Phillip is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Technology and Computer Science at the University of Wollongong. He has developed an Intelligent Robotics Laboratory as part of the Centre for Intelligent Software. His research interests include ultrasonic sensing for mobile robot navigation. He is currently developing a Quadrotor helicopter for indoor aerial robotics.
Articles
Classifying surface roughness with CTFM ultrasonic sensing (with B. J. Kristiansen), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2006)
Roughness is a characteristic of a surface that is a function of its geometry. Ultrasonic...
Teaching content creation with programming, Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2005)
Multimedia is an art form that uses computers as a means of personal expression. However,...
Plant acoustic density profile model of CTFM ultrasonic sensing (with N. Harper), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2001)
Many applications require the sensing of plants. When an ultrasonic sensor insonifies a plant, the...
Simulating ultrasonic sensing with the lattice gas model (with S. M. Zhu and S. New), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2001)
People have difficulty understanding ultrasonic sensing because they cannot see sound. The purpose of simulation...
Presentations
Perceiving A Corridor With CTFM Ultrasonic Sensing (with S. M. Antoun), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2007)
When deprived of sight humans adapt and use other senses for navigation. Most rely on...
The design of a tethered aerial robot (with D. Ratner), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2007)
This paper describes the design and modeling of a robot that swings on the end...
Modelling the Draganflyer four-rotor helicopter, Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2004)
The Draganflyer is a radio-controlled helicopter. It is powered by 4 rotors and is capable...
Calibrating a 4-wheel mobile robot (with D. Ratner), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2002)
When a mobile robot is constructed the odometry must be calibrated. Calibrating a 4-wheel robot...
Using LabVIEW to prototype an industrial-quality real-time solution for the Titan outdoor 4WD mobile robot controller (with D. Ratner), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2000)
In the Titan project we applied a new approach to prototyping mobile robots by choosing...