Prof Marc Hanheide is a Professor of Intelligent Robotics and Interactive Systems at the School of Engineering and Physical Science, University of Lincoln. He completed his PhD at the University of Bielefeld, Germany. He serves as the Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Agri-Food Robotics (AgriFoRwArdS) and Director of the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems. He has been a Principal Investigator on several major research projects including NCNR, ILIAD, DARKO and Robot Highways to name a few. He has published over 100 papers in various journals and conferences. He serves as a member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and has been leading research in autonomous systems, human--robot interaction, and agricultural robotics. His teaching and research interests include artificial intelligence, robotics, human--robot interaction, social robotics, and cognitive architectures.