Seminar: The 360 VisNav: an Autonomous Vacuum Cleaner, Prof Rob Deaves, Dyson
- Date
- Monday 15 April 2024, 10.00 - 11.00
- Location
- Roger Stevens LT 22
Bio:
Rob has over 35 years of engineering experience gained at 3 iconic companies: BAE Systems, STMicroelectronics and Dyson respectively.
At Dyson, Rob is a Roboticist working on full product lifecycle. He was the Product Technical Lead for the 360Heurist and System Architect for the 360VisNav; autonomous vacuum cleaners that have achieved mass market, World-wide sales.
He was awarded a RAEng Visiting Professorship at ICL in 2017 enabling teaching support for 33 national/international universities. Further, he is an Honorary Professor at the School of Engineering, Birmingham University. He has also chaired EPSRC/ERDF research projects with total funding of £15M (including PAMELA, Brains-on-Board, CRADDLE and IROHMS).
Rob is a chartered engineer (CEng) and has achieved fellowships of the Institution of Engineering Technology (FIET) and Higher Education Academy (FHEA). He has also been awarded fellowships of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW) and of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng).
Abstract:
The lecture will start with a brief overview of the presenter’s career history and role as a roboticist at Dyson. This will be followed by an overview of the main components of the 360VisNav, Dyson’s 3rd World-wide sales, mass market robotic vacuum cleaner. Sensors, electronics and actuators from the robot will be available for attendees to handle and inspect. A major component of the robot is its visual based SLAM system; a history of the development of this system will be provided. The formal lecture will complete with an overview of future research directions and examples of robots for sustainability. Finally, a demonstration of the 360VisNav will be given with a Q&A session.