Dr Uwe Zimmer
Dr. rer. nat.
Fellow
ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics
T:
+61 2 6125 8619
Areas of expertise
- Marine Engineering 091101
- Adaptive Agents And Intelligent Robotics 080101
- Manufacturing Robotics And Mechatronics (Excl. Automotive Mechatronics) 091007
- Special Vehicles 091106
- Control Systems, Robotics And Automation 090602
- Signal Processing 090609
- Computer Human Interaction 080602
- Distributed And Grid Systems 080501
- Avionics 090105
Researcher's projects
Airborne vehicles:
- Collecting energy from solar, thermal & wind
- Helicopters for disaster zone reconnaissance
- High integrity airborne vehicles
Underwater swarms (Serafina project)
Real-time and embedded system
Publications
- Poppa, F & Zimmer, U 2012, 'RobotUI - A software architecture for modular robotics user interface frameworks', IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012), IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, USA, pp. 2571-2576.
- Schill, F & Zimmer, U 2012, 'A Scalable Electro-magnetic Communication System for Underwater Swarms', IFAC Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Craft 2012, Conference Organising Committee, Italy.
- Kottege, N & Zimmer, U 2011, 'Underwater acoustic localization for small submersibles', Journal of Field Robotics, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 40-69.
- Kalantar Kashi, S & Zimmer, U 2009, 'Optima localization by vehicle formations imitating the Nelder-Mead simplex algorithm', Autonomous Robots, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 239-260.
- Kottege, D & Zimmer, U 2008, 'Cross-Correlation Tracking for Maximum Length Sequence Based Acoustic Localisation', Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA 2008), ed. Jonghyuk Kim and Robert Mahony, Australian Robotics and Automation Association, Australia, p. 9.
- Kottege, D & Zimmer, U 2008, 'Acoustical Methods for Azimuth, Range and Heading Estimation in Underwater Swarms', Joint Conference of the Acoustical Society of America, European Acoustics Association and Societe Francaise d'Acoustique (Acoustics 2008), ed. Conference Program Committee, Societe Francaise de Acoustique, Paris, p. 5.
- Kottege, D & Zimmer, U 2008, 'MLS Based Distributed, Bearing, Range and Posture Estimation for Schools of Submersibles', in Oussama Khatib, Vijay Kumar. Daniela Rus (ed.), Experimental Robotics: The 10th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 377-386.
- Schill, F & Zimmer, U 2008, 'Complex Control Skills Acquisition Supported by Haptic Feedback', Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA 2008), ed. Jonghyuk Kim and Robert Mahony, Australian Robotics and Automation Association, Australia, pp. 1-6.
- Kalantar Kashi, S & Zimmer, U 2008, 'Scale-Adaptive Polygonal Formations of Submersible Vehicles and Tracking Isocontours', IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2008), ed. Conference Program Committee, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Nice France, pp. 3146-3151.
- Kalantar Kashi, S & Zimmer, U 2007, 'Distributed shape control of homogeneous swarms of autonomous underwater vehicles', Autonomous Robots, vol. 22, pp. 37-53.
- Kalantar Kashi, S & Zimmer, U 2007, 'Adaptive Iso-Altitude Tracking and Terrain Reconstruction by Submarine Vehicle Formations', Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA 2007), ed. Matthew Dunbabin and Mandyam Srinivasan, Australian Robotics and Automation Association, Australia, p. 8.
- Kalantar Kashi, S & Zimmer, U 2007, 'Simplex Formation of Autonomous Vehicles and Adaptive Sampling Strategies', Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS 2007), ed. Conference Program Committee, Conference Organising Committee, online, p. 8.
- Schill, F & Zimmer, U 2007, 'Pruning Local Schedules for Efficient Swarm Communication', Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies (SSC 2007), ed. Chang-Kyu Rheem, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Tokyo Japan, pp. 1-7.
- Kalantar Kashi, S & Zimmer, U 2007, 'Scale-Adaptive Polygonal Formations of Submersible Vehicles and Tracking Terrain Isocontours', International Federation of Automatic Control Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles 2007, ed. Conference Program Committee, Elsevier, Oxford, UK, p. 7.
