Dr. Pejman Iravani
BSc PhD
Profile
Pejman Iravani is a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering. His research is in the area of Robotics, Computer Vision and Machine Learning. His current work aims taking robots from factories into populated environments.
Research
Pejman's current research is looking into the technologies that will make robots operational in real-world environments such as homes, workplace, hospitals and so on. His vision is that within the next 10-15 years robots will be doing most of the unpleasant jobs that currently humans are doing.
Pejman and his team are developing various technologies, including sensing materials for artificial skins, machine learning methods for robots to learn autonomously, and control methods to make robots safe when in close proximity to humans.
Teaching units
- Introduction to integrated engineering
- Robotics engineering.
Publications
Book Sections
Bhatti, J., Iravani, P., Plummer, A.R. and Sahinkaya, M.N., 2012. Towards running robots for discontinuous terrain. In: Advances in Autonomous Robotics: Joint Proceedings of the 13th Annual TAROS Conference and the 15th Annual FIRA RoboWorld Congress, Bristol, UK, August 20-23, 2012. Berlin: Springer, pp. 461-462. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 7429/2012)
Ayten, K. K., Iravani, P. and Sahinkaya, M. N., 2011. Optimum trajectory planning for industrial robots through inverse dynamics. In: ICINCO 2011 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics. Setubal, Portugal: INSTICC Press, pp. 105-110.
Ayten, K.K., Sahinkaya, M.N. and Iravani, P., 2011. Optimum trajectory planning for redundant and hyper-redundant manipulators through inverse dynamics. In: Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference. Vol. 6. ASME, pp. 1185-1192.
Iravani, P., Hall, P., Beale, D., Charron, C. and Hicks, Y., 2011. Visual object classification by robots using on-line self-supervised learning. In: 2011 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops (ICCV Workshops). IEEE, pp. 1092-1099.
Beale, D., Iravani, P. and Hall, P., 2010. Statistical visual-dynamic model for hand-eye coordination. In: IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010 - Conference Proceedings. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Computer Society, pp. 3931-3936.
El-Werfelli, M., Dunn, R. and Iravani, P., 2009. Backbone-network reconfiguration for power system restoration using genetic algorithm and expert system. In: International Conference on Sustainable Power Generation and Supply 2009, SUPERGEN '09. IEEE Computer Society, pp. 2690-2695. (1st International Conference on Sustainable Power Generation and Supply, SUPERGEN '09)
Iravani, P., 2009. Multi-level network analysis of multi-agent systems. In: Iocchi, L., Matsubara, H., Weitzenfeld, A. and Zhou, C., eds. RoboCup 2008: Robot Soccer World Cup XII. Vol. 5399 LNAI. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, pp. 495-506. (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 5399)
Johnson, J. and Iravani, P., 2007. Hypernetworks of agents in robot football. In: Bogg, J. and Geyer, R., eds. Complexity, Science and Society. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing, pp. 99-103.
Iravani, P., 2005. Discovering Relevant Sensor Data by Q-Analysis. In: RoboCup 2005: Robot Soccer World Cup IX. Vol. 4020/2006. Berlin: Springer, pp. 81-92. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Iravani, P., Johnson, J. H. and Rapanotti, L., 2004. Application of concept grounding techniques to reduce dimensionality in sensory-motor spaces. In: Onaindia, E. and Staab, S., eds. Proceedings of the Second Starting AI Researchers’ Symposium (STAIRS 2004). Vol. 109. IOS Press. (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications)
Articles
Beale, D., Iravani, P. and Hall, P., 2011. Probabilistic models for robot-based object segmentation. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 59 (12), pp. 1080-1089.
Jones, R., Haufe, P., Sells, E., Iravani, P., Olliver, V., Palmer, C. and Bowyer, A., 2011. RepRap – the replicating rapid prototyper. Robotica, 29 (01), pp. 177-191.
Jamshidi, J., Kayani, A., Iravani, P., Maropoulos, P. G. and Summers, M. D., 2010. Manufacturing and assembly automation by integrated metrology systems for aircraft wing fabrication. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 224 (1), pp. 25-36.
Johnson, J. H. and Iravani, P., 2007. The Multilevel Hypernetwork Dynamics of Complex Systems of Robot Soccer Agents. ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, 2 (2), 5.
Reports/Papers
Jones, R. O., Iravani, P. and Bowyer, A., 2012. Rapid Manufacturing of Functional Engineering Components. Other. Bath, UK: University of Bath.
Conference or Workshop Items
Iravani, P. and Sahinkaya, M. N., 2010. Variable-velocity exponential input shaping for position controlled robotic systems. In: 3rd Annual Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2010-09-13 - 2010-09-15, Boston, MA.
Iravani, P., 2008. Multi-level dynamics of a simulated agent system. In: 5th European Conference in Complex Systems ECCS08, 2008-09-14 - 2008-09-19, Jerusalem.
Iravani, P. and Johnson, J. H., 2005. The emergence of a visual communication language in robotic football. In: Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS-05), 2005-09-12 - 2005-09-14, London.
Iravani, P., Johnson, J. H. and Rapanotti, L., 2005. Robotics and the Q-analysis of behaviour. In: 10th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB), 2005-02-04 - 2005-02-06, Oita.
Johnson, J. and Iravani, P., 2004. Robotics in the emergence of complexity science. In: 9th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB), 2004-01-28 - 2004-01-30, Oita.
Iravani, P., 2004. Behaviour-based architecture for abstract learning and control. In: Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS-04), 2004-09-01, Colchester.
