Research Interests
Open to PhD applicants in the fields of;
- Path planning and collision avoidance for mobile robots
- Collaborative robotics and cooperative control of dual arm manipulator systems
Public outreach & key achievements
- New algorithms help autonomous vessels avoid collisions at sea, in TheEngineer
- MAXCMAS success suggests COLREGs remain relevant for autonomous ships
Research students
| PhD area | Human-robot and robot-robot collaboration in unstructured environments |
| Name | Mr Shane Trimble |
| Years of study | 2016 - |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| PhD area | Advancing the Agent Based Approach in Socio-Technical Complex Adaptive Systems for Energy Intensive Production |
| Name | Mr Ché Cameron |
| Years of study | 2017- |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD area | Novel Decentralised Formation Control Strategy for Unmanned Vehicles |
| Name | Dr Aolei Yang |
| Years of study | 2009 - 2012 |
| Country | China |
| Current Position | Assistant Professor, Shanghai University |
| PhD area | An Advanced Obstacle Avoidance System for Autonomous Maritime Vehicles |
| Name | Dr Sable Campbell de Oliveira Henrique |
| Years of study | 2010 - 2014 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Current Position | Airfield Strategy, Dubai Airport |
| PhD area | Tensegrity-based Formation Control Algorithms for Unmanned Vehicles |
| Name | Dr Sookyen Lau |
| Years of study | 2010 - 2014 |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Current Position | Electrical Design Engineer/Product Manager at Camlin Group, UK |