Seminar: Sun, Sensors and Specularity: Radiance Fields for the Real World, 7th Nov, 1:00pm
When: Thursday 7th of Nov, 1:00pm AEDT
Where: This seminar will be partially presented at the ACFR seminar area, J04 lvl 2 (Rose St Building) and partially online via Zoom. RSVP
Speaker: Jack Naylor
Title: Sun, Sensors and Specularity: Radiance Fields for the Real World
Abstract:
Robotic platforms are increasingly required to operate under complex and dynamic conditions. As we deploy these systems to critical tasks like proximity operations in space and inspection of assets in urban environments, we require sensors, representations and algorithms which can enable informed decision making around changing scene appearances and challenging visual phenomena. This talk will explore the applications of event cameras to satellite docking under dynamic orbital illumination, and applications of radiance-based representations to representing complex visual phenomena for downstream robotic tasks.
Bio:
Jack Naylor is a PhD Candidate with the Australian Centre for Robotics at The University of Sydney, Australia. His research seeks to develop neural representations of light, in the form of neural radiance fields (NeRFs), as a new robotic map representation to enable understanding of complex visual phenomena in unstructured environments. He received his Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) (Hons. I) and Bachelor of Science (Advanced) degrees from the University of Sydney in 2022 where he majored in Space Engineering and Physics. Jack is involved with developing novel sensors, representations and computational imaging techniques to enable new robotic capabilities in both space and terrestrial domains.