Dr Fred Labrosse

PhD (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada)

Dr Labrosse obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada, in 1999.  After a postdoc in the then Mathematics department, Computing group, University of Bath, UK, he joined the Computer Science department, Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK, in 2000.

Lecturer

• CS36510 - Space Robotics
• CS31920 - Advanced Algorithms
• PGM1610 - Public Engagement and Impact
• CS26020 - Robotics and Embedded Systems
• CS36010 - Robotic Applications

Tutor

• CC39440 - Prosiect Hir
• CS36010 - Robotic Applications

Moderator

• CS23820 - C and C++

Dr Labrosse teaches in the various robotics modules offered by the department.

Dr Labrosse's research interests focus on robotics and image processing/machine vision for robotics, specifically in the area of autonomous, off-road, navigation.  This includes autonomous driving on ill-defined "roads", cross-field navigation and topological mapping and planning.  Dr Labrosse collaborates with a variety of "customers" having real problems to solve in the real world.  This includes archaeologists, biologists and geographers.  For these applications, Dr Labrosse uses a variety of robots ranging from large wheeled robots to multi-copters and fixed wing air frames.  Many of these robots have been designed and built in the Computer Science department for specific applications and general research.

• Intelligent Robotics Group
• Aberystwyth Centre for Space and Earth Monitoring
• Vision Graphics and Visualisation Group