The Centre for Robotics & Intelligent Systems

Staff Contacts

1. Dr Guido Bugmann (gbugmann@plymouth.ac.uk) http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/soc/Staff/GuidBugm/Bugmann.html

Verbal Instruction based learning for mobile robots. Vision-based Autonomous robot navigation and robot football. Spatial memory and planning. Biological and artificial neural networks.

2. Dr Phil Culverhouse (P.Culverhouse@plymouth.ac.uk)

Natural object categorisation through machine vision techniques. DiCANN - dinoflagellate categorisation by artificial neural network. Application to insect vision problems for micro-robotic applications.

3. Dr Paul Davey (pdavey@plym.ac.uk) http://cr1.see.plym.ac.uk/research/paul.html

Adaptive Digital Signal Processing and Multi-Dimensional Coding Parallel Processing Algorithms, Embedded Microprocessor Applications, Intelligent Systems and Internet Technologies

4. Dr Mark Norman (merlinsystems@bigfoot.com) http://merlinsystems.com

Compliant robots - control and actuation. Service robots. Applications and constituent technologies. Mobile robots including Mirosot robot football.

5. Dr Kit Reeve (c.reeve@plymouth.ac.uk)

Optical/medical signal processing. Radar & communication systems.

6. Mr. Paul Robinson (p.robinson@plymouth.ac.uk) http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/robofoot

Myoelectric control. Prosthetic assessment. Mobile robots, micro robots and Mirosot robot football. Robot simulation and calibration. Industrial robot applications.

7. Mr. Alan Simpson (a.j.Simpson@plymouth.ac.uk)

Micro robots – design, construction and control using Atmel processors

8. Dr Peter White (p.white@plymouth.ac.uk)

Variable speeds drive systems. Intelligent control of advanced permanent magnet motors for high-speed robot systems.