Stroop task for fMRI. ARCHIVES OF CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, Vol. 18(7) (pp 755-755)
  • Prescott TJ, Gurney K, Montes-Gonzalez F, Humphries M & Redgrave P (2002) The robot basal ganglia: Action selection by an embedded model of the basal ganglia. BASAL GANGLIA VII, Vol. 52 (pp 349-358)
  • Girard B, Cuzin V, Guillot A, Gurney K & Prescott TJ (2002) (pp 75-84)
  • Gonzalez FM, Prescott TJ, Gurney K, Humphries M & Redgrave P (2000) An embodied model of action selection mechanisms in the vertebrate brain. FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS 6 (pp 157-166)
  • Montes-Gonzalez FM, Prescott TJ, Gurney K & Redgrave P (2000) The robot basal ganglia: Control of robot action selection by an embodied model of the mammalian basal ganglia. EUR J NEUROSCI, Vol. 12 (pp 134-134)
  • Hartley SJ, Prescott TJ & Nicolson RI (1999) Feature distributions and experimental evaluation in a connectionist model of semantic memory. CONNECTIONIST MODELS IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE (pp 159-169)
  • Prescott TJ & Gurney KN (1999) Almost a decade of Cognitive Science at Sheffield. Proceedings of the AISB'99 Workshop on Issues in Teaching Cognitive Science to Undergraduates. Edinburgh College of Art & Division of Informatics, University of Edinburgh., 8 April 1999 - 8 April 1999.
  • Hartley SJ, Prescott TJ & Nicolson RI (1998) Experimental and connectionist perspectives on semantic memory development. PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE SOCIETY (pp 478-483)
  • Gurney KN, Prescott TJ & Redgrave P (1998) . ICANN 98: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (pp 1033-1038). Sk繹vde, Sweden, 2 September 1998 - 2 September 1998.
  • Prescott TJ & ibbotson C (1997) The early evolution of spatial behaviour: robot models of trace fossils. Technical Report Series, Department of Computer Science, Manchester University, Vol. Report. Manchester
  • Prescott TJ & Redgrave P (1996) Layered control architectures in natural and artificial systems. Workshop on Learning in Robots and Animals. Brighton, 31 March 1996 - 31 March 1996.
  • Prescott TJ (1996) Robot spatial learning: Insights from animal and human behaviour. IEE Colloquium (Digest)(26)
  • PRESCOTT TJ (1994) SPATIAL-LEARNING AND REPRESENTATION IN ANIMATS. FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS 3 (pp 164-173)
  • PRESCOTT TJ & MAYHEW JEW (1993) BUILDING LONG-RANGE COGNITIVE MAPS USING LOCAL LANDMARKS. FROM ANIMALS TO ANIMATS 2 (pp 233-242)
  • Prescott TJ & Mayhew JEW (1991) Obstacle Avoidance through Reinforcement Learning.. NIPS (pp 523-530)
  • Camilleri D & Prescott T () . Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems(10384 ) (pp 86-94). Stanford, CA, USA
  • Martinez-Hernandez U, Szollosy M, Boorman LW, Kerdegari H & Prescott TJ () . Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation, Vol. 196(LNICST, volume 196) (pp 65-73). Esbjerg, Denmark, 2 May 2016 - 2 May 2016.
  • Prescott TJ () Sunny uplands or slippery slopes? The risks and benefits of using robots in care. Proceedings of UKRE Workshop on Robot Ethics. Sheffield, UK, 25 March 2013 - 25 March 2013.
  • Prescott TJ, Epton T, Evers V, McKee K, Hawley M, Webb T, Benyon D, Conran S, De Cock Buning M, Verschure PFMJ & Dario P () Robot Companions For Citizens: Roadmapping The Potential For Future Robots In Empowering Older People. BRAID (Bridging Research in Ageing and ICT Development) Final Conference. Prague , 29 May 2012 - 29 May 2012.
  • Tony P () . Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, Vol. 2

Reports

  • Waterstone R, Charlton P, Gibbs D & Prescott TJ (2021)
  • Prescott TJ & Caleb-Solly P (2017) Robotics in social care : a connected care ecosystem for independent living

Theses

  • Prescott TJ (1994) Explorations in Reinforcement and Model-based Learning.
  • Sarda Gou M Attitudes towards social robots and how they are affected by direct and indirect contact with a humanoid social robot.

