Dr Mark Whitty

Dr Mark Whitty

Adjunct Senior Lecturer
  • 2015 Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching at UNSW Australia.
  • 2008 - 2012 PhD, Mechatronic Engineering at the University of New South Wales - link to dissertation titled "Efficient path planning in deformable dense maps."
  • 2003 - 2007 BE (Mechanical) / BSc (Computer Science) at the University of New South Wales
Engineering
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Mark is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Mechatronics discipline within the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. Please see his research group's page at www.robotics.unsw.edu.au/srv for more details of the work his team has done. His research interests were focussed around digital agriculture and digital viticulture and extend to the following topics, however he is no longer working as a full time academic:

  • Yield estimation and data mining in precision viticulture
  • Digital agriculture including apple flower density estimation
  • Digital viticulture including smartphone app development
  • Agricultural robotics
  • 3D point cloud processing

 

  • Book Chapters | 2010
    Guivant J; Whitty MA; Robledo A, 2010, 'Robust Global Urban Localization Based on Road Maps', in Yussof H (ed.), Robot Localization and Map Building, InTech, Austria, pp. 267 - 284, http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/robust-global-urban-localization-based-on-road-maps
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Tang J; Yem O; Russell F; Stewart CA; Lin K; Jayakody H; Ayres MR; Sosnowski MR; Whitty M; Petrie PR, 2023, 'Using a Camera System for the In-Situ Assessment of Cordon Dieback due to Grapevine Trunk Diseases', Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/8634742
    Journal articles | 2022
    Wang X; Tang J; Whitty M, 2022, 'Data-centric analysis of on-tree fruit detection: Experiments with deep learning', Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2022.106748
    Journal articles | 2022
    Xin B; Whitty M, 2022, 'A 3D grape bunch reconstruction pipeline based on constraint-based optimisation and restricted reconstruction grammar', Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2022.106840
    Journal articles | 2021
    Hill GN; Whitty MA, 2021, 'Embedding metadata in images at time of capture using physical Quick Response (QR) codes', Information Processing and Management, 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2021.102504
    Journal articles | 2021
    Jayakody H; Petrie P; Boer HJD; Whitty M, 2021, 'A generalised approach for high-throughput instance segmentation of stomata in microscope images', Plant Methods, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13007-021-00727-4
    Journal articles | 2021
    Wang X; Tang J; Whitty M, 2021, 'DeepPhenology: Estimation of apple flower phenology distributions based on deep learning', Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2021.106123
    Journal articles | 2020
    Liu S; Zeng X; Whitty M, 2020, '3DBunch: A Novel iOS-Smartphone Application to Evaluate the Number of Grape Berries per Bunch Using Image Analysis Techniques', IEEE Access, 8, pp. 114663 - 114674, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3003415
    Journal articles | 2020
    Liu S; Zeng X; Whitty M, 2020, 'A vision-based robust grape berry counting algorithm for fast calibration-free bunch weight estimation in the field', Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2020.105360
    Journal articles | 2020
    Millstead L; Jayakody H; Patel H; Kaura V; Petrie PR; Tomasetig F; Whitty M, 2020, 'Accelerating Automated Stomata Analysis Through Simplified Sample Collection and Imaging Techniques', Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.580389
    Journal articles | 2020
    Wang X; Tang J; Whitty M, 2020, 'Side-view apple flower mapping using edge-based fully convolutional networks for variable rate chemical thinning', Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2020.105673
    Journal articles | 2020
    Xin B; Liu S; Whitty M, 2020, 'Three-dimensional reconstruction of Vitis vinifera (L.) cvs Pinot Noir and Merlot grape bunch frameworks using a restricted reconstruction grammar based on the stochastic L-system', Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 26, pp. 207 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajgw.12444
    Journal articles | 2019
    Hirayama M; Guivant J; Katupitiya J; Whitty M, 2019, 'Artificial intelligence in path planning for autonomous bulldozers: Comparison with manual operation', International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, 15, pp. 825 - 844, http://dx.doi.org/10.24507/ijicic.15.03.825
    Journal articles | 2019
    Hirayama M; Guivant J; Katupitiya J; Whitty M, 2019, 'Path planning for autonomous bulldozers', Mechatronics, 58, pp. 20 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2019.01.001
    Journal articles | 2019
    Petrie P; wang Y; Liu S; Lam S; Whitty M; skewes M, 2019, 'The accuracy and utility of a low cost thermal camera and smartphone-based system to assess grapevine water status', Biosystems Engineering, 179, pp. 126 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2019.01.002
    Journal articles | 2018
