Project description
The Research Centre has a range of projects on offer. As our research is continuously evolving and our project needs change to reflect what we are currently doing, it would be best to discuss possible projects with us directly. We are always looking for enthusiastic students that interested in undertaking real projects and developing products that can be tested at sea. Most of the Hons/Masters projects that we offer would fit in with and support the work undertaken by the Centre's members. We can usually customise projects to fit a student's respective discipline and skills. Team projects are also welcome. Projects would typically be based on one of our autonomous vehicle platforms. Examples include: • building and developing the control system for a remotely operated underwater vehicle for recovering torpedo shaped autonomous underwater vehicles (Mechanical, Robotic, SE, EEE team). • developing/improving a vehicle control system for a tracked underwater vehicle, (Robotics, Mechanical, EEE). • developing a motion planning system for an underwater vehicle equipped with a robotic arm to grasp objects (Robotics, Mechanical, EEE). • developing a ML based image classifier for detecting and classifying mine like objects using sonar/video (SE, Robotics). • developing an ML based path planner for collision avoidance / seakeeping of an unmanned marine vehicle (SE, Robotics, Mecahnical). Please contact Karl for more information.
Co-supervisors
Assoc. Prof Russell Brinkworth Dr. Paulo Santos
Assumed knowledge
Desired skills sets (depending on the discipline) include ROS, Python, advanced control, image processing, circuit board design, computer organisation, mechanical design & construction, CAD, ANSYS FEM/CFD Note: in some cases projects related to defence industry may be restricted to Australian Citizen students.
Supervisors research focus
Karl is the director for the Centre for Maritime Engineering at Flinders University. Our research activities are mainly related to developing autonomy capability for unmanned marine vehicles to enable them to operate entirely without human intervention, to conduct seabed survey work, collect scientific data, inspect underwater structures, or detect and classify underwater threats such as sea mines. Our research is primarily tied to and funded by industry and ARC. Core competencies include: Sensor processing, mission planning, guidance, navigation and control, situation awareness, computer vision, AI/ML, prototype development and validation. The CME Maritime Autonomy laboratory resources includes: • a 5 m WAM-V 16 vessel • a 7 m Pacific 22 RHIB • a 3 m X300 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle • a BlueRov2 remotely operated underwater vehicle The above vehicles are equipped with a variety of state of the art sensors, including Radar, high-res Lidar and Sonar, and cameras.
Industry involvement
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You must also contact each supervisor directly to discuss both the project details and your suitability to undertake the project.