Stefan Hrabar
Senior Research Scientist
Contact
QCAT
1 Technology Court
Pullenvale
QLD
4069
Tel: +61 7 3327 4051
Fax: +61 07 3327 4455
Email
Themes
- National Security Technology Partnerships
Projects
- Airborne Inspection Robot
Science Area
- Robotics
Biography
I joined the CSIRO Autonomous Systems Lab in March 2006 as a member of the Aerial Robotics team. I gained extensive experience with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and in particular Autonomous Helicopter platforms while completing my PhD in Computer Science at the University of Southern California. During this time I investigated 3D navigation and vision-based obstacle avoidance techniques for an autonomous helicopter. I am continuing this line of research at CSIRO, and am interested in vision-based situational awareness for UAVs.
Academic Qualifications
| 2006 | PhD University of Southern California Computer Science |
| 2003 | M.Sc University of Southern California Computer Science - Intelligent Robotics |
| 2001 | M.Sc University of Cape Town Mechanical Engineering |
| 1996 | B.Sc University of Cape Town Mechanical Engineering |
Recent Professional Experience
| 2006-Present | Senior Research Scientist, ICT Centre Autonomous Systems Lab |
| 2002-2005 | Project Specialist, USC Robotics Research Lab |
Top 10 Publications
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| Paul Westall, Peter O'Shea, Jason Ford and Stefan Hrabar "Improved Maritime Target Tracker using Colour Fusion" to appear in The 2009 International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2009) |
| Stefan Hrabar and Gaurav Sukhatme, "Vision-Based Navigation Through Urban Canyons", in Journal of Field Robotics, Volume 26, Issue 5, May 2009, pages 431 - 452 |
| Stefan Hrabar, Peter Corke and Michael Bosse, "High Dynamic Range Stereo Vision for Outdoor Mobile Robotics" in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2009, Kobe, Japan, May 12-17, pages 430 - 435 |
| Stefan E. Hrabar, "3D Path Planning and Stereo-based Obstacle Avoidance for Rotorcraft UAVs," In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 807-814, Sep. 2008. |
| Stefan E. Hrabar and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Optimum Camera Angle for Optic Flow-Based Centering Response," in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 3922 - 3927, Oct. 2006. |
| Stefan E. Hrabar, Peter I. Corke, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, Kane Usher, and Jonathan M. Roberts, "Combined Optic-Flow and Stereo-Based Navigation of Urban Canyons for a UAV," In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 302-309, 2005. |
| Stefan E. Hrabar and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "A Comparison of Two Camera Configurations For Optic-Flow Based Navigation of a UAV Through Urban Canyons," In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2673 - 2680, Sep 2004. |
| Peter I. Corke, Stefan E. Hrabar, Ron Peterson, Daniela Rus, Srikanth Saripalli, and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Autonomous Deployment and Repair of a Sensor Network using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle," In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3602-3609, 2004. |
| Peter I. Corke, Stefan E. Hrabar, Ron Peterson, Daniela Rus, Srikanth Saripalli, and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Deployment and Connectivity Repair of a Sensor Net," In 9th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics 2004. |
| Stefan E. Hrabar and Gaurav S. Sukhatme, "Omnidirectional Vision for an Autonomous Helicopter," In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 558 - 563, 2003. |