People

Past PhD Students:

• B.D. Evans, Accelerating Deep Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Racing, March 2023 (co-supervisor with Prof H.A. Engelbrecht).

Current Masters Students:

• D. M. Groves, “Robotic Capture Arm for DockSatX”, started 2024.
• D. P. Theron, “Payload-in-the-Loop for Accurate Satellite Targeting”, started 2024 (co-supervisor with Dr S. Busch).
• B. Chetty, “Data-driven Model Estimation for an Autonomous Race Car”, started 2024 (co-supervisor with Dr B. Evans).
• J. Stoop, “Fault-Tolerant Attitude Control of a Satellite”, started 2024.
• C. A. Coetzee, “Star Tracker Parameter Optimisation”, started 2024 (co-supervisor with Dr L. Visagie).
• D. Slabber, “Prototype Development for DockSat Mission”, started 2023.
• T. Cilliers, “Design, Manufacture and Testing of a Reaction Control Thruster System for Proximity-Operated Nanosatellites”, started 2023 (co-supervisor with Prof W.H. Steyn).
• M. Du Plessis, “Analysis, Simulation and Measurement of a Pyramid Configuration of Reaction Wheels for High Performance Imaging Missions”, started 2023 (co-supervisor with Prof W.H. Steyn).

Past Masters Students:

• I.D. Swart, Control Strategy for a Cubesat Docking Demonstration Mission, March 2024 (co-supervisor with Dr. L Visagie).
• G. Serfontein, Development and Verification of an Electro-mechanical Docking Mechanism for Flight, March 2024 (co-supervisor with Dr. L Visagie).
• E. Korf, Pose-estimation of Space Objects with Neural Networks, March 2024.
• A. Murdoch, Developing a Model-Based Reinforcement Learning Framework for Autonomous Racing, December 2023 (co-supervisor with Dr J. C. Schoeman).
• A. Burger, Machine Learning Techniques for Improved Star Detection and Catalogue Matching for Star Trackers, March 2023 (co-supervisor with Dr L. Visagie).
• A. Hohbach, Trajectory Planning Methods applied to a Rotary Wing UAV with Uncertain Suspended Payloads, March 2023.
• U. Louw, Autonomous Diagnosis of Satellite Sensor Anomalies to Ensure Fault Tolerant Control, March 2023 (co-supervisor with Dr J. C. Schoeman).
• S. Jeffery, Development of Satellite Subsystems for use in a BenchSat, March 2023 (co-supervisor with Dr L. Visagie).
• J.M. Louw, Data-Driven System Identification and Model Predictive Control of a Multirotor with an Unknown Suspended Payload, March 2022.
• S. Pretorius, High Frame Rate Marker Detection for Single Camera Based Localization, March 2022 (co-supervisor with Dr A. Barnard).
• D.C. Jansen, Development of a Test Facility for Satellite Docking Experiments, March 2021 (co-supervisor with Dr L. Visagie).
• J.F Slabber, Vision-based Control of a Flexible Unknown Payload with a Rotary Wing UAV, March 2021.
• H. Kotzé, Neural Network Based Adaptive Controller On A Drone, March 2021 (co-supervisor with Dr H. Kamper).
• P.R. Grobler, Automated Navigation and Charge Docking of a Rotary Wing UAV, March 2021.
• A.P. Erasmus, Control of a Flexible Payload with a Quadrotor, March 2020.
• L. Hibbert, Deployment and Dynamics of a Spinning Solar Sail, March 2019 (co-supervised with Prof W.H. Steyn).
• W.C. De Jongh, Pose Estimation with Stereo Cameras, March 2019 (co-supervised with Dr C.E. van Daalen).