Study level

  • PhD

Faculty/School

Topic status

We're looking for students to study this topic.

Research centre

Supervisors

Distinguished Emeritus Professor Peter Corke
Position
Adjunct Professor
Division / Faculty
Faculty of Engineering

Overview

Grasping/manipulating in rainforest, farmland or shrubland environments pose a new challenge for existing techniques. This project will investigate how they manipulate where there may be tree branches, foliage, or other natural obstacles in the way.

This project would explore existing and emerging techniques such as optimisation, neural radiance fields (NeRFs), deep learning and reinforcement learning and equipment, including depth cameras, LiDAR, event cameras, and light field cameras.

  • Does the manipulator have to re-arrange the environment to manipulate the point of interest?
  • Or does it simply force its way through (push through leaves, for example)?
  • How does the manipulator move (or manipulate) to get a better perspective of the target to manipulate the target?

Contact

Contact the supervisor for more information.