DIY Robotics and Sensors on the Commodore Computer, 1984, ISBN 0
946408 30 0, also
translated into German:
Automaten und Sensoren zum selberbauen, pub. Commodore, 1984,
ISBN 3-89
133007-3,
and into Spanish:
Robotica y sensores para el commodoro - proyectos practicos
para aplicaciones de control, pub. Gustavo Gili, 1986, ISBN 84-252.1257-8
DIY Robotics and Sensors with the BBC Computer, 1983, ISBN 0 946408 13 0
Robots and Automated Manufacture, (Editor), pub. for IEE by Peter Peregrinus Ltd., 1985, ISBN 0 86341 0537
Proceedings, Fourth Euromicro Workshop on Real-Time Systems, (Programme
Chairman
and Editor), pub IEEE Computer Society Press, June 1992, ISBN 0-8186-2815-4,
208 pp.
Proceedings, Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, (Programme Chairman and Editor), Pub IEEE Computer Society Press, September 1994, ISBN 0-8186-6300-6, 271 pp.
Mechatronics and Machine Vision, (ed) pub. Research Studies Press,
England, September 2000, ISBN 0-86380-261-3, 370pp.
Mechatronics and Machine Vision 2002: Current Practice (Ed with Robi Bradbeer),
ISBN 086380278-8, 373pp
Mechatronics and Machine Vision 2003: Future Trends
(Ed) ISBN 086380-290-7, 413pp
Design aspects of a robot coordinated by a desktop computer, chapter
6 of Microprocessors
in Robotic and Manufacturing Systems, ed. Spyros G Tsafestas, pub
Kluwer Associates, 1991, ISBN 0-7923-0780-1, pp 131-152.
Robotics, J Billingsley, chapter 13 of "Real Time Computer Control,"
ed. S Bennet and D A Linkens, Pub. Peter Peregrinus Ltd., 1984, pp 216-226.
A system design for the combination of a number of computing elements
into a powerful structure, J
Billingsley, Proc. Euromicro 1978, pp 270-273.
A study of the computational principles of the acoustic telescope
and polar correlation with particular
reference to the elimination of aliasing, Proc. Inst. of Acoustics,
Spring meeting, Cambridge, June 1979.
Source location - present techniques and future implications for
industrial noise control, J Billingsley,
Proc. Institute of Acoustics Autumn meeting, Windermere, November
1979,
Digital position control by means of a dedicated microcomputer, J
Billingsley, H Singh, Proc. Euromicro
Conf., London, September 1980, pp33-38.
The use of a microcomputer as a dedicated position controller, J
Billingsley, H Singh, Proc.
IFAC/IMEKO International symposium on application of microprocessors
for instrumentation and
automatic control, London, November 1980, pp112-116.
The use of a low cost commercial microcomputer for on-line control
and monitoring of a sewage
processing system, J Billingsley, Proc. IFAC/IMEKO International
symposium on application of
microprocessors for instrumentation and automatic control, London,
November 1980, pp93-97.
The need for calibration in the coarse-fine acoustic telescope, J
Billingsley, T J Teo, Proc. Institute of
Acoustics Meeting on Noise Source Location, Birkbeck College, London,
November 1981.
The imaging of moving sources with the acoustic telescope, J Billingsley,
Proc. Institute of Acoustics
Meeting on Noise Source Location, Birkbeck College, London, November
1981.
Source location with the acoustic telescope, J Billingsley, Proc.
Internoise, San Francisco, May 1982,
pp783-786.
How computers will influence the control of waste treatment, J Billingsley,
Proc. SERC meeting of water
and waste control "the way ahead," Imperial College, London, June
1982, pp50-54.
A low-cost vision system for robotics, J Billingsley, A A Hosseinmardi,
Proc. British Association
meeting, Brighton, August 1983.
Alternative pathways for process control using microprocessors, R
H Dadd, J Billingsley, Proc. Royal
Society of Chemistry Autumn conference, Swansea, 1983.
The craftsman robot, J Billingsley, F Naghdy, D Harrison, IEE Journal
Electronics and Power,
November 1983, pp805-808.
The craftsman robot, F Naghdy, J Billingsley, D Harrison, Digest
IEE colloquium on robots for
inspection and adjustment in manufacture, IEE Savoy Place, November
1983, pp2.1-2.3.
