University of Lincoln, UK
Researchers at the Centre for Autonomous Systems are studying how mobile robots can learn from long-term experience to provide service in security and care scenarios. As part of the European STRANDS project, they contribute to the development of robots that are able to operate autonomously, without the need of human intervention, in regular indoor environments like offices…
A new internet service that allows content to be created and shared by people attending specific events was showcased at a national digital conference. Dr Duncan Rowland, Reader in the School of Computer Science, presented the software Automics at DE2013: Open Digital at MediaCityUK in Salford. He said: “The goal has been to create an…
Research by two graduates from the University of Lincoln, UK, will be discussed at the world’s leading conference on entertainment computing. Sean Oxspring and Nick Bull, who both graduated with a BSc in Games Computing in September 2013, have had academic papers accepted to ACE 2013 – the 10th international conference on Advances in Computer…
Video games are slowly moving out of the monitor and into the real world. And this next stage of development in the world of gaming will be shared with Computer Science students during a special workshop. ‘Real-world’ or Mixed Reality gaming is fast becoming the next big thing in computer games advancement. Students will be…
Analysing cats’ facial expressions could lead to a major breakthrough in helping to alleviate feline suffering. Computer vision expert Dr Georgios Tzimiropoulos, from the University of Lincoln, UK, has been pioneering the development of self-learning computer vision systems to aid the automatic detection of facial expressions. Although the focus has been on humans, the technology will now…
Using robots to understand animal social cognition: We are offering a funded PhD position for an enthusiastic and highly-motivated student to join a thriving and dynamic research environment, and benefit from close associations with both the School of Life Sciences and the School of Computer Science. The aim of this project is to develop a robot that…
Linda, Lincoln’s mobile robot developed in the STRANDS project, will soon be reaching a first major project milestone: Running autonomously for a total of 30 days. While this seems easy too achieve for today’s industrial robots, Linda has continuously been patrolling an office space at the School of Computer Science University of Lincoln which is…
Specialist robots will learn how to act intelligently in real-world environments, supporting security guards or care home assistants, in a multi-million Euro project. The aim of the research is to create mobile robots that are able to operate intelligently and independently, based on an understanding of 3D space and how this space changes over time,…
New methods to enable robots to understand the world around them have been put forward by Dr Oscar Martinez Mozos from the School of Computer Science. His paper, currently in press, details research into how a robot can understand human-made environments by trying to learn how to recognise different types of surroundings, such as corridors,…