Author: Philip Gun

When: Thursday 11th of August, 1pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be partially presented at the Rose Street Seminar area (J04) and partially online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Rowan McAllister (Toyota Research Institute) Title: Model what matters: planning-aware perception and prediction for autonomous driving Abstract: Autonomous vehicle software is typically structured as a modular …

When: Thursday 14th of July, 1pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be partially presented at the Rose Street Seminar area (J04) and partially online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Graham Brooker Title: Nearly 23 years of messing about at the ACFR, and the future… Abstract: During the last two decades, I have been involved in …

When: Thursday 14th of July, 1pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be partially presented at the Rose Street Seminar area (J04) and partially online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Mitch Bryson Title: LiDAR Point Cloud Perception for Forest Management Abstract: The Australian Centre for Field Robotics participates in several collaborative research projects with partners in …

When: Thursday 7th of July, 1pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be partially presented at the Rose Street Seminar area (J04) and partially online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Ryan Griffiths Title: Auto-Interpretation of Cameras for Odometry Abstract: The best way to interpret a camera’s data is not always known, this becomes increasingly difficult when …

When: Thursday 30th of June, 1pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Jing (Johnny) Cheng Title: Robust force learning and control in Surgical robotics Abstract: Surgical robotics is a promising field of robotics research. Recent advances in deep learning and robotic imaging provides medical robot with an encouraging …

When: Tuesday 23rd of June, 1pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be partially presented at the Rose Street Seminar area (J04) and partially online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Suchet Bargoti (Abyss Solutions) Title: Abyss Solutions: Scaling products from concepts to commercialisation Abstract: At Abyss, our mission is to create innovative AI and robotics solutions, …

When: Thursday 16th of June, 12pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: A/Prof. Hanna Kurniawati (ANU) Title: Robust Decision-Making in Non-Deterministic and Partially Observable World Abstract: Despite the rise of self-driving cars and drones, an autonomous system that can operate reliably outside a carefully structured factory floor is …

When: Thursday 10th of March, 1pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: A/Prof. Abhinav Valada (University of Freiburg) Title: From Scene Understanding to SLAM: Scalable Perception for Automated Driving  Abstract: The past decade has witnessed unprecedented advances in machine learning techniques for various perception tasks. However, they have …

When: Thursday 2nd of June, 1PM AEDT Where: This seminar will be partially presented at the Rose Street Seminar area (J04) and partially online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Heather Doig Title: Unsupervised Domain Adaptation of Underwater Images Abstract: Thousands of high quality images of the underwater environment are being captured through the ACFR’s marine …

When: Thursday 26th of May, 1PM AEDT Where: The talk will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: William Jones Title: Train timetabling and destination selection in mining freight rail networks: A hybrid simulation methodology Abstract: This talk presents a hybrid simulation methodology designed to support freight rail operations in the mining industry.  The …