Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems

Soft and Compliant Robots.- A Scalable Variable Stiffness Revolute Joint based on Layer Jamming for Robotic Exoskeletons.- A Universal Stiffening Sleeve Designed for all Types of Continuum Robot Systems.- A Passively Compliant Idler Mechanism for Underactuated Dexterous Grippers with Dynamic Tendon Routing.- An Inhomogeneous Structured Eversion Actuator.- Resistance Tuning of Soft Strain Sensor based on Saline Concentration and Volume Changes.- A low cost Series Elastic Actuator Test Bench.- Shape Reconstruction of Soft-Body Manipulator: a Learning-based Approach.- Silicone Based Capacitive E-skin Sensor for Soft Surgical Robots.- Soft Hinge for Magnetically Actuated Millimetre-size Origami.- An Adaptable Robotic Snake using a Compliant Actuated Tensegrity Structure for Locomotion.- Mobile Robots.- Topological Robot Localization in a Large-Scale Water Pipe Network.- Visual Topological Mapping Using an Appearance-based Location Selection Method.- Building a Navigation System for a Shopping Assistant Robot from off-the-shelf Components.- Testing an Underwater Robot Executing Transect Missions in Mayotte.- Modelling and Control of an End-Over-End Walking Robot.- Deep Learning-based Decision Making for Autonomous Vehicle at Roundabouts.- Learning, Mapping, Planning.- A Comparative Study for Obstacle Avoidance Inverse Kinematics: Null-space based vs. Optimisation-based.- A Structural Approach to Dealing with High Dimensionality Parameter Search Spaces.- Self-Supervised Learning Through Scene Observation for Selective Item Identification in Conveyor Belt Systems.- A 4D Augmented Flight Management System based on Flight Planning and Trajectory Generation merging.- Real World Bayesian Optimization Using Robots to Clean Liquid Spills.- LocalSPED: A Classification Pipeline that Can Learn Local Features for Place Recognition using a Small Training Set.- Towards Robust Mission Execution via Temporal and Contingent Planning.-