Other

  • Prescott TJ, Newton LD, Mir NU, Woodruff WR & Parks RW (2007) . Neuropsychology, 21(2), 273.
  • PRESCOTT T (1992) THOUGHT RULES. NEW SCI, 135(1830), 53-53.

Preprints

  • Nkhumise RM, Basu D, Prescott TJ & Gilra A (2024) , arXiv.
  • Prescott TJ, Montes Gonzalez F, Gurney K, Humphries MD & Redgrave P (2024) , MDPI AG.
  • Lithoxoidou EE, Stamos A, Triantafyllidis A, Georgiadis C, Avonds J, Altsitsiadis E, Giakoumis D, Votis K, Dewitte S, Tzovaras D , Eleftherakis G et al (2023) , Research Square Platform LLC.
  • Whelan MT, Prescott TJ & Vasilaki E (2021) , arXiv.
  • Moulin-Frier C, Fischer T, Petit M, Pointeau G, Puigbo J-Y, Pattacini U, Low SC, Camilleri D, Nguyen P, Hoffmann M , Chang HJ et al (2017) , arXiv.
  • Cope AJ, Chambers JM, Prescott TJ & Gurney KN (2017) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Fernando S, Moore RK, Cameron D, Collins EC, Millings A, Sharkey AJ & Prescott TJ (2016) , arXiv.
  • Cameron D, Fernando S, Collins E, Millings A, Moore R, Sharkey A & Prescott T (2016) , arXiv.
Grants
  • : EU Future Emerging Technologies Flagship. T.J. Prescott (Sheffield PI): The Human Brain Project (2016-2023).  Project value to Sheffield 774,000 (over four years).
  • EPSRC. T.J.Prescott (PI): SERAS: Skills and Education in Robotics and Autonomous Systems (March 2020 - Feb 2021). 瞿35,500
  • Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). T. J. Prescott (PI): Cyberselves in Immersive Technologies (2014-2015). Project value 瞿50,000.
  • EU Framework 7 Cognitive and Robotics Systems. T. J. Prescott (PI): What You Say Is What You Did (WYSIWYD) (2014 - 2017). Total project value 3,500,000 (575,000 to Sheffield).
  • EU Framework 7 Cognitive and Robotics Systems. T.J. Prescott (PI): Expressive Agents for Symbiotic Education and Learning (EASEL) (Nov 2013 - 2016). Total project value 2,910,000 (595,000 to Sheffield).
  • UK Technology Strategy Board. T.J. Prescott (PI): IntelliTable (Sept 2013 -14). Total project value 瞿100,000 (瞿27,000 to Sheffield).
  • EPSRC Capital for Great Technologies. T.J. Prescott (PI): Human-Machine Cooperation In Robotics And Autonomous (July 2013 -14). 瞿1,000,000.
  • European Union Framework 7 Programme. T.J. Prescott (PI for Sheffield component):  (Mar 2013-2016). Total project value 950,000 (172,711 to Sheffield).
  • Weizmann UK Joint Research Programme. T.J. Prescott (PI): Development of motor-sensory strategies for vibrissal active touch (Oct 2012-2014). Total project value $100,000 ($50,000 to Sheffield).
  • EPSRC. T.J. Prescott (Co-Investigator): Bio-inspired Control of Electro-Active Polymers for Next Generation Soft Robots (Jan 2012-2015). Total project value 瞿359,094 (~瞿170,000 to Sheffield).
  • EPSRC/UoS. T.J. Prescott (PI): A wearable active sensing device using tactile displays (Sept 2011-2012). 瞿49,998.
  • European Union Framework 7 Programme. T.J. Prescott (PI for Sheffield component): CA-RoboCom: Coordination Action for the design and description of the FET Flagship candidate Robot Companions for Citizens (May 2011-2012). Total project value 1,500,000 (90,000 to Sheffield).
  • European Union Framework 7 Programme. T.J. Prescott (PI for Sheffield component): Experimental Functional Android Assistant (EFAA) (Jan 2011-2014). Total project value 2,858,000 (517,000 to Sheffield).
  • UoS Proof of Concept. T.J. Prescott (PI): Virtual Whiskers for Navigation in Hazardous Environments  (Nov 2010-May 2011). 瞿10,000.
  • European Union Framework 7 Programme. T.J. Prescott (PI for Sheffield component): Convergent Science Network for Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (Jan 2009-2012). Total project value 520,000 (108,000) to Sheffield).
  • European Union Framework 7 ICT Project 215910. T. J. Prescott (Co-ordinator and PI): BIOmimetic Technology for vibrissal ACtive Touch (BIOTACT) (2008-). (Jan 2008-Dec 2011). Total project value 7.8M (~1.4M European Union contribution to Sheffield).
  • European Union Framework 6 Cognitive Systems Project ST-027819-IP. T.J. Prescott (PI): Integration Cognition, Emotion, and Action (ICEA). (Jan 2006Dec 2009). 8.08M (~0.9M to Sheffield).
  • EPRSC EP/C516303/1. Collaboration between 5 UK Universities. K. Gurney (PI) and TJ. Prescott: REVERB: Reverse Engineering the VERtebrate Brain (April 2005-March 2010). 瞿1.8M (~瞿0.7M to Sheffield).
  • EPRSC GR/S19639/01. Collaboration with Bristol Robotics Laborator. TJ. Prescott (PI): WhiskerBot: A Robot Whisker System Modelled on the Rat Mystacial Vibrissae (September 2003-August 2006). 瞿430k (~瞿150k to Sheffield).
  • EPRSC GR/R95722/01 T. J. Prescott (PI), K. Gurney, P. Redgrave: Robot control using a model of central structures in the vertebrate brain (Sept 2002August 2005). 瞿161k.
Professional activities and memberships

