Intelligent Autonomous Systems

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   <name>Ross Kidson</name>
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   <title>BEng/BSc</title>
    <mail>ross.kidson@gmail.com</mail>
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====== About ======
I have been working as a research assistant at the [[http://ias.cs.tum.edu|Intelligent Autonomous Systems]] Group since December 2011 under the supervision of  [[https://ias.cs.tum.edu/people/pangercic|Dejan Pangeric]].  I am currently a student enrolled at [[http://portal.mytum.de/welcome/|Technical University of Munich]] undertaking [[http://www.in.tum.de/en/for-prospective-students/master-courses-of-study/robotics-cognition-intelligence.html|Master of Robotics, Cognition and Intelligence]].  

My work at IAS focuses on RGB-D mapping of indoor areas primarily for semantic mapping using handheld devices.  

Prior to working at IAS and starting my Master's program I obtained my Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronics) / Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) at [[http://www.swinburne.edu.au/|Swinburne University of Technology]], Melbourne, Australia.  I have also worked as an electrical engineer at [[http://www.anca.com/|ANCA]], Melbourne, Australia.  Please don't hestiate to contact me for a complete resume.


====== Semantic Mapping ======

I am currently working on creating a framework to perform semi automated semantic mapping of 3D Models as captured from a Mircrosoft Kinect or the like.  Here is a video that shows a small demo of the pipeline.  This is still work in progress

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====== RGBD Registration ======

Before my work on semantic mapping I have been working on techniques for improving registration in RGB-D SLAM.  Particularly, I looked at combining the depth information from the kinect with 2D features from the RGB camera.  I have implemented this registration method as a [[http://www.ros.org/wiki/rgbd_registration|ROS package]]

[[http://www.ros.org/wiki/rgbd_registration|{{:people:kidson:matching.jpg?350|}}]]

====== Other Projects ======
|[[:people:kidson:visual_odometry|{{:people:hausman:car1.png?230|}}]]| [[:people:hausman:motion_planning|{{:people:hausman:motion.png?230|}}]] |
|  [[:people:kidson:visual_odometry|Visual Odometry/Visual SLAM for an Autonomous Car - BMW Project]]  |  [[:people:hausman:motion_planning|Motion Planning for an Autonomous Car BMW Project]]  |
|[[:people:kidson:bioloid_olympics|{{:people:kidson:bioloid.jpg?230|}}]] | [[:people:kidson:quadrocopter|{{:people:kidson:ar_drone_2.jpg?230|}}]] |
|  [[:people:kidson:bioloid_olympics|Bioloid Olympics]]  |   [[:people:kidson:quadrocopter|Autonomous Quadrocopter]]   |
|[[:people:kidson:retina_sensor|{{:people:kidson:neuro.jpg?230|}}]]|[[:people:kidson:machine_learning|{{:people:kidson:chromatic_scale_1.png?230|}}]]|
|  [[:people:kidson:retina_sensor|Retina Sensor]]  |  [[:people:kidson:machine_learning|Machine learning in Music]]  |
|[[:people:kidson:saphari|{{:people:kidson:saphari_logo.png?230|}}]]|[[:people:kidson:GPU|{{:people:kidson:nvidia-cuda.jpg?230|}}]]|
|  [[:people:kidson:saphari|Saphari Project at DLR]]  |  [[:people:kidson:GPU|GPU Programming]]  |


====== Profiles ======

  * [[http://sourceforge.net/users/rosskidson|Sourceforge]]
  * [[https://github.com/rosskidson|Github]]
  * [[http://answers.ros.org/users/3194/rossk/|ROS answers]]
  * [[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ross-kidson/17/707/588|Linked in]]

====== Publications ======
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