Jack joined the Oxford Robotics Institute as a postdoctoral research assistant in December 2021. He is a member of the A2I Group with the focus of his research being robot learning and collaboration.
Before joining the Oxford Robotics Institute Jack was a PhD candidate working jointly between the Queensland University of Technology Centre for Robotics and the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group within the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Brisbane, Australia. The focus of his thesis was the reality gap and how to efficiently cross the gap for robotics research conducted in simulation. Prior to this, Jack completed his Bachelor of Engineering at the Queensland University of Technology where he majored in both Mechatronics and Robotics. The subject for his undergraduate thesis was Evolutionary Robotics and more specifically the evolution of environment specific robot morphology.
You can find more details of Jack's research on his website.
Recent Publications
A Review of Differentiable Simulators
Newbury R, Collins J, He K, Pan J, Posner I et al. (2024), IEEE Access, PP(99), 1-1
BibTeX
@article{areviewofdiffer-2024/7,
title={A Review of Differentiable Simulators},
author={Newbury R, Collins J, He K, Pan J, Posner I et al.},
journal={IEEE Access},
volume={PP},
pages={1-1},
publisher={Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},
year = "2024"
}
TWIST: Teacher-Student World Model Distillation for Efficient Sim-to-Real Transfer
Yamada J, Rigter M, Collins J & Posner I (2024), Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 00, 9190-9196
BibTeX
@inproceedings{twistteacherstu-2024/5,
title={TWIST: Teacher-Student World Model Distillation for Efficient Sim-to-Real Transfer},
author={Yamada J, Rigter M, Collins J & Posner I},
booktitle={2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
pages={9190-9196},
year = "2024"
}
DreamUp3D: object-centric generative models for single-view 3D scene understanding and real-to-sim transfer
Wu Y, Sáez de Ocáriz Borde H, Collins J, Jones OP & Posner I (2024), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 9(4), 3291-3298
BibTeX
@article{dreamupdobjectc-2024/2,
title={DreamUp3D: object-centric generative models for single-view 3D scene understanding and real-to-sim transfer},
author={Wu Y, Sáez de Ocáriz Borde H, Collins J, Jones OP & Posner I},
journal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
volume={9},
pages={3291-3298},
publisher={IEEE},
year = "2024"
}
RAMP: a benchmark for evaluating robotic assembly manipulation and planning
Collins J, Robson M, Yamada J, Sridharan M, Janik K et al. (2023), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 9(1), 9-16
BibTeX
@article{rampabenchmarkf-2023/11,
title={RAMP: a benchmark for evaluating robotic assembly manipulation and planning},
author={Collins J, Robson M, Yamada J, Sridharan M, Janik K et al.},
journal={IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
volume={9},
pages={9-16},
publisher={IEEE},
year = "2023"
}
Leveraging scene embeddings for gradient-based motion planning in latent space
Yamada J, Hung CM, Collins J, Havoutis I & Posner I (2023), 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 5674-5680
BibTeX
@inproceedings{leveragingscene-2023/7,
title={Leveraging scene embeddings for gradient-based motion planning in latent space},
author={Yamada J, Hung CM, Collins J, Havoutis I & Posner I},
booktitle={2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
pages={5674-5680},
year = "2023"
}
RAMP: A Benchmark for Evaluating Robotic Assembly Manipulation and Planning
Collins J, Robson M, Yamada J, Sridharan M, Janik K et al. (2023)
BibTeX
@misc{rampabenchmarkf-2023/5,
title={RAMP: A Benchmark for Evaluating Robotic Assembly Manipulation and
Planning},
author={Collins J, Robson M, Yamada J, Sridharan M, Janik K et al.},
year = "2023"
}
Leveraging Scene Embeddings for Gradient-Based Motion Planning in Latent Space
Yamada J, Hung C-M, Collins J, Havoutis I & Posner I (2023)
BibTeX
@misc{leveragingscene-2023/3,
title={Leveraging Scene Embeddings for Gradient-Based Motion Planning in Latent Space},
author={Yamada J, Hung C-M, Collins J, Havoutis I & Posner I},
year = "2023"
}
Follow the Gradient: Crossing the Reality Gap using Differentiable Physics (RealityGrad)
Collins J, Brown R, Leitner J & Howard D (2021)
BibTeX
@misc{followthegradie-2021/9,
title={Follow the Gradient: Crossing the Reality Gap using Differentiable
Physics (RealityGrad)},
author={Collins J, Brown R, Leitner J & Howard D},
year = "2021"
}
A review of physics simulators for robotic applications
Collins J, Chand S, Vanderkop A & Howard D (2021), IEEE Access, 9, 51416-51431
BibTeX
@article{areviewofphysic-2021/3,
title={A review of physics simulators for robotic applications},
author={Collins J, Chand S, Vanderkop A & Howard D},
journal={IEEE Access},
volume={9},
pages={51416-51431},
publisher={IEEE},
year = "2021"
}
Traversing the Reality Gap via Simulator Tuning
Collins J, Brown R, Leitner J & Howard D (2020)
BibTeX
@misc{traversingthere-2020/3,
title={Traversing the Reality Gap via Simulator Tuning},
author={Collins J, Brown R, Leitner J & Howard D},
year = "2020"
}
