Dr William Robertson

• Publications

  2014

  Horizontal stability of a quasi–zero stiffness mechanism using inclined linear springs

  • Acoustics Australia, Vol 42, No 1
  • William S. P. Robertson, Ben Cazzolato and Anthony Zander
  • Based on 2013 conference paper ‘Planar analysis of a quasi-zero stiffness mechanism using inclined linear springs’

  2013

  PhD Thesis

  • Submitted August, accepted November.
  • Github repository

  Experimental results of a 1D passive magnetic spring approaching quasi-zero stiffness and using active skyhook damping (pdf)

  • Will Robertson, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander
  • Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society, Victor Harbour
  • Slides (pdf)

  Falling cat robot lands on its feet (pdf)

  • Ben Shields, William S. P. Robertson, Natalie Redmond, Ross Jobson, Rian Visser, Zebb Prime, Ben Cazzolato
  • ACRA 2013: Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation
  • Prizes: Best overall paper, Best student paper, RSPCA award

  A modern take on the theoretical modelling of inertial properties of a human body for biomechanical simulations (pdf)

  • Will Robertson
  • MODSIM2013: The 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation
  • Slides (pdf)
  • Code: http://github.com/wspr/hatze-biomech

  Planar analysis of a quasi-zero stiffness mechanism using inclined linear springs (pdf)

  • Will Robertson, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander
  • Conference of the Australian Acoustical Society, Victor Harbour
  • Slides (pdf)
  • Prize: Best paper award

  2012

  Axial Force Between a Thick Coil and a Cylindrical Permanent Magnet: Optimising the Geometry of an Electromagnetic Actuator (pdf)

  • Will Robertson, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander
  • IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
  • DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2012.2194789

  Theoretical analysis of a non-contact spring with inclined permanent magnets for load-independent resonance frequency (pdf)

  • Will Robertson, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2011.11.011

  2012 (co-author)

  Developing sports engineering education in Australia

  • Paul R. Medwell, Paul N. Grimshaw, Will S. Robertson, Richard M. Kelso
  • Engineering of Sport Conference 2012
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.04.045

  2011

  A simplified force equation for coaxial cylindrical magnets and thin coils (pdf)

  • Will Robertson, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander
  • IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
  • DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2129524

  2011 (co-author)

  Development of a magnetic levitation vibration isolator using inclined permanent magnet springs

  • Yann Frizenschaf, Siobhan Giles, Jack Miller, Thomas Pitman, Christopher Stapleton, Benjamin Cazzolato and Will Robertson
  • Proceedings of ACOUSTICS 2011
  • URL: http://www.acoustics.asn.au/conference_proceedings/AAS2011/papers/p95.pdf

  The Development of a 6 Degree of Freedom Quasi-zero Stiffness Maglev Vibration Isolator with Adaptive-Passive Load Support

  • Tao Zhu, Benjamin Cazzolato, Will Robertson, Anthony Zander
  • 15th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology
  • URL: http://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/2440/72548

  2010

  Maximising the force between two cuboid magnets (pdf)

  • Will Robertson, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander
  • IEEE Magnetics Letters
  • DOI: 10.1109/LMAG.2010.2081351

  Parameters for optimising the forces between linear multipole magnet arrays (pdf)

  • Will Robertson, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander
  • IEEE Magnetics Letters
  • DOI: 10.1109/LMAG.2010.2047716

  A public framework for calculating the forces between magnets and multipole arrays of magnets (pdf)

  • Will Robertson, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander
  • Unpublished.

  2009

  Theoretical design parameters for a quasi–zero stiffness magnetic spring for vibration isolation (pdf)

  • Will Robertson, Mike Kidner, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander
  • Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2009.04.015

  2007

  ICSV14 conference in Cairns, Australia

  • Nonlinear control of a one axis magnetic spring (pdf)
  • Will Robertson, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander
  • Slides (pdf)

  2006

  Active 2006 conference in Adelaide, Australia

  • Zero-stiffness magnetic springs for active vibration isolation (pdf)
  • Will Robertson, Rohin Wood, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander
  • Slides (pdf)

  2005

  InterMag 2005 conference in Nagoya, Japan

  • A Multipole Array Magnetic Spring (pdf)
  • Will Robertson, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander
  • Slides (pdf)

  2004

  PhD progress report (pdf)

  • Half-baked thoughts on where my research was heading.

  2003

  PhD research proposal (pdf)

  • Long time ago, now.

  2002

  Pool playing robot (pdf)

  • Honours thesis
  • Justin Ghan, Tomas Radzevicius, Will Robertson, and Alexandra Thornton
  • Supervisor: Ben Cazzolato

Entry last updated: Thursday, 12 Jan 2023

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