Overview
Availability
- Professor Pauline Pounds is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Engineering, Australian National University
- Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University
Research interests
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Drone design
How do we make drones that fly longer? Farther? More efficiently? Carry heavier payloads? Quieter? Safer? All of the above?
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Bipedal Robot Locomotion
How can we build bipedal robots with the advanced capabilities shown by cutting-edge walking machines, but at a fraction of the cost?
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Embodied intelligence
How do we build robots that use the nature of their electromechanical construction to do innately smart things but without a big brain? Can we make drones that passively avoid obstacles and reject gust disturbances? Can we make sensors that connect to very low-level control to allow robots to perform tasks safely without expensive processing?
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Disposable drones
How can we build drones cheaply enough that you could throw them away when you're done with them? How do we deploy them or steer them to their target without expensive systems onboard? How do we make those drones biodegrade or break down to avoid polluting the environment when they're done their mission?
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Exoskeletons
How do we build performance-enhancing exoskeletons for search and rescue or warehouse applications that don't tire the wearer out?
Works
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2017
Journal Article
Direct sensing of thrust and velocity for a quadrotor rotor array
Davis, Edwin and Pounds, Paul E. I. (2017). Direct sensing of thrust and velocity for a quadrotor rotor array. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2 (3) 7855755, 1360-1366. doi: 10.1109/LRA.2017.2668471
2017
Journal Article
Spatiotemporal aspects of engagement during dialogic storytelling child-robot interaction
Heath, Scott, Durantin, Gautier, Boden, Marie, Hensby, Kristyn, Taufatofua, Jonathon, Olsson, Ola, Weigel, Jason, Pounds, Paul and Wiles, Janet (2017). Spatiotemporal aspects of engagement during dialogic storytelling child-robot interaction. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 4 (JUN) 27. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2017.00027
2017
Other Outputs
Vehicle replenishment
Pounds, Paul E. I. (2017). Vehicle replenishment. US9577445B2.
2017
Conference Publication
Mechanical perturbation of spinal postural control with sudden axial load demonstrates different timing of trunk muscles in sitting versus standing
Young, A., Tucker, K., Verrel, J., Pounds, P. and Claus, A. (2017). Mechanical perturbation of spinal postural control with sudden axial load demonstrates different timing of trunk muscles in sitting versus standing. International Society of Biomechanics XXVI Congress, Brisbane / Brisbane Convention Centre, 23-27 July 2017.
2016
Journal Article
A new method for sudden mechanical perturbation with axial load, to assess postural control in sitting and standing
Claus, Andrew P., Verrel, Julius, Pounds, Paul E. I., Shaw, Renee C., Brady, Niamh, Chew, Min T., Dekkers, Thomas A. and Hodges, Paul W. (2016). A new method for sudden mechanical perturbation with axial load, to assess postural control in sitting and standing. Journal of Biomechanics, 49 (7), 1141-1148. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.02.039
2016
Journal Article
Passive position control of a quadrotor with ground effect interaction
Davis, Edwin and Pounds, Paul (2016). Passive position control of a quadrotor with ground effect interaction. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 1 (1) 7370916, 539-545. doi: 10.1109/LRA.2016.2514351
2016
Conference Publication
Towards the stackrotor: aerodynamics, construction, dynamics and control of a vertical stacked-rotor configuration for indoor heavy-lift helicopter robots
Davis, E., McKay-Lowndes, W., Gonano, D., Hansen, S. and Pounds, P. (2016). Towards the stackrotor: aerodynamics, construction, dynamics and control of a vertical stacked-rotor configuration for indoor heavy-lift helicopter robots. Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation 2016, ACRA 2016, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 5-7 December 2016. Australasian Robotics and Automation Association.
2016
Conference Publication
Social cardboard: pretotyping a social ethnodroid in the wild
Wiles, Janet, Worthy, Peter, Hensby, Kristyn, Boden, Marie, Heath, Scott, Pounds, Paul, Rybak, Nikodem, Smith, Michael, Taufotofua, Jonathon and Weigel, Jason (2016). Social cardboard: pretotyping a social ethnodroid in the wild. 11th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2016, Christchurch, New Zealand, 7-10 March 2016. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/HRI.2016.7451841
2016
Conference Publication
Automatic distribution of disposable self-deploying sensor modules
Pounds, Paul, Potie, Timothy, Kendoul, Farid, Singh, Surya, Jurdak, Raja and Roberts, Jonathan (2016). Automatic distribution of disposable self-deploying sensor modules. International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, Marrakech, Morocco, 15-18 June 2014. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-23778-7_35
2016
Conference Publication
Direct thrust and velocity measurement for a micro UAV rotor
Davis, Edwin and Pounds, Paul E.I. (2016). Direct thrust and velocity measurement for a micro UAV rotor. Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation 2016, ACRA 2016, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 5-7 December 2016. Australasian Robotics and Automation Association.