    Hirayama M; Whitty M; Katupitiya J; Guivant J, 2018, 'An optimized approach for automatic material distribution operations of bulldozers', International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 15, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1729881418764716
    Journal articles | 2018
    Liu S; Li X; Wu H; Xin B; Tang J; Petrie P; Whitty M, 2018, 'A robust automated flower estimation system for grape vines', Biosystems Engineering, 172, pp. 110 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2018.05.009
    Journal articles | 2018
    Tang J; Petrie P; Whitty M, 2018, 'Modelling relationships between visible winegrape berries and bunch maturity', Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 25, pp. 116 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajgw.12374
    Journal articles | 2017
    Jayakody H; Liu S; Whitty M; Petrie P, 2017, 'Microscope image based fully automated stomata detection and pore measurement method for grapevines', Plant Methods, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13007-017-0244-9
    Journal articles | 2017
    Liu S; Cossell S; Tang J; Dunn G; Whitty M, 2017, 'A Computer Vision System for Early Stage Grape Yield Estimation Based on Shoot Detection', Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 137, pp. 88 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2017.03.013
    Journal articles | 2017
    Russell W; Kerrisk K; Whitty MA, 2017, 'The Effect of Herd Mentality on Dairy Heifers Conditioned to Traffic through Audio Cues', Animal Production Science, 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AN16460
    Journal articles | 2016
    Craig I; Whitty MA, 2016, 'Region formation for efficient offline location prediction', IEEE Pervasive Computing
    Journal articles | 2016
    Skewes M; Liu S; Petrie P; Whitty MA, 2016, 'Smart Phone Tools for Measuring Vine Water Status',
    Journal articles | 2015
    Liu S; Whitty M, 2015, 'Automatic Grape Bunch Detection in Vineyards based on Support Vector Machine', Journal of Applied Logic, 13, pp. 643 - 653, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jal.2015.06.001
    Journal articles | 2014
    Campbell DJ; Whitty MA, 2014, 'Metric-Based Detection of Robot Kidnapping with an SVM Classifier', Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2014.08.004
    Journal articles | 2012
    Guivant J; Cossell S; Whitty MA; Katupitiya J, 2012, 'Internet-based operation of autonomous robots: The role of data replication, compression, bandwidth allocation and visualization', Journal of Field Robotics, 29, pp. 793 - 818, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rob.21432
    Journal articles | 2009
    Mak LC; Kumon M; Whitty MA; Katupitiya J; Furukawa T, 2009, 'Design and Development of Micro Aerial Vehicles and their Cooperative Systems for Target Search and Tracking', International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles, 1, pp. 139 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/175682909789498251
    Journal articles | 2008
    Mak LC; Whitty MA; Furukawa T, 2008, 'A localisation system for an indoor rotary-wing MAV using blade mounted LEDs', Sensor Review, 28, pp. 125 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02602280810856688
  • Conference Papers | 2021
    Yem O; Tang J; Wang AX; Whitty M, 2021, 'Estimation of Apple Fruitlet Density in Orchards using Deep Learning Techniques', Melbourne, presented at Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Melbourne, 06 December 2021 - 08 December 2021
    Preprints | 2020
    Jayakody HS; Petrie P; de Boer H; Whitty M, 2020, A Generalised Approach for High-throughput Instance Segmentation of Stomata in Microscope Images, , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-33223/v1
    Preprints | 2020
    Jayakody HS; Petrie P; de Boer H; Whitty M, 2020, A Generalised Approach for High-throughput Instance Segmentation of Stomata in Microscope Images, , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-33223/v2
    Preprints | 2020
    Jayakody HS; Petrie P; de Boer H; Whitty M, 2020, A Generalised Approach for High-throughput Instance Segmentation of Stomata in Microscope Images, , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-33223/v3
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Hu M; Whitty M, 2019, 'An Evaluation of an Apple Canopy Density Mapping System for a Variable-Rate Sprayer', in Fitch R; Katupitiya J; Whitty M (eds.), 6th IFAC Conference on Sensing, Control and Automation Technologies for Agriculture (AGRICONTROL), IFAC-PapersOnLine, Sydney, Australia, pp. 342 - 348, presented at 6th IFAC Conference on Sensing, Control and Automation Technologies for Agriculture (AGRICONTROL), Sydney, Australia, 04 December 2019 - 06 December 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.12.563
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Swift M; Jayakody H; Whitty M, 2019, 'Path Planning for Multi-Object Push Problems in Continuous Domain', in fitch R; Katupitiya J; Whitty M (eds.), 6th IFAC Conference on Sensing, Control and Automation Technologies for Agriculture AGRICONTROL, International Federation of Automatic Control, Sydney, Australia, pp. 161 - 166, presented at 6th IFAC Conference on Sensing, Control and Automation Technologies for Agriculture (AGRICONTROL), Sydney, Australia, 04 December 2019 - 06 December 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.12.515
