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Conference Papers
2015, 'Dynamic Modelling and Simulation of a Vectored Thrust Quad-Rotor', in Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, ACRA
,2014, 'A Gain Adaptive Variable Structure Control Methodology for Second Order Nonlinear Dynamic Systems', in Astolfi A (ed.), 2014 IEEE 53rd Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2014), IEEE, J.W.Marriott Hotel, Los Angeles, USA, pp. 4391 - 4397, presented at 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2014), J.W.Marriott Hotel, Los Angeles, USA, 15 December 2014 - 17 December 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CDC.2014.7040074
,2014, 'Path Planning and Force Control of a 4WD4WS Vehicle', in echatronics and Automation (ICMA), 2014 IEEE International Conference, Melbourne, presented at Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA). 2014, Melbourne, 02 December 2014 - 04 December 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2014.6885958
,2014, 'Path Planning and Tracking of a 4WD4WS Vehicle to be Driven Under Force Control', in Fu Y (ed.), IEEE, Tianjin, China, pp. 1709 - 1715, presented at International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, Tianjin, China, 03 August 2014 - 06 August 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2014.6885958
,2014, 'An Autonomous Seeder for Broad Acre Crops', Montreal, Canada, presented at 2014 ASABE and CSBE/SCGAB Annual International Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 13 July 2014 - 16 July 2014
,2014, 'Derivation of error models incorporating slippage for a tracked vehicle coupled to a steerable trailer', in IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM, pp. 1054 - 1060, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AIM.2014.6878220
,2014, 'Market-based task assignment strategies for multi-agent systems deployed for bushfire fighting', in IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA, pp. 25 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICCA.2014.6870890
,2013, 'Terrain Classification using Depth Texture Features', in Eaton R (ed.), Terrain Classification using Depth Texture Features, Sydney, presented at Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA), Sydney, 02 December 2013 - 05 December 2013
,2013, 'A GPU-Based Concurrent Motion Planning Algorithm for 3D Euclidean Configuration Spaces', in Katupitiya J; Eaton R (ed.), Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Conference on Robotics & Automation, Sydney, presented at 2013 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA), Sydney, 02 December 2013 - 04 December 2013
,2013, 'An Optimised GPU-Based Robot Motion Planner', in J. Katupitiya ; eaton (ed.), Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Conference on Robotics & Automation, Sydney, presented at 2013 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA), Sydney, 02 December 2013 - 04 December 2013
,2013, 'PWL Approximation for Dense Mapping and Associated Dijkstra Processes for the Concurrent Synthesis of Multiple Full Cost-to-Go Functions', in Katupitiya (ed.), Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Conference on Robotics & Automation, University of New South Wales, presented at Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA), University of New South Wales, 02 December 2013 - 04 December 2013
,2013, 'Sliding Mode Based Position and Attitude Controller for a Vectored Thrust Aerial Vehicle', in Guivant J (ed.), Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Conference on Robotics & Automation, Australian Robotics and Automation Association, Sydney, Australia, presented at Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Sydney, Australia, 02 December 2013 - 04 December 2013, http://www.araa.asn.au/acra/acra2013/papers/pap125s1-file1.pdf
,2013, 'Wheel Slip Identifcation and its Use in the Robust Control of Articulated Off -Road Vehicles', in Guivant J (ed.), Wheel Slip Identifcation and its Use in the Robust Control of Articulated Off -Road Vehicles, Sydney, presented at Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA), Sydney, 02 December 2013 - 04 December 2013, http://www.javadtaghia.com/
,2013, 'Modelling of a 4WS4WD vehicle and its control for path tracking', in Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Control and Automation, CICA 2013 - 2013 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI 2013, pp. 155 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CICA.2013.6611677
,2013, 'Dynamic modelling and control of a vectored thrust aerial vehicle', in 2013 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics: Mechatronics for Human Wellbeing, AIM 2013, pp. 1361 - 1366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AIM.2013.6584284
,2013, 'A sliding mode controller with disturbance observer for a farm vehicle operating in the presence of wheel slip', in 2013 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, IEEE, pp. 1534 - 1539, presented at 2013 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 09 July 2013 - 12 July 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/aim.2013.6584313
