Damith C. Herath

Sydney Morning Herald 08 Dec 2011 Now for their next trick - robots show their human side [Read More...] Human Centred SLAM Stereo Vision Based Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping - A Human Centred Approach; This work looks at SLAM using stereo vision as the primary sensor and provides insights into potential pitfalls and alternative approaches in tackling the problem... [2011\|Available from Amazon] Clone A performance by Daniel Mounsey, Powerhouse Museum [2011\|More...] Floating Head NXI Gestatio [2010\|Photo David St-Onge \| View Stelarc's Speech] Chanel 10 Love Machine, 6:30 with George Negus, 27 July 2011 6:37 PM [View Video]	SPINNING / SCREAMING: EVENT FOR AMPLIFIED HEAD Using a Kinect sensor interface, the body’s arm gestures and postures actuate and animate the movements, expressions and spoken and sung sounds of the Prosthetic Head. Choreographing the motions of the Head simultaneously composes the sounds that it produces...[Tickets] MedMob Sydney 11.11.11 MedMob Sydney is part of a global revolution to inspire peace, harmony, mutuality and to promote meditation to the wider community [2011\|View Video] Sydney Morning Herald 27 Jul 2011 Adopt-a-robot helps oil wheels of familiarity. [Read More...] Orpheux Larynx-First Movement Performance by Erin Gee at MARCS Robotic Lab opening [2011\|Photo Sally Tsoutas (UWS) ] Robotics Lab To act as a conduit between researchers in robotics, psychology and the arts, bringing a unique combination of individuals and ideas to explore what robotics would bring to our societies in the coming decades. [Visit Roboticslab.net] Reel to Real Short Film Fest. The Footbridge Theatre, Glebe. 15th May [2010]	Sheepdog Trials The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 8th December 2011, 4.10-5.00pm [2011\|More...] Dhammanet.ORG Dhamma net is a repository of Audio and Video Dhamma talks by prominent Buddhist scholars including Venerable Sujato (Bhante Sujato), Abbot of Santi Forest Monastery in Bundanoon, Sydney. [Visit] Robot Week A celebration of Robotics at MARCS [2011\|More...] Nime2010 Articulated Head, University of Technology, Sydney [Photo Sally Tsoutas \| Visit NIME2010] Hope A 2006 Tsunami Volunteer Project [More...] HRI 2010 Articulated Head Pays Attention, C. Kroos, D.C. Herath, Stelarc, HRI2010, Osaka, Japan [Watch the Video]	International Research Initiative Research visit by Prof. Michio Okada, ICD Labs, Toyohashi University, Japan [2011] Robots & Art IEEE Workshop at ICRA 2011, Shanghai, China [Visit RA2011] Engineering Excellence Awards Articulated Head, Finalist in Research & Development [2010\|Visit PHM.org.au] Thinking Head Software The open source software project develops the middleware necessary for the TH Project. [2011\|Access Software] Machine Design Accessible Wheel Chair Project, University of Technology, Sydney [2007]	Swarming Heads Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 8-9 December [2011 \| View Video] Adopt a Robot A study on robotic artifacts at work and home. [Visit the blog] Orpheux Larynx Performance by Erin Gee, Ultimo Science Festival, Powerhouse Museum [2011\|More...] Fellowship Visit Interactive Communication Design Lab, Toyohashi Uni. of Technology, Japan. [2010] SLAM Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping using Stereo Vision, ARC Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems, University of Technology Sydney. [2008]