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Tang J; Petrie P; Whitty M, 2019, 'Low-Cost Filter Selection from Spectrometer Data for Multispectral Imaging Applications', in fitch R; Katupitiya J; Whitty M (eds.), 6th IFAC Conference on Sensing, Control and Automation Technologies for Agriculture AGRICONTROL, IFAC-Online, Sydney, Australia, pp. 277 - 282, presented at Sensing, Control and Automation Technologies for Agriculture - 6th AGRICONTROL 2019, Sydney, Australia, 04 December 2019 - 06 December 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.12.534
    Conference Proceedings (Editor of) | 2019
    Fitch R; Katupitiya J; Whitty M, (eds.), 2019, '6th IFAC Conference on Sensing, Control and Automation Technologies for Agriculture AGRICONTROL 2019', Elsevier, Sydney, Australia, Vol. 52, presented at 6th IFAC Conference on Sensing, Control and Automation Technologies for Agriculture AGRICONTROL 2019, Sydney, Australia, 04 December 2019 - 06 December 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2405-8963(19)32551-0
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Hirayama M; Guivant J; Katupitiya J; Whitty M, 2017, 'Path planning for autonomous bulldozers', in Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, ACRA, Sydney, pp. 233 - 238, presented at Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation 2017, Sydney, 11 December 2017 - 13 December 2017
    Reports | 2017
    Whitty M; Liu S; cossell S; Jayakody H; Woods M; Tang J; Singh S; van Kerk Oerle P; Wiseham D; Liu S; Davidson A; Stocco T; Jarrett J; Jarrett P; Wotton C; Shepherd J; Lim S; Petrie PR; Dunn G, 2017, Improved yield prediction for the Australian wine industry, Wine Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, DPI1401, https://www.wineaustralia.com/au/research/search/completed-projects/dpi-1401
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Cossell S; Whitty M; Liu S; Tang J, 2016, 'Spatial Map Generation from Low Cost Ground Vehicle Mounted Monocular Camera', in IFAC PAPERSONLINE, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, WA, Seattle, pp. 231 - 236, presented at 5th IFAC Conference on Sensing, Control and Automation Technologies for Agriculture (AGRICONTROL), WA, Seattle, 14 August 2016 - 17 August 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.10.043
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Cossell S; Whitty M; liu S; tang J, 2016, 'Spatial Map Generation from Low Cost Ground Vehicle Mounted Monocular Camera', in IFAC-PapersOnLine, Seattle, Washington, presented at AgriControl 2016, Seattle, Washington, 14 August 2016 - 17 August 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.10.043
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Liu S; Tang JULIE; Whitty MARK, 2016, 'A Fast Method to Measure Stomatal Aperture by MSER on Smart Mobile Phone', in Applied Industrial Optics: Spectroscopy, Imaging and Metrology 2016, Heidelberg Germany, presented at Applied Industrial Optics: Spectroscopy, Imaging and Metrology, Heidelberg Germany, 25 July 2016 - 28 July 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AIO.2016.AIW2B.2
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Liu S; Whitty M; Jayakody H, 2016, 'Grape berry counting based on automated 3D bunch reconstruction from a single image', in 16th AWITC proceedings, Adelaide, South Australia, presented at 16th Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, 24 July 2016 - 28 July 2016
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Russell W; Whitty MA; Kerrisk K, 2016, 'Use of Audio Stimuli to Induce Voluntary Traffic with Dairy Heifers', in The Effect of Herd Mentality on Dairy Heifers Conditioned to Traffic Through Audio Cues, Australasian Dairy Science Symposium, Sydney, presented at Australasian Dairy Science Symposium, Sydney, 16 November 2016 - 18 November 2016
    Conference Posters | 2016
    Skewes M; Liu S; Whitty MA; Petrie P, 2016, 'Using a Smartphone to Measure Vine Water Status', presented at Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference, 24 July 2016 - 28 July 2016
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Skewes M; petrie PR; liu S; Whitty M, 2016, 'Smartphone tools for measuring vine water status', in ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1197: International Symposium on Sensing Plant Water Status - Methods and Applications in Horticultural Science, International Society for Horticultural Science, Potsdam, Germany, pp. 53 - 58, presented at International Symposium on Sensing Plant Water Status - Methods and Applications in Horticultural Science, Potsdam, Germany, 05 October 2016 - 07 October 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1197.7
    Conference Posters | 2016
    Tang J; Whitty M, 2016, 'Non-Productive Canopy Detection from Aerial Imagery', Adelaide, Australia, presented at Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 24 July 2016 - 28 July 2016
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Tang J; Woods M; Cossell S; Liu S; Whitty M, 2016, 'Non-Productive Vine Canopy Estimation through Proximal and Remote Sensing', in IFAC-PapersOnLine, Seattle, USA, pp. 398 - 403, presented at Sensing, Control and Automation Technologies for Agriculture - 5th AGRICONTROL 2016, Seattle, USA, 14 August 2016 - 17 August 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.10.073