,2012, 'A two-stage method for the parametric identification of scale-model helicopter dynamics', in AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2012-4733
,2012, 'Centralized robust controllers using signal-based H∞ and μ-synthesis for an unmanned helicopter', in AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2012-4417
,2012, 'Design of a μ synthesis controller to stabilize an unmanned helicopter', in 28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences 2012, ICAS 2012, pp. 3317 - 3325
,2012, 'A nonlinear PI and backstepping-based controller for tractor-steerable trailers influenced by slip', in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2012, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, USA, pp. 245 - 252, presented at 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, 14 May 2012 - 18 May 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2012.6224567
,2012, 'Free space mapping and motion planning in configuration space for mobile manipulators.', in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2012, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, USA, presented at 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, 14 May 2012 - 18 May 2012
,2012, 'Global correlation based ground plane estimation using V-disparity image', in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2012, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, USA, presented at 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, 14 May 2012 - 18 May 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363041
,2011, 'A time-domain grey-box system identification procedure for scale model helicopters', in Proceedings of the 2011 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Australian Robotics and Automation Association, Queensland, Australia, pp. 8 p., presented at 2011 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Melbourne, VIC., 07 December 2011 - 09 December 2011
,2011, 'Robust attitude control of Vectored Thrust Aerial Vehicles', in Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress 2011, International Federation of Automatic Control, Milan, Italy, pp. 2607 - 2613, presented at 18th IFAC World Congress, Milan, Italy, 28 August 2011 - 02 September 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.3182/20110828-6-IT-1002.03445
,2010, 'Autonomous Navigation using a Real-Time 3D Point Cloud', in Proceedings of the 2010 Australasian Conference on Robotics & Automation, Australian Robotics and Automation Association, http://www.araa.asn.au/acra/acra2010/index.html, pp. 1 - 10, presented at 2010 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, ACRA 2010, Brisbane, QLD, 01 December 2010 - 03 December 2010, http://www.araa.asn.au/acra/acra2010/papers/pap151s1-file1.pdf
,2010, 'Derivation of an error model for tractor-trailer path tracking', in Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Knowledge Engineering, ISKE 2010, IEEE, USA, pp. 60 - 66, presented at 2010 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Knowledge Engineering, ISKE 2010, Hangzhou, China, 15 November 2010 - 16 November 2010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISKE.2010.5680795
,2010, 'Novel robotic 3D surface mapping using range and vision fusion', in 23rd IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA, pp. 1539 - 1544, presented at 23rd IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010, Taipei, Taiwan, 18 October 2010 - 22 October 2010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2010.5648844
,2010, 'Hovering control of vectored thrust aerial vehicles', in 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2010), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA, pp. 1149 - 1154, presented at 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 03 May 2010 - 08 May 2010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509917
,2009, 'Path tracking control of vehicles with compensation for steering dynamics', in Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, presented at Joint 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and 28th Chinese Control Conference, Shanghai, China, 16 December 2009 - 18 December 2009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CDC.2009.5399528
,2009, 'Detection of non-flat ground surfaces using V-Disparity images', in Kuehnle J (ed.), 11 October 2009 - 15 October 2009
,2009, 'Robust sliding mode control of an agricultural tractor under the influence of slip', in Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA, presented at IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Singapore, 14 July 2009 - 17 July 2009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AIM.2009.5229796
,2009, 'Simulation of an articulated tractor-implement-trailer model under the influence of lateral disturbances.', in Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA, presented at IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Singapore, 14 July 2009 - 17 July 2009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AIM.2009.5229888
