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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2014
Journal Article
Active cells for redundant and configurable articulated structures
Swensen, John P., Nawroj, Ahsan I., Pounds, Paul E. I. and Dollar, Aaron M. (2014). Active cells for redundant and configurable articulated structures. Smart Materials and Structures, 23 (10) 104003, 104003. doi: 10.1088/0964-1726/23/10/104003
2014
Conference Publication
Rotor Flapping for a Triangular Quadrotor
du Plessis, Jaco and Pounds, Paul E. I. (2014). Rotor Flapping for a Triangular Quadrotor. Australiasian Conference on Robotics and Automation 2014, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 2-4 December 2014. Melbourne, VIC Australia: The University of Melbourne.
2014
Conference Publication
Soundly located: programmable sounds to assist localization in visual impaired sport
Singh, Surya P. N., Kurniawati, Hanna, Pounds, Paul E. I., Freakley, Craig, Wilson, Wayne and Arvier, Louise (2014). Soundly located: programmable sounds to assist localization in visual impaired sport. 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Chicago, IL, United States, 14-18 September, 2014.
2014
Conference Publication
Aerial grasping from a helicopter UAV platform
Pounds, Paul E. and Dollar, Aaron M. (2014). Aerial grasping from a helicopter UAV platform. 12th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER), New Delhi, India, 18-21 2010. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-28572-1_19
2014
Conference Publication
The quadroller: modeling of a UAV/UGV hybrid quadrotor
Page, Jared R. and Pounds, Paul E. I. (2014). The quadroller: modeling of a UAV/UGV hybrid quadrotor. 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2014), Chicago, United States, 14-18 September 2014. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IROS.2014.6943249
2014
Conference Publication
Simple, scalable active cells for articulated robot structures
Swensen, John P., Nawroj, Ahsan I., Pounds, Paul E. I. and Dollar, Aaron M. (2014). Simple, scalable active cells for articulated robot structures. International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, China, 31 May - 7 June 2014. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ICRA.2014.6907012
2013
Conference Publication
Integrated electro-aeromechanical structures for low-cost, self-deploying environment sensors and disposable UAVs
Pounds, Paul E. I. and Singh, Surya P. N. (2013). Integrated electro-aeromechanical structures for low-cost, self-deploying environment sensors and disposable UAVs. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Karlsruhe, Germany, 6-10 May 2013. Washington, United States: IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers). doi: 10.1109/ICRA.2013.6631210
2013
Conference Publication
Towards a more efficient quadrotor configuration
Driessens, Scott and Pounds, Paul (2013). Towards a more efficient quadrotor configuration. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2013, Tokyo, Japan, 3-8 November 2013. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/IROS.2013.6696530
2013
Conference Publication
I-ball: A programmable sporting aid for children with a visual impairment to play soccer
Singh, Surya, Pounds, Paul and Kurniawati, Hanna (2013). I-ball: A programmable sporting aid for children with a visual impairment to play soccer. 7th International Conference, UAHCI 2013, Held as Part of HCI International 2013, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A., 21-26 July 2013. Heidelberg Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-39188-0_63
2012
Journal Article
Stability of small-scale UAV helicopters and quadrotors with added payload mass under PID control
Pounds, Paul E. I., Bersak, Daniel R. and Dollar, Aaron M. (2012). Stability of small-scale UAV helicopters and quadrotors with added payload mass under PID control. Autonomous Robots, 33 (1-2), 129-142. doi: 10.1007/s10514-012-9280-5
2012
Conference Publication
Paper plane: towards disposable low-cost folded cellulose-substrate UAVs
Pounds, Paul E. I. (2012). Paper plane: towards disposable low-cost folded cellulose-substrate UAVs. 2012 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Wellington, New Zealand, 3-5 December 2012. Sydney, Australia: Australian Robotics and Automation Association (ARAA).
2012
Conference Publication
Samara: low-cost deployment for environmental sensing using passive autorotation
Valdes, Samuel, Urza, Ignacio, Pounds, Paul E. I. and Singh, Surya (2012). Samara: low-cost deployment for environmental sensing using passive autorotation. Robotic: Science and Systems VII (RSS2012), Sydney, Australia, 9-13 July 2012.
2011
Conference Publication
Practical aerial grasping of unstructured objects
Pounds, Paul E. I., Bersak, Daniel R. and Dollar, Aaron M. (2011). Practical aerial grasping of unstructured objects. 2011 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications (TePRA 2011), Woburn, MA, United States, 11-12 April 2011. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/TEPRA.2011.5753489
2011
Conference Publication
Grasping from the air: hovering capture and load stability
Pounds, Paul E. I., Bersak, Daniel R. and Dollar, Aaron M. (2011). Grasping from the air: hovering capture and load stability. 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shangai, China, 9-13 May 2011. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ICRA.2011.5980314
2011
Conference Publication
UAV rotorcraft in compliant contact: stability analysis and simulation
Pounds, Paul E. I. and Dollar, Aaron M. (2011). UAV rotorcraft in compliant contact: stability analysis and simulation. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Francisco, CA, United States, 25-30 September 2011. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IROS.2011.6048847
2010
Journal Article
Modelling and control of a large quadrotor robot
Pounds, P., Mahony, R. and Corke, P. (2010). Modelling and control of a large quadrotor robot. Control Engineering Practice, 18 (7), 691-699. doi: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2010.02.008
2010
Conference Publication
Aerial Grasping from a Helicopter Platform
Pounds, Paul and Dollar, Aaron (2010). Aerial Grasping from a Helicopter Platform. International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, Delhi, India, 18-21 December 2010.
2010
Conference Publication
Towards grasping with a helicopter platform: landing accuracy and other challenges
Pounds, Paul E. I. and Dollar, Aaron M. (2010). Towards grasping with a helicopter platform: landing accuracy and other challenges. Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Brisbane Australia, 1-3 December 2010. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Robotics and Automation Association (ARAA).
2010
Conference Publication
Hovering stability of helicopters with elastic constraints
Pounds, Paul E. I. and Dollar, Aaron (2010). Hovering stability of helicopters with elastic constraints. ASME 2010 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC2010), Boston, United States, 12-15 September 2010. New York, United States: American Society of Mechanical Engineers. doi: 10.1115/DSCC2010-4166
2009
Conference Publication
Design principles of large quadrotors for practical applications
Pounds, Paul and Mahony, Robert (2009). Design principles of large quadrotors for practical applications. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Kobe, Japan, 12-17 May 2009. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). doi: 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152390
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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