A vehicle that could act as an assistant to a farm worker by recognising, visiting and collecting items with minimal guidance. HM Computing Funded by the industrial partners, Writtle College and the University of Essex Research Promotion Fund from April 1996. A collaborative simulation of underwater vehicles in their environment that mixes real and simulated components, virtual reality techniques and detailed mathematical modelling. Funded by British Telecom September 1997 - August 1998. A system for recognising hay bales in a field has been developed.
Current work is aimed at refining the technique.
Another vision project concerns the development of a novel means of determining relative locations within a field. This work concerns an investigation into the potential of applying computer architecture to the creation of Intelligent Buildings. A project which is investigating the most effective way for GAs to modify fuzzy rule sets for the control of mobile robots, initially in the agricultural domain. Funded by British Telecom PhD Scholarship October 1995 - September 1998.