Professor Christopher Melhuish

Latest publications

• Herrmann, G, Studley, M, Conn, AT, Melhuish, CR, Witkowski, M, Kim, J & Vadakkepat, P 2012, ‘Advances in Autonomous Robotics: Joint Proceedings of the 13th Annual TAROS Conference and the 15th Annual FIRA RoboWorld Congress’. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg
• Khan, S, Herrmann, G, Lewis, F, Pipe, A & Melhuish, C 2012, ‘Reinforcement Learning and Optimal Adaptive Control: An Overview and Implementation examples’. Annual Reviews on Control, vol 36(1)., pp. 42 - 59
• Roke, C, Melhuish, CR, Pipe, AG, Drury, D & Chorley, C 2012, ‘Lump localisation through a deformation-based tactile feedback system using a biologically inspired finger sensor’. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol 60., pp. 1442-1448
• Tritton, T, Hall, JR, Rowe, ACM, Valentine, S, Jedrzejewska, A, Anthony, P, Melhuish, CR & Leonards, UB 2012, ‘Engaging with robots while giving simple instructions’. in: G Herrmann, M Studley, M Pearson, A Conn, C Melhuish, M Witkowski, J-H Kim, P Vadekkepat (eds) Advances in Autonomous Robotics – Joint Proceedings of the 13th Annual TAROS Conference and the 15th Annual FIRA RoboWorld Congress, Bristol, UK, August 2012. Springer-Heidelberg, pp. 176-184
• Raabe, D, Harrison, A, Ireland, A, Alemzadeh, K, Sandy, J, Dogramadzi, S, Melhuish, C & Burgess, S 2012, ‘Improved single- and multi-contact life-time testing of dental restorative materials using key characteristics of the human masticatory system and a force/position-controlled robotic dental wear simulator’. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, vol 7., pp. 1 - 17
• Khan, S, Lenz, A, Herrmann, G, Pipe, A & Melhuish, C 2011, ‘Toward Safe Human Robot Interaction: Integration of Compliant Control, An Anthropomorphic Hand and Verbal Communication’. in: FIRA2011 RoboWorld Cup & Congress, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
• Jalani, J, Herrmann, G & Melhuish, C 2011, ‘Robust Active Compliance Control for Practical Grasping of a Cylindrical Object via a Multifingered Robot Hand’. in: 5th IEEE International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM), Qingdao.
• Jalani, J, Khan, S, Herrmann, G & Melhuish, C 2011, ‘A Novel Approach of Robust Active Compliance for Robot Fingers’. in: FIRA2011 RoboWorld Cup & Congress, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
• Khan, S, Herrmann, G, Lewis, F, Melhuish, C & Pipe, A 2011, ‘A novel Q-Learning Based Cartesian Model Reference Compliance Controller Implementation for a Humanoid Robotic Arm’. in: 5th IEEE International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM), Qingdao.
• Khan, S, Herrmann, G, Lewis, F, Pipe, A & Melhuish, C 2011, ‘A Novel Q-Learning Based Adaptive Optimal Controller Implementation for a Humanoid Robotic Arm’. in: 18th IFAC World Congress, Milan.