Study level
- PhD
Faculty/School
Faculty of Engineering
Topic status
We're looking for students to study this topic.
Supervisors
- 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.