4007. Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics


Title4007. Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics
Parent40. Engineering

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Automated camera-based crop monitoring and site-specific irrigation control systems for cotton, horticulture and dairy pasture
McCarthy, Alison. 2016. "Automated camera-based crop monitoring and site-specific irrigation control systems for cotton, horticulture and dairy pasture." The SPAA Expo: Talking precision in the Atherton Tableland (2016). Mareeba, Australia

Presentation

Automated cloud-based irrigation for centre pivot irrigated cotton and dairy pasture
McCarthy, Alison, Foley, Joseph, Hills, James, Shippam, Ralph and McLaren, David. 2018. "Automated cloud-based irrigation for centre pivot irrigated cotton and dairy pasture." 2018 Irrigation Australia International Conference and Exhibition. Sydney, Australia 13 - 15 Jun 2018

Presentation

Automated internode length measurement of cotton plants under field conditions
McCarthy, C. L., Hancock, N. H. and Raine, S. R.. 2009. "Automated internode length measurement of cotton plants under field conditions." Transactions of the ASABE. 52 (6), pp. 2093-2103.

Article

Automated macadamia nut orchard yield monitoring
Dunn, Mark and Billingsley, John. 2005. "Automated macadamia nut orchard yield monitoring." Billingsley, John (ed.) 12th Annual Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP 2005). Manila, Philippines 29 Nov - 01 Dec 2005 Hertfordshire, England.

Paper

Automated site-specific control and sensing for irrigating dairy pastures
McCarthy, Alison. 2015. "Automated site-specific control and sensing for irrigating dairy pastures." Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture Dairy Centre Open Day 2015: Tips, Tools and Technologies to Better Manage Climate Variability. Burnie, Australia 02 Dec 2015

Presentation

Automated site-specific irrigation framework and evaluation
McCarthy, Alison. 2016. "Automated site-specific irrigation framework and evaluation." Irrigation Australia International Conference and Exhibition 2016: Irrigation - For Prosperity and Wellbeing. Melbourne, Australia 24 - 26 May 2016

Presentation

Automated soil hardness testing machine
Sanathkumara, Kumarapelige N. and Cubero, Samuel N.. 2007. "Automated soil hardness testing machine." Bradbeer, Robin and Ku, Kenneth (ed.) 14th Annual Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision In Practice (M2VIP 2007). Xiamen, China 03 - 05 Dec 2007 Hong Kong. https://doi.org/10.1109/MMVIP.2007.4430747

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Automatic guidance of agricultural mobiles at the NCEA
Billingsley, John. 2000. "Automatic guidance of agricultural mobiles at the NCEA." Industrial Robot. 27 (6), pp. 449-457. https://doi.org/10.1108/01439910010378860

Article

Automatic plant branch segmentation and classification using vesselness measure
Mohammed Amean, Z., Low, T., McCarthy, C. and Hancock, N.. 2013. "Automatic plant branch segmentation and classification using vesselness measure." Katupitiya, Jayantha, Guivant, Jose and Eaton, Ray (ed.) Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA 2013). Sydney, Australia 02 - 04 Dec 2013 Australia.

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Automatic plant features recognition using stereo vision for crop monitoring
Mohammed Amean, Zainab. 2017. Automatic plant features recognition using stereo vision for crop monitoring. PhD Thesis Doctor of Philosophy. University of Southern Queensland. https://doi.org/10.26192/5c09b962f0cc5

PhD Thesis

Automation and the farmer
Billingsley, John. 2009. "Automation and the farmer." Banhazi, T. M. and Saunders, C. (ed.) SEAg 2009: Agricultural Technologies In a Changing Climate. Brisbane, Australia 13 - 16 Sep 2009 Brisbane, Australia.

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Autonomous agricultural robot
Phythian, Mark W.. 2002. "Autonomous agricultural robot." Bradbeer, Robin and Billingsley, John (ed.) Mechatronics and machine vision 2002: current practice. Baldock, United Kingdom. Research Studies Press. pp. 237-244

Edited book (chapter)

Autonomous LHD loading
Petty, Matt K., Billingsley, John and Tran-Cong, Thanh. 1997. "Autonomous LHD loading." Werner, Bob (ed.) 4th Annual Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (MViP 1997). Toowoomba, Australia 23 - 25 Sep 1997 Los Alamitos, CA. United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/MMVIP.1997.625330

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Autonomous racing car competition for mechatronics engineering education
Layanto, Jeffrey, Cubero, Sam and Goode, Matthew. 2003. "Autonomous racing car competition for mechatronics engineering education." Billingsley, John (ed.) 10th Annual Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (MViP 2003). Perth, Australia 09 - 11 Dec 2003 Taunton, England.

