Study level
- PhD
Faculty/School
Faculty of Engineering
Topic status
We're looking for students to study this topic.
Supervisors
Distinguished Emeritus Professor Peter Corke
- Position
- Adjunct Professor
- Division / Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering
Overview
This project will explore and develop techniques for control and vision in submarines to allow for robust and effective manipulation capabilities - autonomous control of an underwater mobile manipulator in the presence of current and reactionary forces.
- Underwater maintenance: A submarine mobile manipulator can carry out underwater maintenance and monitoring, for example, dam wall maintenance or ship hull cleaning.
- Coral reef: A submarine mobile manipulator which can collect samples, remove rubbish, remove invasive species, and/or monitor.
Alternatively, these same underlying ideas could be applied to an aerial mobile manipulator – a drone with a mounted manipulator.
Contact
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