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Research interests
My research interests are in the field of mobile robots for hazardous and extreme environments. The primary applications for this research are nuclear decommissioning and offshore renewable energy facilities. I have experience developing aquatic (surface and subsurface), aerial and ground robots (wheeled, legged and crawling). A number of the robots I have helped develop have been successfully deployed into radioactive facilities on the Sellafield site including the AVEXIS(TM) underwater robot, the CARMA wheeled robot and the MIRRAX reconfigurable snake robot.
Open to PhD applications in the areas of wireless powere transfer for mobile robots; the effects of electrostatic and/or magnetic fields on UAV motors; Autonomous Aquatic Inspections.
Units taught
EEEN10034 Electronics Project
EEEN30072 Mobile Robots and Autonomous Systems
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Mobile Platforms for Underwater Sensor Networks, The University of Manchester
Sep 2008 → Sep 2012
Award Date: 28 Sep 2012
Master of Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering with Industrial Experience (Honours), The University of Manchester
Sep 2003 → Jun 2008
Award Date: 6 Jun 2008
Areas of expertise
- TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
- Robotics
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Energy
- Sustainable Futures
- Digital Futures
- Dalton Nuclear Institute
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A Feasibility Study on the use of Chrysoidine G for the in situ Detection of Common Fission Products in the Nuclear Industry
Johnson, T., Sharrad, C., Watson, S. & Carey, T., 1 Mar 2023, Waste Management Symposium 2023.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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A Review of Contamination of Metallic Surfaces within Aqueous Nuclear Waste Streams
Barton, D., Johnson, T., Callow, A., Carey, T., Bibby, S., Watson, S., Engelberg, D. & Sharrad, C., 25 Feb 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Progress in Nuclear Energy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Image-Based Visual Servoing Switchable Leader-Follower Control of Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Underwater Robot System
Yao, K., Bauschmann, N., Lennart Alff, TT., Duecker, D. A., Groves, K., Marjanovic, O. & Watson, S., 29 May 2023, (Accepted/In press) 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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A multirobot system for autonomous deployment and recovery of a blade crawler for operations and maintenance of offshore wind turbine blades
Jiang, Z., Jovan, F., Moradi, P., Richardson, T., Bernardini, S., Watson, S., Weightman, A. & Hine, D., 7 Sep 2022, In: Journal of Field Robotics .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An Investigation of the Network Characteristics and Requirements of 3D Environmental Digital Twins for Inspection Robots
Kivrak, H., Baniqued, P. D., Watson, S. & Lennox, B., 14 Jun 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Open AccessFile115 Downloads (Pure)
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RAI: Centre for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Cangelosi, A., Lennox, B., Weightman, A., Dennis, L., Dixon, C., Fisher, M., Herrmann, G., Dickson, A., Lanzon, A., Stancu, A., Saiani, A., Freitas, A., Nini, A., Voronkov, A., Brass, A., Vijayaraghavan, A., Parslew, B., crowther, W., Grieve, B., Adorno, B., Jay, C., Wang, C. C. L., Todd, C., Soutis, C., Arsene, C., Dresner, D., Barrett, E., Gowen, E., Arvin, F., Podd, F., Brown, G., Reger, G., Cooper, G., Mairs, H., Yin, H., Kinloch, I., Eleftheriou, I., Li, J., Carrasco Gomez, J., Ainsworth, J., Sinha, J., Ozanyan, K., Smith, K., Twomey, K., Margetts, L., Ren, L., Zhang, L., Cordeiro, L., Rattray, M., Bissett, M., Elliot, M., Alvarez, M., Luján, M., Nabawy BSc, MSc, PhD, MRAeS, SMAIAA, FHEA, M., Peek, N., Marjanovic, O., Dorn, O., Dudek, P., Green, P., Connolly, P., Da Silva Bartolo, P. J., Gardner, P., Martin, P., Potluri, V., Curtis, R., Schmidt, R., Banach, R., Batista-Navarro, R. T., Kaski, S., Midson, S., Watson, S., Holm, S., Furber, S., Schlegel, V., Mirihanage, W., Mansell, W., Pan, W., Sampson, W., Sellers, W., Yang, W., Cai, P., Sun, Y., Alharthi, A., Macario Rojas, A., Serhan, B., Yu, C., Abara, D., Lopez Pulgarin, E., Faruq, F., Tavella, F., Semeraro, F., Liu, G., Fang, G., Niu, H., Taylor, H., Zhu, H., Collenette, J., Amano, K., Lo, K. C. J., Raggioli, L., Romeo, M., Ruocco, M., Ghaffari Saadat, M., Walmsley, M., Mubarik, A., Vinanzi, S., Su, Y., Mcaleese, H., Stringer, P., Stoican, R., Ye, R., Kurawa, S. S., Zhang, T., Krywonos, W., Xu, Y., Tian, Y., Henderson, A., Morley, D., Tallentire, J., Clayton, J., Hawthornthwaite, S. & Carlson, J.
Project: Research
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Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Nuclear (RAIN)
Lennox, B., Arvin, F., Brown, G., Carrasco Gomez, J., Da Via, C., Furber, S., Luján, M., Watson, S., Watts, S. & Weightman, A.
2/10/17 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
Prizes
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2nd Place Equipment & Facilities EPSRC Photography Competition 2017
Watson, Simon (Recipient), Lennox, Barry (Recipient), Nancekievill, Matthew (Recipient), Joyce, Malcolm (Recipient) & Jones, Ashley (Recipient), 12 Jan 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Int. Workshop on Electric Drives Best paper award
Bodrov, Alexey (Recipient), Cheah, Wei (Recipient), Green, Peter (Recipient), Watson, Simon (Recipient) & Apsley, Judith (Recipient), 29 Jan 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Experiences of Practical Field Robotics During Lockdown
Simon Watson (Speaker)
5 May 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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ORCA Hub (External organisation)
Simon Watson (Academic expert member)
Sep 2019 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of grants peer review panel
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Director of Company
Matthew Nancekievill (Academic founder), Barry Lennox (Academic founder) & Simon Watson (Academic founder)
2018 → …Activity: Consultancy, spin-outs, CPD & licensing › Spin-outs & start-ups
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The IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology, formerly IEE) (External organisation)
Simon Watson (Academic expert member)
2008 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) (External organisation)
Simon Watson (Academic expert member)
2008 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association
Datasets
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MIRRAX: A Reconfigurable Robot for Limited Access Environments - Experimental Dataset
Watson, S. (Creator) & Cheah, W. (Creator), University of Manchester figshare, 12 Sep 2022
DOI: 10.48420/21071017.v1, https://figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/dataset/MIRRAX_A_Reconfigurable_Robot_for_Limited_Access_Environments_-_Experimental_Dataset/21071017/1
Dataset
Press/Media
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Ridley Scott inspires Network Rail’s cave-exploring drone
Simon Watson, Liam Brown & Ognjen Marjanovic
11/12/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert comment
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Robots rush in where humans fear to tread
Farshad Arvin, Simon Watson & Barry Lennox
19/11/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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DAILY EXPRESS: Are Killer Robots a threat? TERMINATOR killers 20 years away but THIS is the real danger
8/01/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert comment
Thesis
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Mobile Platforms for Underwater Sensor Networks
Author: Watson, S., 31 Dec 2012Supervisor: Green, P. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Phd
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