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Whitty MA, 2016, 'Next generation yield prediction technologies', Adelaide, presented at Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference, Adelaide, 25 July 2016 - 28 July 2016
    Conference Posters | 2016
    Woods MR; Whitty MA; Cossell S; Liu S; Tang J; Dunn G; Petrie P; Davidson A; Wotton C; Jarrett J, 2016, 'An Initial Investigation into Harvest Efficiency', Adelaide, presented at Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference, Adelaide, 24 July 2016 - 28 July 2016
    Conference Papers | 2016
    azhari F; Whitty MA, 2016, 'History-based indoor localisation system using a Smartphone', in singh S; kurniawati H; pounds P (eds.), Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation 2016, Brisbane, pp. 278 - 284, presented at Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Brisbane, 05 December 2016 - 07 December 2016, http://www.araa.asn.au/acra/acra2016/papers/pap142s1.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Harding R; Whitty MA, 2015, 'Employing Android Devices for Autonomous Control of a UGV', Lincoln, UK, presented at European Conference on Mobile Robots 2015, Lincoln, UK, 02 September 2015 - 04 September 2015, https://lcas.lincoln.ac.uk/ecmr15/?q=node/5
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Liu S; Tang J; Cossell S; Whitty MA, 2015, 'Detection of Shoots in Vineyards by Unsupervised Learning with Over the Row Computer Vision System', Canberra, Australia, presented at Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Canberra, Australia, 02 December 2015 - 04 December 2015, https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/acra/acra2015_proceedings/views/includes/files/pap162.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Liu S; Whitty ; Cossell S, 2015, 'Automatic Grape Bunch Detection in Vineyards for Precise Yield Estimation', in UKITA N (ed.), Proceedings of the 14th IAPR International Conference on Machine Vision Applications, MVA 2015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Tokyo, Japan, pp. 238 - 241, presented at AIPR, International Conference on Machine Vision Application (MVA 2015), Tokyo, Japan, 18 May 2015 - 22 May 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MVA.2015.7153175
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Liu S; Whitty M; Cossell S, 2015, 'A Lightweight Method for Grape Berry Counting based on Automated 3D Bunch Reconstruction from a Single Image', Seattle, presented at ICRA, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (IEEE), Workshop on Robotics in Agriculture, Seattle, 30 May 2015 - 30 May 2015, http://www.robotics.unsw.edu.au/srv/publication/liu2015lightweight.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Tang J; Liu S; Cossell S; Whitty M, 2015, 'Addressing Big Issues in Agriculture: A Case Study on Rapid and High Fidelity Yield Mapping', in Addressing Big Issues in Agriculture: A Case Study on Rapid and High Fidelity Yield Mapping, 14th APRU Doctoral Students Conference, Hangzhou, China, presented at 14th APRU Doctoral Students Conference, Hangzhou, China, 23 November 2015 - 27 November 2015
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Goward J; Whitty MA, 2014, 'Estimating and Predicting Carbon Sequestration in a Vineyard using Precision Viticulture Techniques', in Janssen V (ed.), Proceedings of the 19th Association of Public Authority Surveyors Conference (APAS2014), 19th Association of Public Authority Surveyors Conference, Pokolbin, NSW, Australia, presented at 19th Association of Public Authority Surveyors Conference, Pokolbin, NSW, Australia, 31 March 2014 - 02 April 2014
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Marden S; Whitty MA, 2014, 'GPS-free Localisation and Navigation for an Unmanned Ground Vehicle for Yield Forecasting in a Vineyard', in Menegatti E; Michael N; Berns K; Yamaguchi H (eds.), Proceedings of the 13th International Conference IAS-13, Springer, Padova, Italy, presented at Workshop on Recent Advances in Agricultural Robotics, 13th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Padova, Italy, 18 July 2014 - 18 July 2014, http://www.ias-13.org/
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Boyton C; Whitty MA; Cossell S; Boyton A, 2013, 'Automatic Generation of Aircraft Loading Schedules', in Doig G (ed.), Automatic Generation of Aircraft Loading Schedules, 2013 AIAA Region VII Australia-Asia Student Conference, Sydney, Australia, presented at 2013 AIAA Region VII Australia-Asia Student Conference, Sydney, Australia, 27 November 2013 - 29 November 2013
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Campbell D; Whitty MA, 2013, 'Metric-Based Detection of Robot Kidnapping', in Andrade-Cetto J; Frese U (ed.), Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Mobile Robotics (ECMR)., Barcelona, Spain, presented at 6th European Conference on Mobile Robots, Barcelona, Spain, 25 September 2013 - 27 September 2013, https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/dr-mark-albert-whitty
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Liu S; Marden S; Whitty M, 2013, 'Towards Automated Yield Estimation in Viticulture', in Proceedings of Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2-4 Dec 2013, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia, Sydney, presented at Australian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Sydney, 02 December 2013 - 04 December 2013
