Seminar: Karan Narula, 16 Apr, 1pm
When: Thurs 16th of Apr, 1:00pm Where: Seminars have moved online, RSVP here. Speaker: Karan Narula Title: Two-Level Hierarchical Planning in a Known Semi-Structured Environment Abstract: The application of motion planning for autonomous vehicles has been primarily focused either in highly structured or unstructured environments. However, many environments in the real-world share the characteristics of both …
Seminar: Fredrik Westling, 9 Apr, 1pm
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 …
Seminar: Jiayin Chen, UNSW, 26 Feb, 1pm.
When: Wednesday 26th Feb, 1pm Where: Rose St Building (J04) upstairs seminar area. Speaker: Ms Jiayin Chen (UNSW) Title: Towards temporal information processing on near-term quantum computers Abstract: In this talk, I will give an overview of current efforts at UNSW at exploring temporal information processing on current near-term quantum computers for control-oriented applications such as …
Seminar: Chihyung Jeon, KAIST, 6 Feb, 1:00pm
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, …
Seminar: Suda Bharadwaj, University of Texas, 14 Jan, 2:00pm
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 …
Seminar: Tobias Bellmann, DLR, 16 Dec, 1:30pm
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 …
Seminar: He Kong, 11 Dec, 4pm
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 …
Seminar: Mina Henein and Jun Zhang, ANU, 5 Dec, 4pm
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 …
Seminar: Wanli Ouyang, 27th Nov, 4pm
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 …
Seminar: Thomas Schön, Uppsala University, 26th Nov, 2pm
When: Tuesday 26th of November, 2pm Where: Rose St Building seminar area Speaker: Thomas Schön, Uppsala University Abstract: This talk has two (for now) loosely connected parts: In the first part we aim to provide intuition for the key mechanisms underlying the sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) method (including the popular particle filters and smoothers). SMC …