- Kottege, D & Zimmer, U 2007, 'Relative localisation for AUV swarms', Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies (SSC 2007), ed. Chang-Kyu Rheem, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Tokyo Japan, pp. 588-593.
- Kalantar Kashi, S & Zimmer, U 2007, 'Tracking Environmental Isoclines using Polygonal Formations of Submersible Autonomous Vehicles', International Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR 2007), INRIA, France, p. 10.
- Kalantar Kashi, S & Zimmer, U 2007, 'Motion Planning for Small Formations of Autonomous Vehicles Navigating on Gradient Fields', Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies (SSC 2007), ed. Chang-Kyu Rheem, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Tokyo Japan, pp. 512-519.
- Kottege, D & Zimmer, U 2006, 'MLS-based, distributed bearing, range and posture estimation for schools of submersiblesc', International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER 2006), ed. Conference Program Committee, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Piscataway USA, pp. 1-7.
- Kalantar Kashi, S & Zimmer, U 2006, 'A formation control approach to adaptation of contour-shaped robotic formations', IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2006), ed. Conference Program Committee, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), USA, pp. 1-8.
- Kottege, D & Zimmer, U 2006, 'Acoustical localization in schools of submersibles', IEEE Asia Pacific Oceans 2006, ed. Conference Program Committee, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Singapore, p. 5.
- Schill, F & Zimmer, U 2006, 'Effective communication in schools of submersibles', IEEE Asia Pacific Oceans 2006, ed. Conference Program Committee, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Singapore, pp. 1-5.
- Schill, F & Zimmer, U 2006, 'Distributed dynamical omnicast routing', Complex Systems, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 1-18.
- Kalantar Kashi, S & Zimmer, U 2005, 'Control of Contour Formations of Autonomous Vehicles by General Curve Evolution Theory', Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA 2005), ed. Claude Sammut, Australian Robotics and Automation Association, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-8.
- Kalantar Kashi, S & Zimmer, U 2005, 'Control of Open Contour Formations of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles', International Journal of Advanced Robotic systems, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 309-316.
- Kalantar Kashi, S & Zimmer, U 2005, 'Contour Shaped Robotic Formations for Isocline Adaptation', Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS 2005), ed. Ulrich Nehmzow, Chris Melhuish and Mark Witkowski, Q3 Digital/Litho, Loughborough, United Kingdom, pp. 135-142.
- Schill, F, Zimmer, U & Trumpf, J 2005, 'Towards Optimal TDMA Scheduling for Robotic Swarm Communication', Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS 2005), ed. Ulrich Nehmzow, Chris Melhuish and Mark Witkowski, Q3 Digital/Litho, Loughborough, United Kingdom, pp. 197-203.
- Webers, C & Zimmer, U 2005, 'Real-time Modelling of Complex Dynamical Systems RTDSM', Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS 2005), ed. Ulrich Nehmzow, Chris Melhuish and Mark Witkowski, Q3 Digital/Litho, Loughborough, United Kingdom, pp. 235-242.
- Schill, F, Zimmer, U & Trumpf, J 2004, 'Visible Spectrum Optical Communication and Distance Sensing for Underwater Applications', Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA 2004), ed. Nick Barnes, David Austin, Australian Robotics and Automation Association, Canberra, pp. 1-8.
- Kalantar Kashi, S & Zimmer, U 2004, 'Contour Shaped Formation Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Using Canonical Shape Descriptors and Deformable Models', Bridges Across the Ocean, ed. Ryusuke Hosoda, Hiroshi Ishida, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), USA, pp. 296-307.
- Schill, F & Zimmer, U 2002, 'Robust Asynchronous Temporal Event Mapping', IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2002), ed. Roland Siegwart and Christian Laugier, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), USA, pp. 190-195.
- Webers, C & Zimmer, U 2002, 'Motion Control of Mobile Robots - From Static Targets to Fast Drives in Moving Crowds', Autonomous Robots, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 173-185.