2016
Conference Publication
Hand in hand: tools and techniques for understanding children's touch with a social robot
Hensby, Kristyn, Wiles, Janet, Boden, Marie, Heath, Scott, Nielsen, Mark, Pounds, Paul, Riddell, Joshua, Rogers, Kristopher, Rybak, Nikodem, Slaughter, Virginia, Smith, Michael, Taufatofua, Jonathon, Worthy, Peter and Weigel, Jason (2016). Hand in hand: tools and techniques for understanding children's touch with a social robot. 11th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2016, Christchurch, New Zealand, 7-10 March 2016. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/HRI.2016.7451794
2015
Journal Article
The triangular quadrotor: a more efficient quadrotor configuration
Driessens, Scott and Pounds, Paul (2015). The triangular quadrotor: a more efficient quadrotor configuration. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 31 (6) 7295615, 1517-1526. doi: 10.1109/TRO.2015.2479877
2015
Other Outputs
A rotorcraft
Pounds, Paul E.I. (2015). A rotorcraft. WO2015061857A1.
2015
Journal Article
Samara: biologically inspired self-deploying sensor networks
Pounds, Paul and Singh, Surya (2015). Samara: biologically inspired self-deploying sensor networks. IEEE Potentials, 34 (2) 7054018, 10-14. doi: 10.1109/MPOT.2014.2359034
2015
Journal Article
Teaching mechatronics with tuned problem-based projects
Pounds, Paul (2015). Teaching mechatronics with tuned problem-based projects. Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, 20 (1), 41-58. doi: 10.7158/D14-002.2015.20.1
2015
Conference Publication
Passive height stability and trajectory repeatability of a quadrotor maneuvering in ground effect with regulated voltage bus
Davis, Edwin, Spollard, James and Pounds, Paul (2015). Passive height stability and trajectory repeatability of a quadrotor maneuvering in ground effect with regulated voltage bus. Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA 2015), Canberra, ACT, Australia, 2-4 December 2015. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ARAA.
2015
Conference Publication
Output tracking for quadrotor-based aerial manipulators
Naldi, Roberto, Pounds, Paul, De Marco, Simone and Marconi, Lorenzo (2015). Output tracking for quadrotor-based aerial manipulators. American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, United States, 1-3 July 2015. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ACC.2015.7171003
2015
Conference Publication
Children's expectations and strategies in interacting with a Wizard of Oz Robot
Worthy, Peter, Boden, Marie, Karimi, Arafeh, Weigel, Jason, Matthews, Ben, Hensby, Kristyn, Heath, Scott, Pounds, Paul, Taufatofua, Jonathon, Smith, Michael, Viller, Stephen and Wiles, Janet (2015). Children's expectations and strategies in interacting with a Wizard of Oz Robot. OZCHI '15, Melbourne, Australia, 7-10 December 2015. New York, NY, United States: ACM. doi: 10.1145/2838739.2838793
2015
Conference Publication
Design and development of ReCOPTER: an open source ROS-based multi-rotor platform for research
Abeywardena, Dinuka, Pounds, Paul, Hunt, David and Dissanayake, Gamini (2015). Design and development of ReCOPTER: an open source ROS-based multi-rotor platform for research. Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Canberra, Australia, 2-4 December 2015. Canberra, ACT, Australia: The Australian National University.
2014
Journal Article
Stability of helicopters in compliant contact under PD-PID control
Pounds, Paul E. I. and Dollar, Aaron M. (2014). Stability of helicopters in compliant contact under PD-PID control. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 30 (6) 2363371, 1472-1486. doi: 10.1109/TRO.2014.2363371
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Aerodynamic Force Interactions and Measurements for Micro Quadrotors
Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Training Robust Deep Reinforcement Learning Policies in the Real World
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Archie Chapman
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Development of sensory framework using drones and embedded systems specialized for the mining industry
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Mehmet Kizil
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