ACFR Papers at CDC 2021
Check out our latest work! ACFR researchers will be presenting the following papers at the upcoming IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2021), to be held online Dec 13 – 17: An almost globally convergent observer for visual SLAM without persistent excitation Bowen Yi, Chi Jin, Lei Wang, Guodong Shi, Ian R. Manchester Preprint: …
Seminar: Christopher Jansen presenting on Designing offshore facilities for robotic operations and maintenance, 7th October, 1 pm
When: Thursday 7th of October, 1 pm AEDT Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Christopher Jansen (Worley) Title: Designing offshore facilities for robotic operations and maintenance Abstract: Robotics and drones reduce the dependency on people to work in remote and hazardous environments. They offer a more efficient and sustainable …
Seminar: Thesis presentation: Risk Minimization for Spreading Processes over Networks via Surveillance Scheduling and Sparse Control, 28th September, 4p
When: Tuesday 28th of September, 4pm AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Vera Somers Title: Thesis presentation: Risk Minimization for Spreading Processes over Networks via Surveillance Scheduling and Sparse Control Abstract: Epidemics, computer viruses and bushfires can all be thought of as spreading processes in which an initial …
Seminar: Calibration of USBL transceiver pose with a moving target, 23rd September, 1p
When: Thursday 23rd of September, 1pm AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Dr Lachlan Toohey Title: Calibration of USBL transceiver pose with a moving target Abstract: Replicating the innate human ability to walk and run in a range of environments has been an area of interest in the …
Seminar: Prof. Sylvain Gigan presenting Optics for Artificial Intelligence: a tutorial, 16th September, 4 pm
When: Thursday 16th of September, 4 pm AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Prof. Sylvain Gigan (Sorbonne Université in Paris) Title: Optics for Artificial Intelligence: a tutorial Abstract: Optical computing has so far not fulfilled its promise and has remained relatively confidential. The emergence of AI, based on …
Seminar: Prof. Martin Adams on State Estimation with Random Finite Sets, 9th September, 10 am
When: Thursday 9th of September, 10 am AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Prof. Martin Adams (Universidad de Chile) Title: State Estimation with Random Finite Sets Abstract: The application of random sets in multi-target tracking has led to the development of Finite Set Statistics, which provide the basis …
ACFR Papers at IROS 2021
Check out our latest work! ACFR researchers will be presenting the following papers at the upcoming IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2021), to be held Sep 7 – Oct 1: Fast-Learning Grasping and Pre-Grasping via Clutter Quantization and Q-map Masking Dafa Ren, Xiaoqiang Ren, Xiaofan Wang, S. Tejaswi Digumarti, and Guodong …
Seminar: Safety validation of Highly Automated Vehicle, 2nd September, 1p
When: Thursday 2nd of September, 1pm AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Dhanoop Karunakaran Title: Safety validation of Highly Automated Vehicle Abstract: The validation of Highly Automated Vehicles (HAV) is an essential step before deploying them on public roads. However, many traditional validation approaches such as text matrix …
Seminar: Fast Traversal of Unstructured Terrain by a Bipedal Robot in Unfamiliar Environments, 26th August, 1p
When: Thursday 26th of August, 1pm AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Tara Bartlett Title: Fast Traversal of Unstructured Terrain by a Bipedal Robot in Unfamiliar Environments Abstract: Replicating the innate human ability to walk and run in a range of environments has been an area of interest …
Seminar: Pruning of Tree Crops through 3D Reconstruction and Light Simulation using Mobile LiDAR, 19th August, 1p
When: Thursday 19th of August, 1pm AEST Where: This seminar will be presented online via Zoom, RSVP here. Speaker: Fred Westling Title: Pruning of Tree Crops through 3D Reconstruction and Light Simulation using Mobile LiDAR Abstract: Fruit trees require significant pruning to ensure they receive sufficient light to grow viable fruit, but doing this with …