Video Clips

Below are a selection of video clips produced by students and staff which will give you an insight into some of the innovative research and study undertaken in the School.

The main University website includes virtual tours of the campus, including student accommodation and lecture theatres.

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Student Video: "Welcome to CES" (Final Year Project)

 

 

Student Work: "Interactive Computer Graphics: Cup and Saucer Animation"

Martin Kirby (640 × 480 pixels;   2.7 Mbyte)

See our Student Work pages for more animations.

 

Software Agent playing Ms Pac-Man via Screen-Capture Mode

Video shows entry for WCCI 2008 Ms Pac-Man Competition by Gan, Liu and Bao. Agent displays some great skill, but also makes some very bad moves. See also corresponding i++ news entry.

 

Essex Robotic Fish

 

Evolved Neural Network Flight Controller for Helicopter

The video shows a dynamic a 3D simulation of a model helicopter flying through a predefined random sequence of waypoint. The helicopter is controlled by an artificial neural network evolved with a Genetic Algorithm. For more details surf the website of the UltraSwarm project http://gridswarms.essex.ac.uk

 

Onboard a Robot Car

Watch some footage shot from an on-board camera while under human remote control. This gives an idea of the challenge for computer vision. Watch out for a surprise at the end that nearly trashed the on-board camera!

 

EMG/EOG-controlled wheelchair and Brain-computer Interface System

Richard Gray, science correspondent from Sunday Telegraph, trying the EMG/EOG-controlled wheelchair and brain-computer interface system at Essex. See also Sunday telegraph article: "Mind over matter as scientists use brainpower to make wishes come true"

 

 

This video shows an experimental system where a 2-D pointer is directly controlled by brain activity recorded from the scalp. The video also shows a prototype speller based on our hands-free mouse. The system has been developed within the Brain Computer Interfaces Group at Essex.

Self-Paced Motor with Brain-Computer Interface for Robot Control

Play Video Clip (wmv file format)

 

Essex Humanoid Robot

 

 

MiRTLE: Mixed Reality Teaching and Learning Environment (Digital Lifestyles Centre)

 

 

What CES staff get up to at home!

Dr Tim Dennis experiments with a solar-powered Stirling engine.

 

 

Software Demonstration Videos

• Two-Tier Programming Toolkit demonstration video

 

 

 

Lecture and Tutorial Videos

• Malcom Hawksford: Digital Loudspeakers: Evolution and Revolution, Audio Engineering Society tutorial (363.9 MB)