We are delighted to welcome Gift Odoh, a student at Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training as a new user of the Cobot Maker Space. Gifts’ PhD project seeks to enhance teleoperation in complex environments, such as nuclear facilities, by developing adaptive robotic assistance tailored to the operator’s mental workload. The research employs a variety of physiological sensors, including fNIRs, PPG, and GSR, alongside performance metrics and subjective feedback to identify reliable indicators of mental workload. The objective is establishing an optimal measure or combination to predict the operator’s mental state. This measure will inform the design of an assistive robotic control scheme based on shared or traded control, which will dynamically adjust to each operator’s perceived mental workload and task demands. The envisioned outcome is an assistive system that proactively responds to the operator’s needs, offering support that can be accepted or declined, thereby improving performance and safety. This project is expected to benefit sectors reliant on precise and safe teleoperation, significantly impacting operational efficiency and risk management. This work is supported by the Engineering and Physical Research Council [Grant number EP/S023305/1] and by RACE, UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).