Research

We develop foundational and applied research for a broad range of domains including; agriculture, advanced manufacturing, mining, biodiversity and biosecurity, environmental research and monitoring, cultural heritage and online learning.

ICRA2018 Workshop: Multilegged Robots – Towards Robust Real-World Deployments

Website for proposed ICRA2018 Full-day Workshop titled Multi-legged robots: Towards robust real-world deployments

Zee: Hexapod robot for remote inspection

Zee is a prototype hexapod robot equipped with a streaming camera sensor and a real-time 3D scanning Lidar. This robot can be operated with a standard tablet or smartphone.

Evolutionary approaches for legged robot control

Due to their morphologies, legged robots are ideal platforms for investigating biologically-inspired approaches to control and navigation.

Rescuebot: Legged robots with compliant joints

We are using elastic joints to make our legged robots highly flexible.

The Zebedee scanner in action at Fort Lytton

Paper: Zebedee: Design of a Spring-Mounted 3-D Range Sensor with Application to Mobile Mapping

Zebedee: Design of a Spring-Mounted 3-D Range Sensor with Application to Mobile Mapping Three-dimensional perception is a key technology for many […]

Paper: Continuous 3D scan-matching with a spinning 2D laser

Continuous 3D scan-matching with a spinning 2D laser Scan-matching is a technique that can be used for building accurate maps […]