Activities and Distinctions

  • Finalist in the 2022 Ana Avatar competition for telepresence robotics
  • University of Sheffield Principal Investigator for the European Union , 2016
  • Sage Centre for the Study of Mind Distinguished Fellow (2018)
  • Fellow of the British Psychological Society (FBPsS), 2011
  • Co-founder of the University of Sheffield spin-out company , 2016
  • Editor of Connection Science, 2014-2020
  • Co-founder of the , 2012-
  • Co-organiser of the European Union FP7 
  • Co-founder and Director of the Sheffield Robotics, 2011-2022
  • Partner in the "Robot Companions for Citizens" FET Flagship pilot project and leader of a working group on Societal Impacts and Ethical Issues in Robotics, 2011-12
  • Cofounder and co-organiser of the annual Barcelona Summer School on Cognitiion, Brain & Technology, 2008-
  • Co-ordinator of the EU FP7 BIOTACT project, 2008-12
  • Visiting Research Fellow at , 2003-
  • Founder and co-director of the , 1996-
  • My research has been covered by the BBC One Show, Radio 4 Today Programme, Material World & Costing the Earth, Discovery Channel, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Observer, The Economist, Science Magazine, New Scientist, Focus Magazine and American Scientist.

Earlier Plenary and Invited Talks

  • Assistive and companion robot technologies. (AAIC 17 Satellite Meeting), London, 15th July 2018.
  • Through a glass, darkly; then face to robot face,  at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, February 18th 2018.
  • Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences, 6th October 2016 (Invited talk)
  • , London Barbican Centre, 22nd October 2016 (Debate)
  • IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2016, 22nd September 2016 (Plenary talk)
  • Tencent "Way to Evolve" Conference, November 2015 (Invited talk, live streamed)
  • Institute of Contemporary Art , 30th May 2015 (invited talk)
  • SPIE Biomimetics, San Diego, USA, March 2014 (Opening talk)
  • '. EU Cognition III Annual Meeting, Brighton, UK, December 2013 (Plenary talk)
  • IEEE World Haptics, Daejeon, South Korea, April 2013 (Opening talk)
  • European Conference for Complex Systems, Warwick, 2009 (Opening talk)
Recent Articles

 for full and free access to our recent review article, courtesy of AAAS:

Prescott TJ & Wilson SP (2023) Understanding brain functional architecture through robotics. Science Robotics, 8(78)