Available Student and Research Projects

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Student Projects

These are the projects currently being offered by the MMVL. If you wish to be supervised then please contact the listed supervisors directly for an interview. Note that we support projects at the undergraduate, ERASMUS, M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels.

The projects fall into the following categories:

  • Machine vision
  • Robotics
  • Medical applications

Machine vision projects

Stitching for microscopes

A bird's feather (reflected light, darkfield) (7.2 MByte video, 10.1 MByte video)
Stitching using the feedback of the microscope's drive

The objective ob this project is to generate a stitched image from the input-video (linear complexity desirable) without feedback from microscope-drive. The images need to be cross-compare to avoid drifts in the estimated shift. The system may be extended to include an extended depth of field by maximising a focus measure.

Supervisor: Jan Wedekind

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Robotics projects

Robot formation using APF

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multirobot-human formation with NetLogo 4.0.2

This work consists of the study of different types of artificial potential forces (APF) for formation generation and maintaining in multi-robot systems. Simulation study of different robot behaviors (robot aggregation, group migration and obstacle avoidance) for a team of robots in a 2D environment using NetLogo.

Supervisor: Lyuba Alboul, (Jacques Penders), Assistant: Joan Saez-Pons

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Inter-robot KIII communication

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Kehpera III model with Webots 5.0
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Kehpera III robot

This work consists of developing an algorithm for explicit inter-robot communication using IR/sonar proximity sensors. Software to be used: Webots (3D robot simulation software). The simulation will be tested on real Khepera III (small-size robots).

Supervisor: Lyuba Alboul, Alan Holloway, (Jacques Penders), Assistant: Joan Saez-Pons

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Formation control of Khepera III robots

The project consists of implementing formation control on a group of 3 Khepera robots. Inputs for the control are the US and IR sensors mounted on the khepera III robots, the control consists of a set of attraction and repulsion forces. Supervisor: Lyuba Alboul, Alan Holloway, (Jacques Penders)

Wall following behaviours for mobile robots

Abstract: the project consists of implementing wall following behaviour on a Khepera III robot using US and/or IR sensors mounted on the robot. Additionally a map of the environment is produced or 2 other khepera follow the wall follower in a formation.

Supervisor: Lyuba Alboul, George Chliveros, Alan Holloway, (Jacques Penders)

Design of a I2C sensor interface for Khepera robots using an embedded microcontroller

Abstract: The project consists of designing, building and testing a sensor interface to be mounted on a Khepera robot. The system will be based around an embedded microcontroller which will interface to the Khepera using the I2C interface.

Supervisors: Alan Holloway, Joan Saez-Pons, George Chliveros, (Jacques Penders)

Design of miniature multi channel frequency counter for remote QCM sensing applications

Abstract: The project will involve research into a suitable method of measuring the frequency of an array of frequency based sensors. It is anticipated that either an embedded microcontroller or FPGA will be used. A prototype design should be made and suitable validation of the system performed.

Supervisors: Alan Holloway, A Nabok, (Jacques Penders)

Design of a microcontroller based Electronic nose for use on Khepera robots

Abstract: The project is based around the design of both a hardware and software interface for a small array of sensors which can be mounted on a Khepera robot. The project will involve some embedded microcontroller programming, electronic circuit design and PCB design/fabrication

Supervisor: Alan Holloway

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