Attention and Prediction-Guided Motion Detection for Low-Contrast Small Moving Targets

STEP2DYNA University of Lincoln researcher Hongxin Wang recently published a paper titled “Attention and Prediction-Guided Motion Detection for Low-Contrast Small Moving Targets” in IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics is one of the top-tier journals that publish technical Continue reading Attention and Prediction-Guided Motion Detection for Low-Contrast Small Moving Targets

The complex synaptic pathways onto a looming-detector neuron revealed using serial block-face scanning electron microscopy

STEP2DYNA Newcastle University researchers Stefan Wernitznig and Claire Rind have published a paper titled “The complex synaptic pathways onto a looming-detector neuron revealed using serial block-face scanning electron microscopy” in the Journal of Comparative Neurology. Figure 3 from this paper Continue reading The complex synaptic pathways onto a looming-detector neuron revealed using serial block-face scanning electron microscopy

Yicheng Zhang presents ‘Temperature-based Collision Detection in Extreme Low Light Condition with Bio-inspired LGMD Neural Network’ at ISAIC 2021

ISAIC 2021

Yicheng Zhang is a PhD student at the University of Lincoln and working on ULTRACEPT’s Work Package 3. Recently Yicheng Zhang attended the 2nd International Symposium on Automation, Information and Computing (ISAIC 2021) organized by Beijing Jiaotong University. Due to Continue reading Yicheng Zhang presents ‘Temperature-based Collision Detection in Extreme Low Light Condition with Bio-inspired LGMD Neural Network’ at ISAIC 2021

Yunlei Shi: Combining Learning from Demonstration with Learning by Exploration to Facilitate Contact-Rich Tasks

Yunlei Shi: Combining Learning from Demonstration with Learning by Exploration to Facilitate Contact-Rich Tasks

Yunlei Shi is a 4th year full-time Ph.D. student at the Universität Hamburg and working at project partner Agile Robots.  In 2020 he was seconded to Tsinghua University as part of the STEP2DYNA project. His work continues in the ULTRACEPT Continue reading Yunlei Shi: Combining Learning from Demonstration with Learning by Exploration to Facilitate Contact-Rich Tasks

Siavash Bahrami Awarded Best Student Paper at International Conference ICCST2021

Eighth International Conference on Computational Science and Technology (ICCST2021)

Siavash Bahrami is a PhD candidate at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), working on multimodal deep neural networks using acoustic and visual data for developing an active road safety system intended for autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles. Siavash is contributing to ULTRACEPTs Continue reading Siavash Bahrami Awarded Best Student Paper at International Conference ICCST2021

Qian Feng: Centre-of-Mass-based Robust Grasp Planning for Unknown Objects, Using Tactile-Visual Sensors

Qian-Feng-Grasp-Success-Rate-on-Test-Objects

Qian Feng is an external PhD student at the Technical University of Munich and working at project partner Agile Robots and contributing to STEP2DYNA’s Work Package 4. The IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) is an annual academic Continue reading Qian Feng: Centre-of-Mass-based Robust Grasp Planning for Unknown Objects, Using Tactile-Visual Sensors

UHAM Researcher Presents at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Hongzhuo Liang presents at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Hongzhuo Liang is a fifth-year PhD student in Computer Science at Universität Hamburg. His research interests are robotic grasping manipulation based on multimodel perception. Hongzhuo has been working on the project Transregio SFB “Cross-modal learning” for STEP2DYNA and ULTRACEPT (778062) Continue reading UHAM Researcher Presents at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

STEP2DYNA Researchers Attend IEEE ARM 2020 Conference

ULTRACEPT Researchers Attend IEEE ICARM 2020 Conference

The IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM) 2020 was held in Shenzhen, China, and attended by three University of Lincoln’s (UoL) STEP2DYNA researchers; Dr Qinbing Fu, Xuelong Sun, and Tian Liu. Dr Qinbing Fu completed three STEP2DYNA Continue reading STEP2DYNA Researchers Attend IEEE ARM 2020 Conference