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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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
2007
Conference Publication
Attitude control of rigid body dynamics from biased IMU measurements
Pounds, Paul, Hamel, Tarek and Mahony, Robert (2007). Attitude control of rigid body dynamics from biased IMU measurements. 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, United States, 12-14 December 2007. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers). doi: 10.1109/CDC.2007.4434173
2007
Conference Publication
System identification and control of an aerobot drive system
Pounds, Paul, Mahony, Robert and Corke, Peter (2007). System identification and control of an aerobot drive system. Conference on Information Decision and Control, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 12-14 February 2007. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers): Piscataway, NJ, United States. doi: 10.1109/IDC.2007.374542
2006
Conference Publication
Modelling and control of a quad-rotor robot
Pounds, P., Mahony, M. and Corke, P. (2006). Modelling and control of a quad-rotor robot. Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Auckland New Zealand, 6-8 December 2006.
2005
Conference Publication
Small-scale aeroelastic rotor simulation, design and fabrication
Pounds, Paul and Mahony, Robert (2005). Small-scale aeroelastic rotor simulation, design and fabrication. Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 5-7 December 2005.
2004
Conference Publication
Towards dynamically favourable Quad-Rotor aerial robots
Pounds, Paul, Mahony, Robert, Gresham, Joel, Corke, Peter and Roberts, Jonathan (2004). Towards dynamically favourable Quad-Rotor aerial robots. Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Canberra Australia, 6-8 December 2004. Canberra A.C.T. Australia: ANU.
2002
Conference Publication
Design of a four-rotor aerial robot
Pounds, P., Mahony, R., Hynes, P. and Roberts, J. (2002). Design of a four-rotor aerial robot. Australasian Conference on Robotics & Automation, Auckland New Zealand, 27-29 November 2002.
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Professor Pauline Pounds is:
- Available for 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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