    Conference Proceedings (Editor of) | 2013
    Katupitiya J; Guivant JE; Eaton R, (eds.), 2013, 'Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation 2013', Australian Robotics and Automation Association, Sydney, Australia, presented at Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Sydney, Australia, 02 December 2013 - 04 December 2013, http://www.araa.asn.au/acra/acra2013/foreword.html
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Campbell D; Whitty MA; Lim S, 2012, 'Mobile 3D Indoor Mapping Using the Continuous Normal Distributions Transform', in Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 1 - 9, presented at 2012 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation, UNSW, Sydney, 13 November 2012 - 15 November 2012
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Whitty MA; Guivant J, 2012, 'Path Planning with Maximum Expected Map Deformation', in Proceedings of Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation 2012, Australian Robotics and Automation Association, Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 1 - 9, presented at 2012 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Wellington, NZ, 03 December 2012 - 05 December 2012
    Theses / Dissertations | 2012
    Whitty MA, 2012, Efficient path planning with dense data during map deformation, UNSW
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Cossell S; Whitty MA; Guivant J, 2011, 'Streaming Kinect Data for Robot Teleoperation', in Proceedings of 2012 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Australian Robotics and Automation Association, Wellington, NZ, pp. 1 - 8, presented at 2011 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Melbourne, VIC., 07 December 2011 - 09 December 2011, https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/acra/program/attendee_program_acra2011/by_date.html
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Norzahari F; Fairlie K; White A; Leach M; Whitty MA; Cossell S; Guivant J; Katupitiya J, 2011, 'Spatially Smart Wine–Testing Geospatial Technologies for Sustainable Wine Production', in Proceedings of FIG Working Week 2011, FIG – International Federation of Surveyors, Marrakech. Morocco, pp. 1 - 19, presented at FIG Working Week 2011, Marrakech. Morocco, 18 May 2011 - 22 May 2011, http://www.fig.net/pub/fig2011/papers/ts04j/ts04j_fairlie_whitty_et_al_5089.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Whitty MA; Guivant J, 2011, 'Efficient global path planning during dense map deformation', in Proceedings of 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, IEEE, Shanghai, China, pp. 4943 - 4949, presented at 2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai, China, 09 May 2011 - 13 May 2011, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5980113
    Other | 2011
    Smart D; Tomkins A (ed.), 2011, Spatially Smart Wine – Testing Geospatial Technologies for Sustainable Wine Production, Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors, , http://www.surco.uk.com/publications/
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Whitty MA; Cossell S; Dang KS; Guivant J; Katupitiya J, 2010, 'Autonomous Navigation using a Real-Time 3D Point Cloud', in Proceedings of the 2010 Australasian Conference on Robotics & Automation, Australian Robotics and Automation Association, http://www.araa.asn.au/acra/acra2010/index.html, pp. 1 - 10, presented at 2010 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, ACRA 2010, Brisbane, QLD, 01 December 2010 - 03 December 2010, http://www.araa.asn.au/acra/acra2010/papers/pap151s1-file1.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2009
    Whitty MA; Guivant J, 2009, 'Efficient path planning in deformable maps', in Proceedings IROS 2009, IEEE, USA, pp. 5401 - 5406, presented at Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2009. IROS 2009. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, St. Louis, MO, USA, 10 October 2009, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=5354063
    Conference Papers | 2009
    Whitty MA; Mak LC; Taprell D; Ma A; Lee S; Ng CY; Robinson N; Xiao H, 2009, 'Development of the MAVSTAR Micro Aerial Vehicle and Base Station for IMAV09', in Development of the MAVSTAR Micro Aerial Vehicle and Base Station for IMAV09, 4th US - European workshop and flight competition for micro air vehicles (IMAV09), Pensacola, USA, presented at 4th US - European workshop and flight competition for micro air vehicles (IMAV09), Pensacola, USA, 01 June 2009 - 05 June 2009
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Pratley A; Whitty MA, 2007, 'Engineering heritage into 21st Century Students', in Engineering heritage into 21st Century Students, National Engineering Heritage Conference, presented at National Engineering Heritage Conference, 19 November 2007 - 21 November 2007
    Conference Papers | 2007
    Pratley A; Whitty MA, 2007, 'Engineering students for the 21st century - analysis of pathways of engagement.', in Design Education, ConnectED 2007 International Conference on Design Education, Sydney, presented at ConnectED 2007 International Conference on Design Education, Sydney, 09 July 2007 - 12 July 2007