The craftsman robot, J Billingsley, F Naghdy, D Harrison, Digest
IEE meeting on robotics research in
the UK, IEE Savoy Place, December 1983.
On-line monitoring and optimal control of a wastewater treatment
process, G Naghdy, J Billingsley,
Proc. Process measurement control and applications, Institute of
Measurement and Control, June 1984,
pp23-40.
Robots with sensors and adaptability, J Billingsley, Proc. Analysis
84, London, Oct 1984.
Simulation of human judgement in a robot based adjustment system,
F Naghdy, J Billingsley, D
Harrison, Robotica 2, 1984, pp209-214.
Simple force sensing with the Unimation Puma, D Harrison, J Billingsley,
F Naghdy, Digest of IEE
Colloquium: Robotics - tactile sensing and force feedback, London,
Oct. 1984.
Craftsman computer integrated manufacture (CCIM), F Naghdy, J Billingsley,
D J Harrison, Journal of
Quality Assurance, 1 1(2) 1985, pp43-46.
Hierarchical control of a robot based adjustment and testing system,
F Naghdy, J Billingsley, D J
Harrison, Journal Institute of Measurement and Control, 18(4) 1985,
pp137-140.
The application of rule based methods to inspection and quality control
in a manufacturing process, D
Harrison, J Billingsley, F Naghdy, Proc. 3rd Annual Seminar on UK
Research in Robotics and
Automated Manufacture (published by Peter Peregrinus: Robots and
Automated Manufacture), London,
Dec. 1985, pp42-53.
Robot force sensing using stochastic monitoring of the actuator torque,
F Naghdy, J Lidbury, J
Billingsley, Proc, 3rd Annual Seminar on UK Research in Robotics
and Automated Manufacture,
(published by Peter Peregrinus as: Robots and Automated Manufacture),
London, Dec. 1985, pp139-
156.
Design and use of a novel servo power amplifier, D Sanders, J Billingsley,
Electronic Engineering,
August 1986, pp47-50.
The development of a pneumatically powered walking robot base, A
A Collie, J Billingsley, L Hatley,
Proc IMechE C377/86, Conf. UK Research in Advanced Manufacture,
London, Dec. 1986, pp137-143.
Adaptive path control to minimise current and torque transients in
motors using information from the
servo amplifiers connected to robot joints, D A Sanders, J Billingsley,
F Naghdy, Proc. CADCAM
conference, Birmingham, March 1987, pp355-363.
Computer automation of a single-stage wastewater treatment process,
F Naghdy, G Naghdy, D E Smith,
Symposium of the European Water Pollution Control Association, Munich,
May 1987, pp99-114.
Craftsman computer integrated quality and manufacture, D C Robinson,
J Billingsley, G Naghdy, D A
Sanders, A A Collie, Proc. 2nd International Conference on Robotics
and Factories of the Future, San
Diego USA, July 1987.
Stochastic obstacle detection and avoidance in a robot manipulator,
F Naghdy, B Luk, J Billingsley,
Proc. 2nd International Conference on Robotics and Factories of
the Future, San Diego USA, July 1987.
Robot path adaptation based on axis drive current monitoring including
discrimination between collision
and acceleration transients, D A Sanders, J Billingsley, F Naghdy,
D Robinson, A A Collie, Proc. 2nd
International Conference on Robotics and Factories of the Future,
San Diego USA, July 1987.
Parallel control of a wastewater treatment plant using a real-time
multi-tasking operating system, F
Naghdy, G Naghdy, D Smith, J Billingsley, Proc. Euromicro
conf., Portsmouth, September 1987, (pub.
North Holland: Microprocessing and Microprogramming 21), pp603-611.
A system for partitioned control of a robot, J Billingsley, IEE Proceedings
part D, vol. 134 no. 5, Sept.
1987, pp309-316.
Advances in Adaptive path control using information from servo amplifier
currents, D A Sanders, D
Herring, F Naghdy, J Billingsley, proc 3rd IEE Conference
on Electric Machines and Drives, no 282,
ISBN 0 85296356 4, London, Nov 1987. pp 300-305.
Industrial Robots: Application to automatic adjusting, J Billingsley.
