Staff

Arnold Pretorius

Researcher - Control Engineering, State Estimation, Mobile Robotics

Email: [email protected]

Phone: [+27 21 650 3479](tel:+27 21 650 3479)

Office: Room 215.2, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Building

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Leanne Raw

Researcher - Robotics

Email: [email protected]

Phone: [+27 21 650 9111](tel:+27 21 650 9111)

Office: Room 212, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Building

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James Hepworth

Researcher - Embedded Systems, Instrumentation

Email: [email protected]

Phone: [+27 21 650 4810](tel:+27 21 650 4810)

Office: Room 215.1, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Building

Adriaan de Villiers

Researcher

Email: [email protected]

Phone: [+27 21 650 2600](tel: +27216502600)

Office: Room 215.6, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Building

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Students

Luke Richardson

MSc student

System Identification and Control Design of a Low-Cost Quadcopter

Daniel Fraser

MSc student

Low-Cost Embedded Systems Design of a Motion Controller

Alyssa Ramwell

MSc student

On-board Pose Estimation and Trajectory Generation of a Quadcopter

Guy Hasewinkel

MSc student

Modelling, design, and prototyping of a coaxial variable-tilt octocopter

Dylan Fanner

MSc student

Autonomous landing of a quadcopter platform on a sea vessel during rough sea state conditions

Shannon Pitman

MSc student

Development of an optical tracking system for real-time robotic applications

Mpilo Nxasana

MSc student

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