Industry Engagement

  • Consultant to NXTGen Industries for "Review of mechanical, electrical and system design for a robot for bridge maintenance" (2021), value $5,000
  • Chief Investigator for contract research with Plant and Food Research New Zealand, "Embedded Metadata" (2021), value $9,000.
  • Chief Investigator for contract research with Green Atlas, "Image Processing in Orchards" (2020), value $5,000.
  • Chief Investigator for contract research with Plant and Food Research New Zealand, "Semi-automated 3-D and multispectral bunch sorting technologies" (2020), value $50,000.
  • Partner Investigator for contract research with Plant and Food Research New Zealand, "Hyperspectral imaging of grapevines for spray deposition analysis" (2018 – 2021), value $30,000.
  • Chief Investigator for contract research with Lincoln Agritech, "Grape Yield Analyser Project" (2019), value $5,000.
  • Partner Investigator for contract research with Plant and Food Research New Zealand, "Geospatial resolution in vineyards: Project Demonstrator 8008" (2018), value NZD$10,000.
  • Chief Investigator for contract research with Pernod Ricard, "Data mining for viticultural yield estimation" (2018), value $24,000.
  • Chief Investigator for contract research with Dematic, "Computer Vision for Rack Inspection" (2017), value $65,714.

Research Grants

  • Partner Investigator for South Australian Wine Industry Development Scheme, "Using a camera system to track Eutypa in vineyards" (2021-2022), value $173,000.
  • Partner Investigator for HIA funded Matched Levy Funded Investment Pool and Strategic Coinvestment Pool, "Developing Agri-tech solutions for the Australian apple industry" (2018-2021), value $4,004,000.
  • Project Supervisor for contract research with Khalifa University, "MBZIRC2020 research grant" (2018 – 2020), value USD$50,000.
  • Project Supervisor for AGWA funded Ph.D scholarship project “Autonomous In-Vivo Determination of Maturity Parameters” (2016 – 2018), value $30,000.
  • Chief Investigator for Innovation Connections grant with Makinex "Development of an autonomous concrete cutting robot" (2017), value $99,700.
  • Chief Investigator for AGWA (Australian Grape and Wine Authority – also known as Wine Australia) (Cat. 1) funded project “Improved Yield Estimation for the Australian Wine Industry” (2014-2017), value $819,000.
  • Partner Investigator for AGWA (Cat. 1) funded project “Smart-Phone Based Image Analysis to Assess Vine Water Stress” (2016 – 2017), value $332,400.
  • Partner Investigator for UNSW Strategic Educational Development Grants #2, “Interactive learning modules for Engineering fundamentals” (2014 - 2015), value $300,000.
  • Chief Investigator for CRC-SI (Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information) funded project “Identification of indoor localisation solutions for tracking patients in hospital environments to minimise cross-infection” (2016), value $24,500.
  • Academic Supervisor for NSW Government Research Attraction and Acceleration Program grant to MBZIRC team, “Science and Engineering Student Competition Sponsorship Program” (2016), value $15,000.
  • Chief Investigator for AGWA funded travel bursary “Study tour to support automated yield estimation project” (2015), value $1,500.
  • Academic Supervisor for NSW Government Research Attraction and Acceleration Program grant to IGVC team, “Science and Engineering Student Competition Sponsorship Program” (2015), value $8,000.
  • Partner Investigator for DAAD research grant to collaborate with the University of Oldenburg “Development of Methodologies to Actively Compensate for Erratic Motions in Micro/Nano Manipulators” (2013-2014), value $20,000.

  • Academic Supervisor for UNSW's Competitive Robotics Group, awarded equal second place in Challenge 3 of the 2020 Mohamed bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge.
  • Supervisor and co-author of Best Student Poster at AWITC2019 and AWITC2016.
  • Faculty of Engineering Staff Excellence Award for Research Excellence (2016)
  • Academic Supervisor for New South Solutions, UNSW's entry in the 2015 Telstra University Challenge. Top three teams in Australia for their sun exposure tracking solution. Video.
  • Academic Supervisor for Saving Allen, UNSW's entry in the IGVC2015 event. Won best UGV performance, breaking all course records.
  • Academic Supervisor for UNSW Mechatronics Team 2. Won the grand prize in the AGVC2014 event. Featured on ABC TV and online news.
  • Academic Supervisor for UNSW AGVC Team 2. Won second place overall and and Best Autonomous Vehicle performance at the inaugural Autonomous Ground Vehicle Competition in December 2013
  • Winner, Student Reporter Contest, ICRA2011, with two articles published in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (2001)
  • William McIlrath Postgraduate Travel Scholarship (2010)
  • Dean’s Award for Excellence in Postgraduate Research, Best Overall Student (2010)
  • Best Paper and Best Presentation award, 4th US-European Workshop on Micro Aerial Vehicles (IMAV09), Pensacola, Florida (2009)
  • UNSW Research Excellence Award for postgraduate study (2008 - 2011)
  • Senior Bachelor of Engineering Award, Engineers Australia, Sydney Division (2008)
  • University Medal for Mechanical Engineering (2007)

My Research Supervision

Current Students and Topics

Ph.D

  • Mengying Hu: Canopy detection for apple spraying robot

Completed Students and Topics

Ph.D
  • Annie Xu Wang: Flower detection for apple spraying robot
  • Bolai Xin: 3D grape bunch reconstruction
  • Julie Tang: Vine bunch maturity estimation using multispectral cameras
  • Masami Hirayama: Autonomous operation of bulldozers for ground levelling (co-supervised with Jay Katupitiya and Jose Guivant as primary supervisors)
  • Scarlett Liu: Yield Estimation in Viticulture by Digital Image Processing

