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Robotics Researcher
Personal Info:
Name: (Edward) Lin Chi MAK
Place of Birth: Hong Kong
Position: 3rd Year Ph.D Student at UNSW
Office: L205, Willis Annexe Building
Telephone: +61-2-9385-4125 / +61-2-9385-6091
Coaxial Helicopter with rotating LEDsVisual Localisation & Control of MAVs
Postal Address: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering,
The University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
 
Read more in his CV
 
 
Qualifications:
(Feb 06 - now) PhD in Mechatronic Engineering at UNSW
(July 02 - Dec 05) Bachelor of Engineering in Mechatronic Engineering at UNSW
(Sep 94 - July 01) S.T.F.A. Seaward Woo College (in Hong Kong)
 
 
News:
Poster for Acoustic NLoS LocalisationPoster for Acoustic NLoS Localisation

  • Looking for a postdoc/research fellow position related to robotics. He is especially interested in any projects related to mechatronics, computer vision, auditory robotics and localisation.
  • Writing his PhD thesis. He is going to submit by June 2009.

 
Research Interests:

 
Current Projects:MAVSTARMAVSTAR

 
Publications:

Journal Papers:
  1. Lin Chi Mak, et al., "Design and development of the Micro Aerial Vehicles and their Cooperative Systems for Target Search and Tracking", International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles (IJMAV), Multi-Science, UK, 22 pages, in print.
  2. Lin Chi Mak and Tomonari Furukawa, "A Time-of-Arrival-Based Positioning Technique With Non-Line-of-Sight Mitigation Using Low-Frequency Sound", Advanced Robotics, Vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 507-526, 2008.
  3. Lin Chi Mak, Mark Whitty and Tomonari Furukawa, "A localisation system for an indoor rotary-wing MAV using blade mounted LEDs", Sensor Review, Emerald, Vol. 28, Issue 2, pp. 125-131, 2008.
Conference Papers:

MAVSTARPoster for LED localisation

  1. Lin Chi Mak and Tomonari Furukawa, “Non-Line-of-Sight Localization of a Controlled Sound Source,” 2009 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM09), Singapore, Singapore, July 14-17, 2009, 7 pages, accepted.
  2. Mark Whitty, Lin Chi Mak, et al., “Development of the MAVSTAR Micro Aerial Vehicle and Base Station for IMAV09,” 4th US - European workshop and flight competition for micro air vehicles (IMAV09), Pensacola, USA, Jun. 1-5 June, 2009. (Best Paper Award)
  3. Lin Chi Mak, et al., "Design and development of the Micro Aerial Vehicles for Search, Tracking And Reconnaissance (MAVSTAR) for MAV08", 1st US‐Asian demonstration and assessment of micro‐aerial and unmanned ground vehicle technology (MAV08), Agra, India, Mar. 10-15, 2008, 20 pages.
  4. Lin Chi Mak and Tomonari Furukawa, "A 6 DoF Visual Tracking System for a Miniature Helicopter", 2nd International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST 07), Palmerston North, New Zealand, Nov. 26-28, 2007, 6 pages.
  5. Lin Chi Mak and Tomonari Furukawa, "A ToA-based Approach to NLOS Localization Using Low-frequency Sound", 2006 Australian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA ‘06), CD-ROM, Auckland, Dec 6-8, 2006.

 
 
Commentaries and other documentation:

  1. Newspaper: "Airborne crop watch on the horizon", Ground Cover, Issue 77, Nov-Dec 2008.
  2. Magazine: "Flight of the MAV", Research@UNSW 08.09, pp. 20, UNSW, 2008.
  3. Magazine: "Micro-flight team hits new heights", Uniken, Issue 48, pp. 12, Media & Communication Office, UNSW, Sept./Oct., 2008.
  4. TV program: "The Future of Flight", Catalyst, ABC Television, Sept. 13, 2007.

 
 
Awards:
(08) "The Best UGV Performance" Award for MAVSTAR team (My position: Team Leader), granted by MAV08
(06 - 09) Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (EIPRS), granted by UNSW
(05) University Medal in Mechatronics, granted by UNSW
(04 - 05) Dean's Honours List, granted by UNSW
(03 - 04) Dean's Award, granted by UNSW
 
 
Selected Teaching Experience:
(06-08) Tutor and lab demonstrator (participate in lab design): Robot Design, a 3rd year undergraduate and postgraduate mechatronic course
(07-08) Lab demonstrator (participate in lab design): AI Machine, a 4th year undergraduate to postgraduate mechatronic course
 
 
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