Author: Donald Dansereau

When: Thurs 9th of Apr, 1:00pm Where: Seminars have moved online, RSVP here. Speaker: Fredrik Westling Title: Tree crop analysis using mobile LiDAR: From light to pruning Abstract: Commercial fruit growers find it helpful to understand how their crops are growing on an orchard scale and tree scale. This enables them to make decisions regarding actions …

When: Thurs 6th of Feb, 1:00pm Where: Rose St Building seminar area Speaker: Chihyung Jeon Title: Talking over the robot: A field study of strained collaboration in a dementia-prevention robot class in South Korea Abstract: I will present a case study of Silbot – a “dementia-prevention robot” – at a regional health center in South Korea, …

When: Tues 14th of December, 2:00pm Where: Rose St Building seminar area Speaker: Suda Bharadwaj Title: Assured Autonomy for Complex Systems Abstract: Over the last decade, there has been an explosion in the use of autonomous systems and artificial intelligence in our daily lives. As human reliance on autonomy grows, so do the consequences of autonomous …

When: Mon 16th of December, 1:30pm Where: Rose St Building seminar area Speaker: Tobias Bellmann Title: From Terramechanics to Flight Simulators – Robotic applications at the DLR Institute of System Dynamics and Control Abstract: The talk focuses on the robotics activities at DLR’s institute of system dynamics and control. Starting with a general overview on DLR’s …

When: Weds 11th of December, 4pm Where: Rose St Building seminar area Speaker: He Kong Title: Estimation of Dynamic Systems under Arbitrary Unknown Inputs Abstract: The topic of estimation of dynamic systems under arbitrary unknown inputs, also called unknown input decoupled estimation, has received much attention in the last few decades. This is due to …

When: Thurs 5th of December, 4pm Where: Rose St Building seminar area Speaker: Mina Henein and Jun Zhang, ANU Title: Robust Object-aware SLAM for Dynamic Scene Understanding Abstract: The static world assumption is standard in most simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) algorithms. Increased deployment of autonomous systems to unstructured dynamic environments is driving a need …

When: Weds 27th of November, 4pm Where: Rose St Building seminar area Speaker: Wanli Ouyang, School of Electrical & Information Engineering Title: Exploring Deep Structures in Computer Vision Tasks Abstract: Structure in data provide rich information that helps to reduce the complexity and improves the effectiveness of a model. In this talk, an introduction will be …

When: Mon Nov 18th, 11a Where: Rose St Building Seminar Area Speaker: Rami Khushaba, Building IQ & UTS Title: Improved Electromyogram (EMG) Pattern Recognition for Multifunction Prosthesis Control Abstract: Myoelectric control employs pattern recognition (PR) systems decipher the content of the Electromyogram (EMG) signals from the remaining muscles in the amputees stump to recover lost …

When: Fri Nov 15th, 10a – noon Where: Rose St Building Seminar Area Speaker 1: Ayoung Kim, KAIST Title: Enhancing robotic perception in the underwater environment Abstract: This talk focuses on two major underwater perceptual sensors, namely optical and sonar image. First part of this talk deals with the underwater optical image enhancement introducing model-based, …

When: Weds Nov 13th, 4p Where: Rose St Building Seminar Area Speaker: Kate Maguire-Rosier Title: Moving with robots: A review of dance performances involving human and robotic performers Abstract: This presentation focusses on artistic projects involving robots, specifically in the context of live dance performance. Following Naoko’s talk last week on her collaborative motion project, …