M.Res

  • Cameron Stewart: Improving estimation of distributions (co-supervised with Alan Blair as primary supervisor)
BE Thesis. Number graduated: 98.
  • Joshua Purnell: Design of an actuated towed underwater glider (with Ocius)
  • Dylan Sanusi-Goh: Mapping road condition from bus sensor data
  • Raghav Hariharan: Improving row detection in horticultural crops
  • Olivia Yem: Apple fruitlet recognition
  • Rowan Ramamurthy: Autonomous 3D reconstruction of towers (with Emesent)
  • Gilbert Rayner: Green on green weed detection
  • Michael Kedar: Grape bunch reconstruction from MicroCT scans
  • Timothy Ryan: Post and tree detection from LiDAR
  • Henry Phung: GPU speed-ups for bulldozer planning algorithm
  • Sophia Lin: User interface for an app for grapevine dieback detection
  • William Chen: Improving the accuracy of plane SLAM
  • Patrick Moulds: Robot grasp training by gesture recognition
  • Dominic Daners: Design and construction of an swerve drive platform
  • Liangde Li (with Claude Sammut): Robocup - GPU processing
  • Oliver Richards (with Claude Sammut): Robocup - semantic tracking of objects
  • Leandro Hirai: GANs for augmenting training data for image segmentation
  • Rebecca Schacht: Task allocation for multi-robot exploration (co-supervised with CSIRO)
  • Elliott Smith: RRTs for automated bulldozer path planning
  • Anthony Feizi-Sobbi: UAV real-time image processing
  • Edward Thomson: UAV real-time image processing
  • Kenji Brameld (with Claude Sammut): Robocup - fall recovery
  • Adam Tizzone: Localising UAVs from onboard sensors
  • Marcus Swift: Bulldozer path planning in constrained situations
  • Aaron Spyrakis: App for delivery drivers
  • Sarah Howells: Image processing for vine row detection
  • James Sloan: Speeding up neural networks on quantum computers
  • Yiwei Han: 3D Reconstruction of Grape Bunch Rachis
  • Gabriel Low: Grape Detection
  • Luke Millstead: A Fast Method for the Calculation of Stomatal Conductance
  • Benjamen Lee: Implementation of a Storage Optimised and Flexible Blockchain
  • Carson Crosse: 3D Model of Grape Rachis Structure from Video
  • Albert Chau: Vertical farming: a review
  • Linda Wong: Investigating the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem via Quantum Computing
  • Jabez Wilson: Visual Inertial Odometry on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
  • Scott Bennett: Using Machine Learning to Investigate Trends in the Dispensing of Dementia Medication
  • Kevin Muliady: Using Convolutional Neural Networks to detect the shoreline in beach images
  • Sean Thompson: Narrative Generation
  • Rafael Lawrence: Impact of visual feedback on chord typing
  • Tom Wyatt: Rural Mobile Networks
  • Nicola Gibson: Real-time Filtering of LiDAR Point Clouds Corrupted by Rain
  • James Murdoch: Reinforcement learning for optimal control of a Reverse Osmosis plant
  • Harsh Patel: Automated Image Stitching and Classification for Vine Water Stress (VWS) Project
  • Phillip van Kerk Oerle: Towards Better Grape Yield Estimation using Convolutional Neural Networks
  • Joseph Salim: Development of a Novel Sensor to Detect Incipient Slip and Estimate Coefficient of Friction
  • Alex Gan: Location Prediction using a region-based Hidden Markov Model
  • Ian Stuart Bartlett: Training of Conditional Restricted Boltzmann Machines on a Quantum Computer
  • William Wu: Database for Collating Indoor Localisation Records
  • Faris Azhari: Particle Filter Methods for Indoor Localisation using Mobile Phones and Bluetooth Beacons
  • Drew Wiseham: Yield Estimation in Viticulture
  • Zhen (Steven) Liu: Berry Diameter Tracking
  • Gaurav Awadhwal: Improved Camera and GPS Data Capture for Yield Estimation
  • Christopher Squire: Improving Point Cloud Rendering with Skip-octrees
  • Amogh Sarda: Natural Language Processing for Predicting Self-harm in Online Forums
  • Laura Hodges: Agent-based Task Allocation and Exploration for UAVs
  • Lalitha Katupitiya: Centralised UAV Coordination
  • Fredrik Westling: Mobile Phone Control of a Quadcopter
  • Cameron Stewart: Deep Neural Networks on the D-Wave 2X Quantum Computer
  • Kevin Lerdwichagul: AI for Starcraft
  • Shirleen Sharma: Believability of Conversational Agents in Role Playing Games