Systems and Control Encyclopedia,
published by Pergamon Press 1987, ISBN 0 08 028709 3 pp2412-2415.
Stochastic compliance in robot based assembly, F Naghdy, B Luk, J
Billingsley, IEE International
conference Control 88 (pub. 285), Oxford, April 1988, pp462-467.
Stochastic force sensing applications in robotics, B Luk, F Naghdy,
J Billingsley, Proc. Euromicro 88,
Zurich, pub. North Holland, September 1988, pp 419-423.
Computer assisted quality for the small company, D Robinson, J Billingsley,
I Stott, Conference Factory
2000 (pub. 80), August 1988, pp403-410.
Research into on-line correction and adaptation of automated manufacturing
processes using inspection
and quality control data, D C Robinson, J Billingsley, proc IEE
fifth conference on "Exploitable UK
research for manufacturing industry", pub Peter Peregrinus, January
1989, pp150-158.
The integration of automatic testing and process adjustment via on-line
quality control in manufacturing,
D C Robinson, J Billingsley, IASTED conference on Robotics
and Information, Santa Barbara,
November 1989, 5pp.
Design and performance of the Portsmouth climbing robot, A A Collie,
J Billingsley, S F Mo, E von
Puttkamer, Proc 7th International Symposium on automation and robotics
in construction, June 1990,
Bristol.
Design and performance of the Portsmouth climbing robot, A A Collie,
J Billingsley, S F Mo, E von
Puttkamer, Mechatronic Systems Engineering, 1, pp 125-130
Fast model predictive control of a multivariable system, S F Mo,
J Billingsley, Proc IEE vol 157 part D
no. 6, Nov 1990, pp 364-366..
A climbing robot with minimal structure, J Billingsley, A A Collie,
B L Luk, Proc IEE conference
Control 91, March 1991, Edinburgh, 2, pp 813-815.
Robug II: an intelligent wall climbing robot, B L Luk, A A Collie,
J Billingsley, IEEE conference on
Robotics and Automation, April 1991, Sacramento, USA, pp 2342-2349.
Real time automatic path planning, D A Sanders, J Billingsley, D
C Robinson, proc dedicated conference
on Mechatronics (part of ISATA 91), Florence Italy, May 1991, pp
435-442.
On the design of position control systems, J Billingsley, Proc
IEE Part D, vol 138, no 4, July 1991, pp
331-336.
Automatic motion planning within a manufacturing system, D A Sanders,
E Mazharsolook, J Billingsley,
proc 8th international Conference on Systems Engineering, ISBN 0905949-102,
Coventry, Sept 1991, pp
916-923.
Generated feature-based design-by-constraints as a means of integration
within manufacturing industry,
Jacques M, Billingsley J, Harrison D, Computer-Aided Engineering
Journal, vol 8, no 6, pp261-268.
A transputer based laser scanning system, G E Tewkesbury, D J Harrison,
D A Sanders, J Billingsley, J
E L Hollis, Proc Singapore International Conference on Intelligent
Control and Instrumentation,
Singapore Feb 1992, vol 2, pp 746-750
Real time software control system for the Nero wall-climbing robot,
B L Luk, A A Collie, J Billingsley,
T White, N Bevan, Proc 4th Euromicro Workshop on Real Time Systems,
Athens, June 1992, pp 74-78
Do we really need mechatronics? J Billingsley, Proc NELCON
92, Wellington, New Zealand, 18-20
August 1992, pp 71-73.
An improved Wall Climbing Robot with Minimal Actuation, J. Billingsley,
A A Collie, M J Rook, Proc
1st IFAC International Workshop on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles,
Southampton UK, 18-21 April
1993, pp 14-19.
An Articulated Limb Climbing Vehicle with Autonomous Floor to Wall
Transfer Capability, B L Luk, A
A Collie, N Bevan, J Billingsley, Proc 1st IFAC International Workshop
on Intelligent Autonomous
Vehicles, Southampton UK, 18-21 April 1993, pp 20-24.
A Comparison of Automated Guidance Systems for a Variety of Operations
in the Growing of Cotton,
J Billingsley, M Schoenfisch, Australian Robot Association Workshop
on Robots in the Food Industry,
Brisbane, 12-13 July 1993.
