Giles Tewkesbury

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Giles Tewkesbury is a robotics and automation researcher whose work spans intelligent robotic systems, teleoperation, and industrial automation, with particular expertise in applying these technologies to shipbuilding and manufacturing environments. His most influential contribution, a robotic welding system integrating image processing, CAD modelling, and multi-intelligent decision-making (39 citations), exemplifies his hallmark approach of combining computer vision, pattern recognition, and expert systems to solve real-world industrial challenges. This work was complemented by his development of corner-finding algorithms to improve automated recognition of shipbuilding components, demonstrating a sustained focus on making robotic welding more precise and efficient. Tewkesbury has also made significant contributions to robot programming methodology, developing a simulation-based high-level command library that bridges virtual simulation and physical robot control — work cited over 50 times across two related publications. His research into teleoperated mobile robots, including studies on expert system-assisted navigation and the effects of communication time lags on operator performance, reflects a broader commitment to human-robot interaction and practical deployment challenges. With cumulative citations exceeding 180 across his published work, Tewkesbury's research represents a coherent and impactful body of knowledge at the intersection of intelligent automation, industrial robotics, and real-time control systems.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   A robotic welding system using image processing techniques and a CAD model to provide information to a multi‐intelligent decision module

   39 citations · 2010
2. 2
   A new robot command library which includes simulation

   31 citations · 1999
3. 3
   Simple expert systems to improve an ultrasonic sensor‐system for a tele‐operated mobile‐robot

   30 citations · 2011
4. 4
   Improving automatic robotic welding in shipbuilding through the introduction of a corner-finding algorithm to help recognise shipbuilding parts

   22 citations · 2011
5. 5
   A new simulation based robot command library applied to three robots

   22 citations · 1999
6. 6
   Tele-operator performance and their perception of system time lags when completing mobile robot tasks

   16 citations · 2016
7. 7
   Fast Transformations to Provide Simple Geometric Models of Moving Objects

   8 citations · 2015
8. 8
   Simple rules to modify pre‐planned paths and improve gross robot motions associated with pick & place assembly tasks

   8 citations · 2011
9. 9
   Improving robotic welding in the shipbuilding industry through the recognition of shipbuilding parts by pre-locating corners in images

   2 citations · 2009
10. 10
    New prototype knowledge based system to automate a robotic spot welding process

    2 citations · 2001

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