Projects
A selection of things I have designed and built, newest first.
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SailSwarm: Swarm of Autonomous Sail Boats
A swarm of autonomous sailing robots trialled on Lake Constance — sailing manoeuvres, station keeping and multi-point navigation.
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Hiveopolis: A robotic dancing bee
A robot bee that mimics the honeybee waggle dance inside a real hive, built for the EU H2020 project Hiveopolis.
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GENGRID: A Generalised Reconfigurable Distributed Experimental Environmental Grid For Swarm Robotics
An open-source modular grid of computing nodes for swarm robotics experiments, supporting Kilobot, Colias and similar platforms.
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Design and development of an autonomous emergency vigilance system for passenger vehicle
An in-cabin sensory system that identifies passenger discomfort in public transport and alerts an emergency response team.
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Ultrasound based Occupancy Detection Sensor for Smart Buildings
A network of real-time ultrasound sensors that tracks people moving through doorways in large public buildings.
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4 DOF and 2 DOF planar manipulator using LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 with EV3Dev distro
An easily replicable planar manipulator built on LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3, used as a cheap testbed for trajectory-planning algorithms.
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Design and Development of an Automated Solar Tiller
An autonomous solar-powered field tiller that uses image processing and magnetic encoders to tackle simultaneous localisation and mapping.
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C.M.O.W.C (Cross Platform, Multi Utility, On board, Wearable, Controller)
A wearable hand-gesture controller for mice, keyboards and other peripherals, aimed at VR and at making computers easier to reach for disabled users.