Professor Phil Webb

Professor Phil Webb is the Head of the Centre for Robotics and Assembly at Cranfield University and holds the Royal Academy of Engineering and Airbus Chair in Industrial Robotics and Assembly. He has over 30 years of experience of research and teaching in advanced industrial robotics and has published widely on the subject. Amongst other roles he has served as a member of the Council of the British Automation and Robot Association and as the UK representative to the International Federation for Robotics. He is a member of the SAE Automated Assembly and Fastening Committee and in 2022 he was awarded the SAE Speller Award for services to Automated Fastening and Assembly in the Aerospace Industry. In 2024 his team at Cranfield were awarded the ATI Innovation award along with Adaptix Ltd for collaborative work on robotic X-ray inspection. He currently leads a successful research group at Cranfield with a particular focus on large scale human robot interaction and in his role as an Airbus Professor he sits between academia and industry.