Bio
Bio record created in 2008, with a surviving revision recorded in 2012: Plymouth, study, astronomy, robotics, ESA, and NVIDIA.
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Notes from the years of figuring things out.
Robots, night skies, unfamiliar places, and the excitement of getting something to work. These are the notes I wrote along the way.
Browse 185 posts from my earlier website. They keep the voice of the time; for the story as I tell it today, start here.
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Eight moments from the journey.
Starting again in Plymouth, taking my research to California, finishing the thesis, and stepping onto the TEDx stage. Here is how those moments felt at the time.
2008
Bio
Bio record created in 2008, with a surviving revision recorded in 2012: Plymouth, study, astronomy, robotics, ESA, and NVIDIA.
2009
Collaboration with ESA – European Space Agency
Beginning the rover research with the European Space Agency.
2010
NVidia parallel processing and my PhD research in AI
Exploring what GPU computing could make possible in my PhD.
2011
Presentation at NVIDIA Headquarters in Santa Clara
Taking my robotics research to NVIDIA headquarters.
2012
Moving to California to do Research at NVIDIA
Moving to California for a summer of research at NVIDIA.
2014
Submitting PhD Thesis
Finally handing in the thesis after years of work.
2014
My TEDx Experience
Telling the story behind the research on the TEDx stage.
2017
The iCub and I in The Science Museum London
The iCub work reaches visitors at the Science Museum.
Through the years
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A longer route through the research, travels and milestones, in the order they happened.
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Collaboration with ESA – European Space Agency
Beginning the rover research with the European Space Agency.
New telescope, new astronomy group
A new telescope and people to share the night sky with.
NVidia parallel processing and my PhD research in AI
Exploring what GPU computing could make possible in my PhD.
International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, San Jose, California, 2011
Aquila and CUDA presented in California.
Presentation at NVIDIA Headquarters in Santa Clara
Taking my robotics research to NVIDIA headquarters.
NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang mentions my research during the SC11 conference in Seattle
My research is mentioned on the SC11 stage.
Moving to California to do Research at NVIDIA
Moving to California for a summer of research at NVIDIA.
Aquila 2.0 – Software Architecture for Cognitive Robotics
Sharing the architecture behind Aquila 2.0.
Submitting PhD Thesis
Finally handing in the thesis after years of work.
My TEDx Experience
Telling the story behind the research on the TEDx stage.
NVIDIA features my work again
NVIDIA takes another look at my GPU robotics research.
The iCub and I in The Science Museum London
The iCub work reaches visitors at the Science Museum.
The whole notebook
185 posts. Plenty to explore.
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Plymouth and origin
Starting again in Plymouth: building work, university, discovering astronomy and finding my way into robotics.
Browse Origin postsRobotics, GPU and research
Experiments with iCub, rover control, GPU computing and Aquila, alongside the papers and lab notes that came out of them.
Browse Research postsTalks, papers and public milestones
Taking the work out of the lab: talks, papers, interviews, awards and the excitement around TEDx.
Browse Talks postsAstronomy and observation
Nights with a telescope, photographs of distant worlds, and sharing the sky with other people.
Browse Observation postsMore sectionsPersonal notes and site history
Personal notes
Travel, friendship, family, community, and ordinary life from the earlier site.
Browse Personal notes postsSite history and miscellany
New pages, small experiments and changes to this website as I learned how to make it my own.
Browse Site posts