Autonomous Systems and Robotics Research Group

Staff

Members:
Dr S R Anderson, Dr T J Dodd, Dr R Gross, Prof Z-Q Lang, Dr J Liu, Dr Dr M O Tokhi, Dr P Trodden, Prof S M Veres

Research areas

This research group does leading edge research in system integration, sensing, control and decision making in autonomously operating control systems in industrial processes, distributed networks, vehicles and robots. Projects include:

• Adaptive and optimal control in biological systems
• Self-reconfiguring onboard software in autonomous vehicles and robots
• Self-assembly and emerging interactions in swarm robotics
• Standards of behaviour for robots doing joint work with humans
• Sensing networks for intelligent monitoring
• Distributed sensing, control and decision making in multi-agent systems
• Hybrid systems, formal modelling and automated verification of autonomous systems reliability
• Autonomous robots for inspection in services and in manufacturing
• Distributed control systems

Research Income

Distributed sensing, control and decision making in multi-agent systems (EPSRC, £1.1m for Sheffield as part of 1.6m with Southampton University)

Reconfigurable autonomy (EPSRC, £600k for Sheffield as part of £1.6m jointly with Liverpool and Surrey Universities)

Novel Sensing Networks for Intelligent Monitoring (EPSRC £442k for Sheffield as part of £1.25m jointly with Newcastle and York Universities)

Towards a smart vest for sensing and actuation of wireless capsule endoscopes (Engineering for Life award, £31k)

Bioinspired Control of Electro-Active Polymers for Next Generation Soft Robots (EPSRC, 1.2m)

Engineering Autonomous Spacecraft Software (EPSRC, £421k)

Experimental Functional Android Assistant (CI) (EU FP7, €520k)

GRAIL food handling robot (DEFRA, £301k)

Cargo Screening Ferret (EPSRC £732k)

RobotCub (EU FP6 £199k)

Methods of Reliability Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (EPSRC, £307k)

Autonomous evolution of robotic organisms (EU FP7, €45k)