Loy Wei Win
Robotic enthusiast, human-robot interaction researcher
RoboticPortfolio
Author: Loy Wei Win (Loy)
ORCID: 0000-0001-8283-978X
GitHub: LoyWeiWin
Portfolio: loyweiwin.github.io
Technical Proficiency:
- Software: Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Python, C#, RobotStudio, RTDE, Arduino IDE, Cura / FlashPrint, Unity AR Toolkit , Unreal Engine
- Hardware: UR5 / UR10 / UR16e, ABB GoFa CRB 15000, ESP32 / Arduino, Intel RealSense, Flashforge / Ultimaker 3D Printers, Trotec Laser Cutter, Bambu Studio
- Research Methods: Co-design, Bodystorming, Post-phenomenology, Ethnographic observation
Education
- Ph.D., Interaction Design - Queensland University of Technology (QUT) (2025)
- MArch., Architecture - University Queensland (UQ) (2019)
- BArch., Architectural Design - University Queensland (UQ) (2017)
Work Experience
Research Assistant — Collaborative Architecture Robotics Lab (CARL), Queensland University of Technology (Sep 2025 – Present)
- Assisted in developing real-time interaction systems for collaborative robots in fabrication tasks.
- Conducted data capture and co-design sessions for robot–human collaboration studies.
Research Assistant — Australian Cobotics Centre (ACC) (Project 2.7 — Robotic Intention Visualisation) (Jan 2025 – Present)
- Designed and implemented visual communication interfaces for collaborative robots (UR10).
- Investigated perception and legibility of robotic intentions through LEDs, AR overlays, and dynamic cues.
- Contributed to experimental design, participant studies, and documentation of collaborative fabrication workflows.
Research Fellow — Bond University (Aug 2024 – April 2025)
- Documented robotic weaving workflows and compression-test results for coreless fibre panels.
- Designed and fabricated custom robotic end-effectors.
- Developed automated form-finding solvers within Grasshopper, integrating robot workspace constraints.
- Created robotic winding routines for carbon-fibre composite structures.
Projects
- Github Repo for Architectural Design-Fabrication
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Github Repoo for Real-time Interaction
Projects
- Grasshopper_ArduinoCommunication — Serial and UDP-based data exchange between Grasshopper and Arduino/ESP32 boards.
- MakingMachineLegible — Toolkit for visualising robot intention using LEDs, AR, and spatial feedback.
- RobotIntentionMapper — Grasshopper component suite for collaborative robotic awareness modelling.
- RoboticPortfolio — Central hub for design-fabrication research repositories.
Talks & Lectures
- Industry Engagement Lecture, BVN, May 2024
- Industry Engagement Lecture, Architectus & Conrad Gargett, Aug 2024
- Workshop facilitator, at CAADRIA 2024.
Publications / Workshops / Exhibitions
2025
- Loy, W. W., Donovan, J., & Belek Fialho Teixeira, M. (2025). Exploring AR-enabled human–robot collaboration (HRC) system for exploratory collaborative assembly tasks.
Construction Robotics, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-025-00182-9 - Johansen, S. S., Browning, Y., Brumpton, A., Vermeulen, J., Loy, W. W., Donovan, J., & Rittenbruch, M. (2025).
Embodied Composition for Imagining Robotic Sound Space. In Proceedings of the 20th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2025), 75–83. https://doi.org/10.1109/HRI61500.2025.10973808 - Loh, P. L. L., Loy, W. W., & Talebian, N. (2025).
Robotic Winding and Structural Testing of Carbon Fibre Composite Panels. In Architectural Informatics: Proceedings of the 30th CAADRIA Conference, Vol. 2, 233–242.
2024
- Loy, W. W. (2024). Exploring with AR-enabled human robotic collaboration (AR-HRC) system. [Workshop] CAADRIA 2024, Singapore University of Technology and Design.
- Loy, W. W., Franze, A., Donovan, J., Teixeira, M., Adcock, M., & Rittenbruch, M. (2024). Design considerations for AR-enabled human-robot collaboration for fabrication-centric architectural design process. Interaction Design and Architecture(s), 61, 117–143.
- Johansen, S. S., Browning, Y., Brumpton, A., Donovan, J., Rittenbruch, M., & Loy, W. W. (2024). Robotic Blended Sonification. ISEA ’24 [Exhibition], Queensland, Australia.
- Loy, W. W., Franze, A., Teixeira, F. F., Shafiei, M., Teixeira, M. F. L. A., Rittenbruch, M., Caldwell, G., & Donovan, J. (2024). Augmented Reality (AR) as a facilitator in collaborative architectural design-fabrication processes. CONVR 2024, Sydney, Australia.
- Haskell, N. et al. (2024). Enhanced Supply Chain 5.0 Advanced Manufacturing Workflows for Regional Healthcare Resilience. CIE51 2024, UNSW Sydney.
- Johansen, S. S., Senaratne, H., Burden, A., Loy, W. W., et al. (2024). Collaborative robots for empowering people: Key insights from an OzCHI workshop. OzCHI 2024.
2023 and Earlier
- Loy, W. W., Donovan, J., & Lavery, N. (2023). Robot or Puppy Dog: Exploring the Role of Augmented Reality in Visualising Robot Intentions [Video Submission]. OzCHI ’23, Wellington.
- Loy, W. W. (2022). AR-enabled human-robot collaboration for exploratory design-fabrication. [Position Paper] OzCHI ’22, Canberra.
- O’Rourke, T., & Loy, W. W. (2021). Architecture as Indigenous heritage: Extant and virtual dormitories in Cherbourg. In What If? What Next? Speculations on History’s Futures. SAHANZ 2020.