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Autonomous site-specific irrigation control: the current state and a vision of a future system [Keynote]
McCarthy, Alison, Smith, Rod and Gillies, Malcolm. 2014. "Autonomous site-specific irrigation control: the current state and a vision of a future system [Keynote]." Keppell, Mike and Reushle, Shirley (ed.) 2nd Digital Rural Futures Conference 2014. Toowoomba, Australia 25 - 27 Jun 2014 Toowoomba, Australia.

Keynote

Behaviour of juvenile antechinus flavipes: a preliminary study
Wollenhaupt, Anja, Withers, Kerry and Billingsley, John. 2009. "Behaviour of juvenile antechinus flavipes: a preliminary study." 26th Annual Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry (ANZSCPB 2009). Geelong, Australia 27 - 29 Nov 2009 Perth, Australia.

Poster

Biofuels from the fresh water microalgae Chlorella vulgaris (FWM-CV) for diesel engines
Al-lwayzy, Saddam H., Yusaf, Talal and Al-Juboori, Raed A.. 2014. "Biofuels from the fresh water microalgae Chlorella vulgaris (FWM-CV) for diesel engines." Energies. 7 (3), pp. 1829-1851. https://doi.org/10.3390/en7031829

Article

Blind search inverse kinematics for controlling all types of serial-link robot arms
Cubero, Samuel N.. 2008. "Blind search inverse kinematics for controlling all types of serial-link robot arms." Billingsley, John and Bradbeer, Robin (ed.) Mechatronics and machine vision in practice. Berlin, Germany. Springer. pp. 229-244

Edited book (chapter)

Bovine intelligence for training horses
Billingsley, John. 2007. "Bovine intelligence for training horses." Bradbeer, Robin and Ku, Kenneth (ed.) 14th Annual Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision In Practice (M2VIP 2007). Xiamen, China 03 - 05 Dec 2007 Hong Kong. https://doi.org/10.1109/MMVIP.2007.4430708

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Carbon dioxide sensing - a mechatronic approach
Maxwell, Andrew, Hancock, Nigel and Billingsley, John. 1997. "Carbon dioxide sensing - a mechatronic approach." Werner, B. (ed.) 4th Annual Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (MViP 1997). Toowoomba, Australia 23 - 25 Sep 1997 Los Alamitos, CA. United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/MMVIP.1997.625292

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Cattle liveweight estimation using machine vision assessment of objective body measurements: first results
McCarthy, C., Billingsley, J., Finch, N., Murray, P. and Gaughan, J.. 2010. "Cattle liveweight estimation using machine vision assessment of objective body measurements: first results." 28th Biennial Australian Society of Animal Production Conference. Armidale, Australia 11 - 15 Jul 2010 Brisbane, Australia.

Poster

Climbing up the wall
Billingsley, John. 2007. "Climbing up the wall." Xie, Ming, Dubowsky, Steven, Fontaine, Jean-Guy, Tokhi, M. Osman and Virk, Gurvinder S. (ed.) 10th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Supporting Technologies for Mobile Machines: CLAWAR 2007. Singapore 16 - 18 Jul 2007 Singapore.

Paper

CNN Based Image Classification of Malicious UAVs
Brown, Jason, Gharineiat, Zahra and Raj, Nawin. 2023. "CNN Based Image Classification of Malicious UAVs." Applied Sciences. 13 (1), pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13010240

Article

Coloured image classification with quantum machine learning algorithms for intelligent transportation systems
Ria, Farina. 2023. Coloured image classification with quantum machine learning algorithms for intelligent transportation systems. PhD by Publication Doctor of Philosophy. University of Southern Queensland. https://doi.org/10.26192/z014z

PhD by Publication

Components relationship analysis in distributed remote laboratory apparatus with data clustering
Maiti, Ananda, Kist, Alexander A. and Maxwell, Andrew D.. 2015. "Components relationship analysis in distributed remote laboratory apparatus with data clustering." 2015 IEEE 24th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 03 - 05 Jun 2015 United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISIE.2015.7281571

Paper

Control and sensing systems for automated site-specific irrigation
McCarthy, Alison. 2015. "Control and sensing systems for automated site-specific irrigation." CCA Cropping Solutions Seminar 2015. Moree, Australia 29 - 30 Jul 2015

Presentation

Control Basics for Mechatronics
Billingsley, John. 2023. Control Basics for Mechatronics. Boca Raton. CRC Press.

