Dr Jonathan Rossiter

Summary

My research interests include bio-mimetics, artificial intelligence, robotics and sensors.
Bio-mimetics is an engineering tool that covers a huge scale from the tangible nano-technology level, including materials, actuators and sensors, right up to the intangible level of artificial intelligence, including high-level perception, cognition and reasoning.

My research in the field of artificial intelligence focuses on high-level intelligence and especially human-like reasoning with uncertainty.

In the robotics domain I have been working on autonomous intelligence, especially in human-like driver robots, and intelligent robot sensing and actuation.

My research on sensing extends from tactile sensing techniques to human-like visual sensing and perception.
In my robotic actuator and artificial muscle research I have been developing new polymer-composite actuators involving principles of buckling and bi-stability and robots which are inspired by bio-mimetic study of swimming organisms, including bacteria and fish.

Other research interests include: humanist computing, object oriented knowledge representation and programming, reasoning under uncertainty, computer vision, medical applications of AI, natural descriptors of knowledge, computing with words, human-machine interaction, bio-informatics and bio-mimetics.

Keywords

• Bio-mimetics
• artificial intelligence
• robotics and sensors

Memberships

Organisations

Department of Engineering Mathematics

Other sites

• Engineering-mathematics

Research Groups

• Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science (ACCIS)
• Intelligent Systems
• Robotics

Recent publications

• Knoop, LE & Rossiter, JM 2013, ‘Dual-Mode Compliant Optical Tactile Sensor’. in: Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA2013. IEEE, New York
• McKay, T, Walters, P, Rossiter, JM, O'Brien, B & Anderson, I 2013, ‘3-dimensional fabrication of soft energy harvesters’. in: SPIE Proceedings. SPIE Optical Engineering Press: Washington
• Winfield, J, Ieropoulos, I, Rossiter, JM, Greenman, J & Patton, D 2013, ‘Biodegradation and proton exchange using natural rubber in microbial fuel cells’. Biodegradation.
• Rossiter, J, Scarpa, F, Takashima, K & Walters, P 2012, ‘Design of a deployable structure with shape memory polymers’. in: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2012.
• Conn, AT & Rossiter, JM 2012, ‘Harnessing electromechanical membrane wrinkling for actuation’. Applied Physics Letters, vol 101.
• Takashima, K, Noritsugu, T, Rossiter, JM, Guo, S & Mukai, T 2012, ‘Curved Type Pneumatic Artificial Rubber Muscle Using Shape-Memory Polymer’. Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics., pp. 472-479
• Sareh, S, Rossiter, JM, Conn, AT, Drescher, K & Goldstein, R 2012, ‘Swimming like algae: biomimetic soft artificial cilia’. Royal Society Interface.
• Rossiter, JM, Takashima, K & Mukai, T 2012, ‘Shape memory properties of ionic polymer–metal composites’. Smart Materials and Structures, vol 12.
• Rossiter, J, Yap, B & Conn, A 2012, ‘Biomimetic chromatophores for camouflage and soft active surfaces’. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, vol 7., pp. 1 - 10
• Conn, A & Rossiter, J 2012, ‘Smart Radially Folding Structures’. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol 17., pp. 968 - 975

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