Members

Principal Investigators

• Amir Patel - Associate Professor

  Bio-inspired Robotics, Biomechanics

• Joyce Mwangama - Senior Lecturer

  Communications Networks

• Paul Amayo - Lecturer

  Computer Vision, Robotic Perception, Autonomous Vehicles

• Mohohlo Samuel Tsoeu - Senior Lecturer

  Natural Language Processing (NLP), Human Machine Interfacing (HMI)

• Robyn Verrinder - Senior Lecturer

  Autonomous Marine Systems

Postgraduates

• Stacey Shield - PhD

  Trajectory Optimization and Simulation of Legged Locomotion

• Leanne Raw - PhD

  The Effects of Leg Morphology on Rapid Acceleration in Quadrupeds

• Naoya Muramatsu - PhD

  On the Neuromechanics of the Cheetah: Head-stabilization and Tracking of the Cheetah

• James Hepworth - PhD

  Design and Development of a Clustered Ocean Buoys System for Southern Ocean Climate Monitoring

• Devin Stickells - MSc

  The Force Floor: Design and Development of a Low-Cost 3D Force Sensing Area Using Machine Learning

• Amaan Vally - MSc

  Markerless motion capture using steerable cameras

• Christopher Mailer - MSc

  Design and control of a planar quadruped with a prismatically actuated spine to understand the efficacy and role of the spine in dynamic agile robotic manoeuvres

• Daniel Joska - MSc

  WildPose: Long-Range 3D Motion Tracking of Cheetahs in the Wild using Multi-Sensor Fusion

• Daryn Bright - Msc

  Study of the aerodynamic effects of a cheetah tail and the implementation of a robotic tail on Dima to utilize aerodynamic drag to enhance the performance of high-speed manoeuvres

• David Sturrock - MSc

  A comparison of machine learning techniques in the training of an autonomous field robot

• Kukhokuhle Tsengwa - MSc

  Low-cost remote muscle activity measurement

• Matt Church - MSc

  Localisation under Large Appearance changes

• Michael Katsoulis - MSc

  Lightweight High-Resolution Mapping of Agricultural Regions

• Michael Noyce - MSc

  Upgrade and testing of the hardware and firmware of a waves-in-ice remote sensing platform

• Zaheer Dhunny - MSc

  Harbour mapping using an unmanned surface vessel

• Zubair Martin - MSc

  Investigating the role of arms in biped robots (practically implementing an appendage to a biped to improve stabilization)

Alumni

• Alexander Knemeyer - MSc

  Using trajectory optimisation to understand high-speed dynamic maneuverability, by making the optimisation problem more tractable

• Josh van Zyl - MSc
• Liam Clark - MSc
• Do Yeou Ku - MSc
• Arnold Pretorius - PhD
• Alexander Blom - MSc
• Nirav Domah
• Tinashe Gwatiringa
• Javaad Patel
• Yashren Reddi
• Gevashkar Rampersadh
• Divij Soobhug
• Nicholas von Klemperer - MSc
• Boitumelo Dikoko - MSc