Research Interests

I'm fascinated by translating the fluidity of biological motion into mechanical and mechatronic devices. I see robotics as one of the ultimate artforms, blending the aesthetic and the functional to create something both autonomous and beautiful. In my research, I concentrate on biomimetic motion control, vision and navigation, biomechanics and soft robotics.

2012-present

Research Coordinator, Engineered Arts Ltd

Control engineer, working on the bipedal robot project Byrun and the dexterous biomimetic grasper RoboThespian 4.0. Robot evangelist for industry and academic shows and events. Research and grant coordinator for national and European collaborative projects.

2009-2012

Post-doctoral Fellow, CITEC (Bielefeld)

Principal Investigator on project BIONA: Scene recognition and long-distance navigation using static and mobile omnidirectional and fisheye cameras. Creating flight stabilisation algorithms based on visual cues. Simulating the physical properties of the insect compound eye, particularly the polarization-sensitive DRA.

2007-2009

Research Associate, Centre for Visual Sciences, ANU

Embedded electronics and equipment construction.microcontroller programming, UI development. Modelling the visual guidance techniques used by satellite flies.

Recent Publications

Stuerzl, W., Carey, N.E., A Fisheye Camera System for Polarisation Detection on UAVs, ECCV 2012, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 7584, pp 431-440, 2012

Carey, N.E., Stuerzl, W., Vukanovic, S., Pfeiffer, K., Elbrechter, C. An insect-inspired biomimetic polarisation sensorand sky compass, Tenth International Congress of Neuroethology, University of Maryland 2012

Carey, N.E., Stuerzl, W. An Insect-Inspired Omnidirectional Vision System including UV-Sensitivity and PolarisationComputer Vision Workshops (ICCV Workshops), 2011 IEEE International Conference on. IEEE

Carey, N.E., Stuerzl, W., Egelhaaf, M., Moeller, R.Navigating using the polarised sky compass - a biomimetic approach,Workshop on Insect Homing: Mechanisms and Models, ZiF, Bielefeld 2011