Patrick Holthaus
Reader In Interactive Assistive Technology at University of Hertfordshire
Welwyn Hatfield, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPatrick Holthaus is a Reader in Interactive Assistive Technology with 16 years of experience leading human-robot interaction research and managing the Robot House facility at the University of Hertfordshire. He combines deep expertise in social robotics, nonverbal interactive signals, and trustworthiness of assistive companions with hands-on systems integration and maintenance of heterogeneous robotic and sensing platforms. Patrick has a strong track record in experimental design, supervising PhD students, and translating lab systems into collaborative projects and public demonstrations across UK and international consortia. He contributes strategically to multi‑institution projects (including UKRI TAS and HIRo) and has shaped facility-wide adoption from Robot House 2.0 to current research operations. Notably, he balances technical stewardship with pedagogy as a Visiting Lecturer and holder of a postgraduate teaching qualification, ensuring research reproducibility and practical training are embedded in his work. Outside publications, he directs most of his code and tool development to a personal GitLab, reflecting a preference for focused, maintained repositories over broad GitHub activity.
16 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Degree Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Postgraduate Degree Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at University of HertfordshireDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Intelligent Systems, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Intelligent Systems at Bielefeld University
German, English
Github Skills (78)
ros10
occupancy-grid-map10
moveit10
lists10
robot10
php10
javascript9
robotics9
file-sharing9
collaboration9
federated9
slam-algorithms9
onlyoffice9
gazebosim9
community-management9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
pholthau/highlight-service
Dec 2015 - Sep 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 89 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year 9 months
pholthau/arbitration-service
Dec 2015 - Sep 2017
Contributions:240 commits, 130 pushes, 16 branches in 1 year 9 months
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