Postgraduate research students

2025

Swinton, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2880-1155, Ewers, Jan-Hendrik ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8498-1410, McGookin, Euan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1262-190X, Anderson, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6301-9532 and Thomson, Douglas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3588-5710 (2025) Autonomous mission planning for planetary surface exploration using a team of micro rovers. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 12, 1565173. (doi: 10.3389/frobt.2025.1565173) (PMID:40270914) (PMCID:PMC12014440)

2024

Swinton, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2880-1155, McGookin, Euan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1262-190X and Thomson, Douglas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3588-5710 (2024) Design of a Health Monitoring System for a Planetary Exploration Rover. 2024 International Conference on Space Robotics (iSpaRo), Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 24-27 June 2024. ISBN 9798350367232 (doi: 10.1109/isparo60631.2024.10687483)

Ewers, Jan-Hendrik ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8498-1410, Swinton, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2880-1155, Anderson, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6301-9532, McGookin, Euan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1262-190X and Thomson, Douglas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3588-5710 (2024) Enhancing Reinforcement Learning in Sensor Fusion: A Comparative Analysis of Cubature and Sampling-based Integration Methods for Rover Search Planning. In: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 14 - 18 October 2024, (doi: 10.1109/iros58592.2024.10801978) (Accepted for Publication)

2023

Shilliday, Stuart R.K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3927-3067, Swinton, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2880-1155, Al Oufi, Salim, McGookin, Euan W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1262-190X, Thomson, Douglas G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3588-5710 and Worrall, Kevin J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9762-5274 (2023) Friction Modelling With Slip For Planetary Exploration Rovers. In: 9th Internation Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT) 2023, Rome, Italy, 3-6 July 2023, pp. 1409-1414. ISBN 9798350311402 (doi: 10.1109/CoDIT58514.2023.10284488)

2022

Swinton, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2880-1155 and McGookin, Euan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1262-190X (2022) Fault Diagnosis For A Team Of Planetary Rovers. In: 2022 UKACC 13th International Conference on Control (CONTROL), Plymouth, United Kingdom, 20-22 April 2022, pp. 94-99. ISBN 9781665452007 (doi: 10.1109/Control55989.2022.9781442)

Swinton, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2880-1155 and McGookin, Euan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1262-190X (2022) A Novel, RRT* Based Approach to the Coordination of Multiple Planetary Rovers. In: 2022 UKACC 13th International Conference on Control (CONTROL), Plymouth, United Kingdom, 20-22 April 2022, pp. 88-93. ISBN 9781665452007 (doi: 10.1109/Control55989.2022.9781363)

Articles

Swinton, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2880-1155, Ewers, Jan-Hendrik ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8498-1410, McGookin, Euan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1262-190X, Anderson, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6301-9532 and Thomson, Douglas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3588-5710 (2025) Autonomous mission planning for planetary surface exploration using a team of micro rovers. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 12, 1565173. (doi: 10.3389/frobt.2025.1565173) (PMID:40270914) (PMCID:PMC12014440)

Conference or Workshop Item

Swinton, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2880-1155, McGookin, Euan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1262-190X and Thomson, Douglas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3588-5710 (2024) Design of a Health Monitoring System for a Planetary Exploration Rover. 2024 International Conference on Space Robotics (iSpaRo), Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 24-27 June 2024. ISBN 9798350367232 (doi: 10.1109/isparo60631.2024.10687483)

Conference Proceedings

Ewers, Jan-Hendrik ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8498-1410, Swinton, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2880-1155, Anderson, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6301-9532, McGookin, Euan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1262-190X and Thomson, Douglas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3588-5710 (2024) Enhancing Reinforcement Learning in Sensor Fusion: A Comparative Analysis of Cubature and Sampling-based Integration Methods for Rover Search Planning. In: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 14 - 18 October 2024, (doi: 10.1109/iros58592.2024.10801978) (Accepted for Publication)

Shilliday, Stuart R.K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3927-3067, Swinton, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2880-1155, Al Oufi, Salim, McGookin, Euan W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1262-190X, Thomson, Douglas G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3588-5710 and Worrall, Kevin J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9762-5274 (2023) Friction Modelling With Slip For Planetary Exploration Rovers. In: 9th Internation Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT) 2023, Rome, Italy, 3-6 July 2023, pp. 1409-1414. ISBN 9798350311402 (doi: 10.1109/CoDIT58514.2023.10284488)

Swinton, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2880-1155 and McGookin, Euan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1262-190X (2022) Fault Diagnosis For A Team Of Planetary Rovers. In: 2022 UKACC 13th International Conference on Control (CONTROL), Plymouth, United Kingdom, 20-22 April 2022, pp. 94-99. ISBN 9781665452007 (doi: 10.1109/Control55989.2022.9781442)

Swinton, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2880-1155 and McGookin, Euan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1262-190X (2022) A Novel, RRT* Based Approach to the Coordination of Multiple Planetary Rovers. In: 2022 UKACC 13th International Conference on Control (CONTROL), Plymouth, United Kingdom, 20-22 April 2022, pp. 88-93. ISBN 9781665452007 (doi: 10.1109/Control55989.2022.9781363)