Authored book

Control of a Tower Crane with a Pragmatic Hierarchical Algorithm
Abduljabbar, Bilal H. and Billingsley, John. 2021. "Control of a Tower Crane with a Pragmatic Hierarchical Algorithm." Journal of Applied Nonlinear Dynamics. 10 (2), pp. 197-209. https://doi.org/10.5890/JAND.2021.06.001

Article

Control of cranes with a swinging load, an investigation of pragmatic control
Abduljabbar, Bilal Hamid. 2021. Control of cranes with a swinging load, an investigation of pragmatic control. PhD Thesis Doctor of Philosophy. University of Southern Queensland. https://doi.org/10.26192/vywh-j727

PhD Thesis

Control of the sugar cane harvester topper
McCarthy, Stuart G., Billingsley, John and Harris, Harry. 2002. "Control of the sugar cane harvester topper." Bradbeer, Robin and Billingsley, John (ed.) Mechatronics and machine vision 2002: current practice. Baldock, United Kingdom. Research Studies Press. pp. 253-259

Edited book (chapter)

Controlled damping of a 48-metre wide spray rig
Billingsley, John. 2015. "Controlled damping of a 48-metre wide spray rig." Billingsley, John and Brett, Peter (ed.) Machine vision and mechatronics in practice. Heidelberg, Germany. Springer. pp. 185-196

Edited book (chapter)

Controlled damping of a 48-metre wide spray rig
Billingsley, John. 2010. "Controlled damping of a 48-metre wide spray rig." 16th Annual Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP 2010). Darussalam, Brunei 22 - 24 Jun 2010 Toowoomba, Australia.

Paper

Convection drying process modeling and simulation study based on tomato
Shahab, Anna, Wen, Peng and Richard, George. 2009. "Convection drying process modeling and simulation study based on tomato." Giannoccaro, Nicola Ivan and Klingajay, Mongkorn (ed.) International Conference on Robotics, Informatics, Intelligence Control System Technology (RIIT 2009). Bangkok, Thailand 11 - 14 Dec 2009 Bangkok, Thailand.

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Data missing and make-up work studies over a PIDn networked control system
Teng, Lanzhi and Wen, Peng. 2008. "Data missing and make-up work studies over a PIDn networked control system." Arabnia, Hamid R. and Deligiannidis, Leonidas (ed.) MSV 2008: International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods. Las Vegas, United States 14 - 17 Jul 2008 Las Vegas, NV. USA.

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Data requirements for automated model-based control of irrigation and fertiliser application
McCarthy, Alison and Raine, Steven. 2015. "Data requirements for automated model-based control of irrigation and fertiliser application." Acuna, T., Moeller, C., Parsons, D. and Harrison, M. (ed.) 17th Australian Agronomy Conference 2015: Building Productive, Diverse and Sustainable Landscapes (AAC 2015). Hobart, Australia 20 - 24 Sep 2015 Warragul, Australia.

Paper

DC offset elimination in a single-phase grid-connected photovoltaic system
Ahfock, Tony L. and Bowtell, Leslie. 2006. "DC offset elimination in a single-phase grid-connected photovoltaic system." AUPEC 2006: 16th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference. Melbourne, Australia 10 - 13 Dec 2006 Melbourne, Australia.

Paper

Decoupling control of a twin rotor MIMO system using robust deadbeat control technique
Wen, P. and Lu, T.-W.. 2008. "Decoupling control of a twin rotor MIMO system using robust deadbeat control technique." IET Control Theory and Applications. 2 (11), pp. 999-1007. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-cta:20070335

Article

Deep learning for real‑time fruit detection and orchard fruit load estimation: benchmarking of ‘MangoYOLO’
Koirala, A, Walsh, K.B, Wang, Z and McCarthy, C. 2019. "Deep learning for real‑time fruit detection and orchard fruit load estimation: benchmarking of ‘MangoYOLO’." Precision Agriculture. 20 (6), pp. 1107-1135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-019-09642-0

Article

Demand-side response towards optimizing energy and infrastructure usages in the electricity supply market: smart grid tools
Kamel, Fouad, Kist, Alexander A. and Marwan, Marwan. 2010. "Demand-side response towards optimizing energy and infrastructure usages in the electricity supply market: smart grid tools." Fusion Solutions: Challenges and Innovations (2009). Townsville, Australia 26 - 27 May 2010 Townsville, Australia.

Presentation

Design concepts for an energy-efficient amphibious unmanned underwater vehicle
Cubero, Samuel N. and Billingsley, John. 2015. "Design concepts for an energy-efficient amphibious unmanned underwater vehicle." Billingsley, John and Brett, Peter (ed.) Machine vision and mechatronics in practice. Heidelberg, Germany. Springer. pp. 209-223

Edited book (chapter)