,2009, 'Modelling and control of the GreenWeeder for crop row tracking.', in ICAR2009 - 14th International conference on Advanced Robotics Conference Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA, presented at Able Robots, Munich, Germany, 22 June 2009 - 27 June 2009
,2008, 'Autonomous Farming : Modeling and Control of Agricultural Machinery in a Unified Framework', in Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, Auckland New Zealand, presented at 15th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision, Auckland New Zealand, 02 December 2008 - 04 December 2008
,2008, 'Classification of bidens in wheat farms', in Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, Auckland New Zealand, presented at 15th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision, Auckland New Zealand, 02 December 2008 - 04 December 2008
,2008, 'Localization of visually indistinguishable mature lettuce heads using spatial information', in Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, Auckland New Zealand, presented at 15th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision, Auckland New Zealand, 02 December 2008 - 04 December 2008
,2008, 'Nano-indentation and sctrach tests on optical fiber material to determine ductile mode crtical depth of cut', in Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering, ASPE 2008 and the 12th ICPE
,2008, 'Precision autonomous guidance of agricultural vehicles for future autonomous farming', in ASABE (ed.), The 2008 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Rhode Island, USA, pp. 1 - 6, presented at 2008 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Rhode Island, USA, 29 June 2008 - 02 July 2008
,2008, 'Precision guidance of agricultural tractors for autonomous farming', in 2008 IEEE International Systems Conference Proceedings, SysCon 2008, presented at IEEE International Systems Conference Proceedings, SysCon 2008 2008, 07 April 2008 - 10 April 2008
,2008, 'Precision autonomous guidance of agricultural vehicles for future autonomous farming', in American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2008, ASABE 2008, pp. 6059 - 6068
,2007, 'Simulation of a tractor-implement model under the influence of lateral disturbances', in 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2007), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, presented at 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 12 December 2007 - 14 December 2007
,2007, 'Simulation of a tractor-implemtn model under the influence of lateral disturbances', in 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2007), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, presented at 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 12 December 2007 - 14 December 2007
,2007, 'Agricultural robotics: A streamlined approach to realization of autonomous farming', in ICIIS 2007 - 2nd International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems 2007, Conference Proceedings, pp. 85 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICIINFS.2007.4579153
,2007, 'Laser scan matching for measurement update in a particle filter', in Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Zurich, Switzerland, presented at Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Zurich, Switzerland, 04 September 2007 - 07 September 2007
,2007, 'Nano-grinding of micro profiles and microlenses on optical fibers endfaces for use in optical-fiber sensors', in Optical Fiber Sensors, Napoli, Italy, presented at Optical Fiber Sensors, Napoli, Italy, 04 July 2007 - 07 July 2007
,2007, 'Systems engineering approach to agricultural automation: new developments', in Engineering Complex Integrated Systems and System-of-systems - implications for Systems Engineering, Systems Integration, and Systems Thinking, Honolulu, Hawaii, presented at Engineering Complex Integrated Systems and System-of-systems - implications for Systems Engineering, Systems Integration, and Systems Thinking, Honolulu, Hawaii, 09 April 2007 - 12 April 2007
,2007, 'A multi-window stereo vision algorithm with improved performance at object borders', in Computational Intelligence in Image and Signal Processing, Honolulu, Hawaii, presented at Computational Intelligence in Image and Signal Processing, Honolulu, Hawaii, 01 April 2007 - 05 April 2007
,2006, 'Line segment based scan matching for concurrent mapping and localization of a mobile robot', in Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Singapore, presented at 9th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision 2006, Singapore, 05 December 2006 - 08 December 2006
,2006, 'A dynamic programming approach based stereo vision algorithm improving object border performance', in Fusion of Human and Robot Intelligence in our Cyber Society, Beijing, China, presented at Fusion of Human and Robot Intelligence in our Cyber Society, Beijing, China, 09 October 2006 - 15 October 2006
,2006, 'A fast stereo vision algorithm with improved performance at object borders', in Fusion of Human and Robot Intelligence in our Cyber Society, Beijing, China, presented at Fusion of Human and Robot Intelligence in our Cyber Society, Beijing, China, 09 October 2006 - 15 October 2006
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