Category: Seminars

When: Weds, Oct 2nd 2019, 4p Where: Rose St Building Seminar Area Title: Rio Tinto Centre for Mine Automation Abstract: The Rio Tinto Centre for Mine Automation (RTCMA) is an industry funded centre focussed on applying state of the art techniques in data fusion, machine learning, automation, perception and optimisation to real world mining problems …

When: Weds, Sept 25th 2019, 1:00p Where: Rose St Building Seminar Area Title: Designing interactions between human and autonomous vehicles Abstract: This presentation reports on a multidisciplinary, collaborative effort that investigates the complex problem of how humans can safely interact with autonomous vehicles. The ITS group at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics have been …

When: Mon, Sept 23rd 2019, 3:00p Where: Rose St Building Seminar Area Title: Reinforcement Learning for Efficient Robotic Sampling in Outdoor Environments Abstract: In this talk I present my research on using techniques from reinforcement learning for efficiently sampling scientific data in large-scale outdoor environments. The techniques presented generate paths to efficiently measure and then …

When: Fri, Sept 20th 2019, 3:30p Where: Rose St Building Seminar Area Title: Robotics NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the DARPA Subterranean Challenge Abstract: NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is famous for flagship space exploration missions such as the Mars rovers, the Cassini mission to Saturn and the Voyager spacecraft journeying beyond the solar system. While …

When: Thurs 19th Sept, 1pm. Where: Rose St Building seminar area Title: Learning robust LQ-controllers using application oriented exploration Abstract: This talk concerns the problem of learning robust linear quadratic (LQ) controllers, when the dynamics of the linear system are unknown. First, we propose a robust control synthesis method to minimize the worst-case LQ cost, with …

When: Thurs, Sept 12th 2019, 1p Where: Rose St Building Seminar Area Title: How now lame cow? Automatic lameness detection with 3D sensors Abstract: Lameness in dairy cows is a prevalent health issue impacting both animal welfare and economic performance. Despite the economic and welfare cost of lameness, lameness prevalence has been shown to be severely …

When: Friday, Sept 6th 2019, 2p Where: Rose St Building Seminar Area Title: Resilient Perception for Robotics in Challenging Environmental Conditions: In a mine or a knee, in the presence of smoke, dust or refractive objects Abstract: In this seminar we will discuss different methods and strategies to endow robots with resilient perception in a …

When: Thursday, Aug 29nd 2019, 1pWhere: Rose St Building Seminar Area Title: Cooperative Perception Based on V2X Network in Intelligent Transportation Systems Abstract: The upcoming widespread deployment of DSRC technology will enable the sharing of multi-modal sensory information among intelligent Road Side Units (IRSU) infrastructure and smart vehicles fitted with communication hardware and advanced perception …

When: Thursday, Aug 22nd 2019, 1pWhere: Rose St Building Seminar Area Title: How Teenagers Built a Robot in Six Weeks Abstract: The Drop Bears is a team of high school students and adult mentors that compete in the international FIRST Robotics Competition. The Drop Bears have been hosted by the ACFR for the past six years. At the beginning of each …

When: Thursday, Aug 15th 2019, 1pmWhere: Rose St Building Seminar Area Title: Robotics in Context of Industry 4.0 – Applied Research and Teaching Driven by German Industry Demands Abstract: In this talk, I will report on the activities in my new role as a Research Professor for Digital Production and Robotics at the University of …