  • Cadmus To: Pose Estimation for Grasping Unknown Objects
  • Sang-woo Park: UGV Manipulator Design
  • Daniel Ly: 3D Object Pose Tracking using a Kinect Sensor
  • Karthik Jayaraman: Indoor Localisation in a Hospital Environment using Bluetooth Low Energy Tags
  • Terence Chong: Generation of Virtual Formula SAE Racing Environments using Road Scanning Systems
  • Thomas Wijaya: Geometric Consistency and Optimisation for Map Merging
  • Phillip Moser: Automated Sorting System for a Grape Harvester
  • Will Russell: Inducing Cow Flow in Grazing AMS Dairy Farms Using Audio Stimuli
  • Nathan Adler: Development and Assessment of a Low Cost CORS-linked Single Frequency GPS for RTK Applications
  • Rory San Miguel: Design of a High Precision UAV GPS
  • Andrew McGill: Development of a Smartphone Application to assist in Viticulture Data Collection
  • Sam Cassisi: Hospital Patient Tracking for Infectious Disease Control
  • Zhu (Arthur) Lie: Mobile Phone Control of a Mobile Robot
  • Sudeep Singh: Automated Image capture for Grape Vine Inspection
  • Samuel Binns: Robot Manipulator Grasp Planning
  • Lindsay Folkard: Visual Based Egomotion Detection
  • Stephanie Morris: Inflorescence Counting using Image Processing
  • Tanawat Sarnvanichpitak: Defect Detection in a Coat Hanger Manufacturing Line
  • Julie Tang: Automated Screw Detection and Removal for Robotic Disassembly
  • Ian Craig: Personal Location Prediction from Automatic Region Clustering using Mobile Devices
  • Russell Harding: Mobile Phone Control of a Mobile Robot
  • Letty Liu: Inflorescence Flower Counting by Image Processing
  • Dan Padilha: Implementation of NP-Hard problems on the D-wave 2 quantum computer
  • Samuel Marden: Automated Yield Forecasting in a Vineyard using an Unmanned Ground Vehicle and Computer Vision
  • Aditya Pradiptadarma: Design and Evaluation of a Flexible Vineyard Management System
  • Donger (Donald) Luo: Simulation Modelling of a Quadbike to Help Improve Stability
  • Andrew Bastoli: Dynamic Memory Management of a Point Cloud Viewer
  • Chloe Boyton: Automatic Generation of Aircraft Loading Schedules
  • Chi Quan (Calvin) Tan: Plane Extraction and Visualisation in 3D Poinbt Clouds
  • Kent Tran: Real Time Visualisation of Large Point Cloud Datasets
  • Maximilien Stevens: 3D Map Merging of Campus Scale Datasets
  • Sheng Jie Teo: Robot Controlled Pan and Tilt DSLR Camera over the Internet
  • Tom Lindeback: Planning with Multiple Constraints
  • Brett Seton: An Investigation into Path Planning Techniques
  • Dylan Campbell: The Kidnapped Robot Problem: Detection and Recovery
  • Paul Ashley: Development of Smartphone Applications in Viticulture
  • John Goward: Estimating and Predicting Carbon Sequestered in a Vineyard with Soil Surveys, Spatial Data & GIS Management
  • Cameron Joannidis (co-supervised with Steve Cossell): Implementation of an Audio Interface for the UNSW Unmanned Ground Vehicle
  • Derek Taprell: Development of a Module Base Station System for a Micro Aerial Vehicle & The Investigation of a Laser Stripe Distance Sensor for a Micro Aerial Vehicle
Taste of Research
  • Finn Russell: Improved smartphone apps for vine trunk disease detection
  • Yingtao Zhang: Apple flower counting
  • Aaron (Shanda) Su: An online system for vine flower counting
  • Luke Millstead: Microscope image processing
  • Faris Azhari: Indoor Localisation using Mobile Phones and Bluetooth Beacons
  • Yiwei Han: Mobile Computer Vision for Yield Estimation in Viticulture
  • Zhihao Zhang: Georeferencing Vineyard Imagery Without GPS
  • Xin Dong: Google 'Street View' for the Vineyard
  • Julie Tang: Long Term Autonomy for Image Collection in a Vineyard using a Mobile Robot
  • Letty Liu: Inflorescence Flower Counting by Image Processing

My Teaching

Lectures / Courses previously taught

  • MTRN4230 Robotics (course convenor and lecturer)
  • MTRN2500 (course convenor and lecturer)
  • MMAN3000 Professional Engineering and Communication (lecturer)
  • Previously: MMAN1300 (lecturer), MMAN2300 (lecturer), MTRN2500 (tutor), MTRN3500 (tutor), MTRN3020 (tutor), GSOE9400 (tutor), MMAN3200 (tutor), MTRN3100 (tutor), MTRN9222 (tutor), SENG3111 (tutor)