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Mr Kiaran Lawson

PhD Student
Queensland Brain Institute
k.lawson1@uq.edu.au

Publications

Journal Articles (3)
Conference Papers (2)

Journal Articles

Lawson, Kiaran K. K. and Srinivasan, Mandyam V. (2020). Contrast sensitivity and visual acuity of Queensland fruit flies (Bactrocera tryoni). Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 206 (3), 419-428. doi: 10.1007/s00359-020-01404-y
Gunasinghe, Dasun, Lawson, Kiaran K., Davis, Edwin, Strydom, Reuben and Srinivasan, Mandyam (2019). Mid-air conflict avoidance and recovery: an acceleration-based approach for unmanned aircraft. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 4 (2) 8643438, 2054-2061. doi: 10.1109/lra.2019.2899924
Lawson, Kiaran K. and Srinivasan, Mandyam V. (2017). Flight control of fruit flies: dynamic response to optic-flow and headwind. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220 (11), 2005-2016. doi: 10.1242/jeb.153056

Conference Papers

Gunasinghe, Dasun, Lawson, Kiaran K. K., Strydom, Reuben and Srinivasan, Mandyam (2018). A mid-air collision warning system: performance comparison using simulated ADS-B, Radar and Vision sensor inputs. 2018 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS 2018, Dallas, TX, United States, 12-15 June 2018. NEW YORK: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. doi: 10.1109/ICUAS.2018.8453478
Lawson, Kiaran K. K. and Srinivasan, Mandyam V. (2018). A robust dual-axis virtual reality platform for closed-loop analysis of insect flight. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 12-15 December 2018. New York, NY USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8664837
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