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MMVLWiki
The Mobile Machines and Vision Laboratory (MMVL) is a research group which is part of the Centre for Robotics and Automation (CENRA) at the Materials and Engineering Research Institute (MERI).
The expertise within the MMVL group includes Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Embedded Systems Engineering, Electronic Design, Interaction design, Mathematical Modelling, Robotics and Swarm Robotics.
The main theme of our research is on the connection of artificial perception and physical action. Perception requires extensive processing and interpreting of data generated by sensors. We employ a wide range of sensors and sensing techniques including various types of cameras (Normal light, IR, Thermal), Laser and Ultrasound devices and also chemical sensors produced in-house. Actions are typically performed by robots and multi robot systems, ranging from medium sized mobile robots to mini, micro and also nano robots. The robots and sensors are to be applied in ordinary environments and human machine interactions play an important role.
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 MINIMAN |
 MiCRoN |
 Nanorobotics |
 GUARDIANS |
 Mimas
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 I-SWARM |
 VIEW-FINDER |
 REPLICATOR |
 HornetsEye
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The MMVL has been working on a number of European and UK funded research projects, such as Miniman, Micron and I-SWARM (also see past projects). Currently the MMVL is participating in Nanorobotics, GUARDIANS, VIEW-FINDER and REPLICATOR (also see present projects). It is active in the area of Medical Electronics Engineering Research and autonomous mobile robots. The MMVL is also actively involved in consultancy for industry.
 Medical Electronics Engineering Research |
 Autonomous Mobile Robots
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 Micromanipulators |
 Robot Automation
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If you are interested in a project with the MMVL or if you would like to have our consultancy, please contact us.
If you need assistance, please visit the help section.
http://vision.eng.shu.ac.uk/mmvlwiki/ is the short URL for this web page.
News
Closed-loop control in a TEM
26th June 2009: A software demonstrating vision-based closed-loop control in a TEM was tested today. In the end we succeeded to demonstrate vision-based closed-loop control. More...
Telemanipulation proof-of-concept
30th April 2009: A prototype software for telemanipulation in a TEM was tested successfully. More...
New article in 'Security Europe'
3rd February 2009: Article on the Guardians and Viewfinder projects. More...
VISA rules changing in March 2009
4th February 2009: If your visa expires before 30 June 2009, you should read this information. In March 2009, the rules for student visa extensions are changing. More...
QtRuby4-Windows-Installer for Qt-4.3.4 released
28th January 2008: A new version of the Qt4-QtRuby installer for Microsoft Windows was released. More...
AVA 2008 meeting in Bristol
19th December 2008: HornetsEye is being presented at the AVA 2008 meeting in Bristol. More...
DAAD/ARC visit
3rd December 2008: Christian Dahmen and Tim Wortmann from the AMIR institute of Oldenburg University visited us in context of a ARC/DAAD-funded cooperation.
CENRA founded
17th November 2008: Jacques Penders was appointed as the head of the newly founded Centre for Robotics and Automation (CENRA).
Update: The Microsystems & Machine Vision Laboratory was renamed to Mobile Machines and Vision Laboratory.
Older News
Older news can be found in the news archive.
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