Routing based on User Requirements

The versatility of the internet enables many applications that play an increasingly bigger role in our society. However, users have little control over the route that their internet traffic takes, which prevents them from controlling who sees their packets and how their traffic is handled. Researchers have proposed an extension to the internet,...

Value Sensitive Design meets Participatory Value Evaluation for autonomous systems in Defence

We use Value Sensitive Design for the development of an ethical framework for autonomous systems in Defence in the Australian context. Two novel empirical data gathering methods are deployed for mining stakeholder's values, namely Group Decision Room (GDR) and Participatory Value Evaluation (PVE). GDR findings reveal a general concern for...

Robotics and Autonomous Systems for Environmental Sustainability: Monitoring Terrestrial Biodiversity

Designing Cyber-Physical Systems for Runtime Self-Adaptation: Knowing More about What We Miss...

Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) represent practical examples of the integration of bits and atoms in human and social contexts and contribute to the integration of neurons and genes into system implementation. Many experts believe that a deeper theoretical understanding of system adaptation will lead to the development of autonomous systems and...

Symbiotic System of Systems Design for Safe and Resilient Autonomous Robotics in Offshore Wind Farms

To reduce Operation and Maintenance (OM) expenditure on offshore wind farms, wherein 80% of the cost relates to deploying personnel, the offshore wind sector looks to advances in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (RAI) for solutions. Barriers to residential Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) autonomy as a service, include operational...

An FM-UWB Transceiver for Autonomous Wireless Systems

This thesis discusses the design and implementation of a transmitter and a receiver for an FM-UWB scheme in CMOS. The main challenge is to reach a power efficiency of better than 10 nJ/bit at a data rate of 100 kbit/s for both the transmitter and the receiver design. This thesis also discusses the design and implementation of a power management...