Toad - a wall-climbing robot, J Billingsley, M J Rook, A A Collie,
Australian Robot Association
Conference, Robots for Competitive Industries, Brisbane, July 14-16
1993.
A Vision-guided Agricultural Tractor, J Billingsley, M Schoenfisch,
Australian Robot Association
Conference, Robots for Competitive Industries, Brisbane, July 14-16
1993.
Vision Systems in Agriculture, J Billingsley, M Schoenfisch, Proc
Mechatronics and Machine Vision in
Practice, Toowoomba Australia, September 13-15 1994, pp 16-21.
Design Aspects of a Leg for a Walking Robot, J Billingsley, A Collie,
Proc Mechatronics and Machine
Vision in Practice, Toowoomba Australia, September 13-15 1994, pp
162-165.
A Vision System for Agricultural Tractor Guidance, J Billingsley,
M Schoenfisch, Proc ICARCV 94,
Singapore, November 9-11 1994, pp 1941-1944.
Automatic guidance of agricultural vehicles, J Billingsley, M Schoenfisch,
proc 1995 National
Conference of the Australian Robot Association, Melbourne, July
1995, 25-32.
High speed manipulators for agricultural applications, J Billingsley,
S N Cubero, proc 1995 National
Conference of the Australian Robot Association, Melbourne, July
1995, pp 54-58.
A mechatronic cynic's view of control theory, J Billingsley, IEE
Computing and Control Engineering
Journal, vol 6, no 5, October 1995, pp 243-244.
A mechatronic cynic's view of control theory, (Co-Chairman's opening
address), J Billingsley, Proc
Second International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision
in Practice, Hong Kong,
September 12-14 1995, pp 1-4.
Automatic surface transition adaptation for a quadrupedal space frame
robot, S N Cubero, J Billingsley,
Proc Second International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine
Vision in Practice, Hong Kong,
September 12-14 1995, pp 113-118.
A novel proportional gas valve for mechatronics applications, S N
Cubero, J Billingsley, Proc Second
International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice,
Hong Kong, September 12-14
1995, pp 179-184.
Command and compliance of a leg for a walking robot, J Billingsley,
A A Collie, Proc Second
International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice,
Hong Kong, September 12-14
1995, pp 256-259.
Vision guidance of autonomous vehicles, J Billingsley, Proc 14th
Annual Mine Surveying Seminar,
Toowoomba 22-25 November 1995, pp 25-27.
Vision guidance at the University of Southern Queensland, J Billingsley,
M Schoenfisch, Engineering
Computing Newsletter issue 58, September 1995, pub. Rutherford Appleton
Lab, UK, pp 6-8.
Vision -Guidance of Agricultural Vehicles, J Billingsley, M Schoenfisch,
Autonomous Robots vol 2
(1995), pub Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston pp 65-78.
Vision and Mechatronics Applications at the NCEA, J Billingsley,
M Schoenfisch, proc fourth IARP
workshop on Robotics in Agriculture and the Food Industry, Toulouse
October 30-31, 1995, pp 101-
107.
Control fundamentals - a pragmatic approach, J Billingsley, Vicam
- Vision and Control Aspects of
Mechatronics, University of Minho, Guimaraes Portugal, September
1996, pp 37-44
Automatic control of a surface adapting, four legged wall climbing
robot, S J Cubero, J Billingsley,
Mechatronics 96 With Mechatronics & Machine Vision in Practice
96, University of Minho, Geuimaraes
Portugal, September 1996 pp 1.135-1.142.
The successful development of a vision guidance system for agriculture,
J Billingsley, M Schoenfisch,
Computers and electronics in agriculture (journal), Elsevier, Amsterdam
Netherlands, January 1997 pp
147-163.
An Engineer's Lament, J Billingsley, (Editorial). Engineering science
and education journal, IEE
London, April 1997 pp 50-51.
K Withers, J Billingsley, D Hirning, A Young, P McConnell, S Carlin,Torpor
in Sminthopsis macroura:
effects of dietary fatty acids, 10th International hibernation symposium;
Univ of New England Press,
Armidale, NSW, Australia, Jun 1996 pp. 217-222.
M Petty, J Billingsley, T Tran-Cong, Autonomous LHD Loading, 4th
Mechatronics and machine
vision in practice, Toowoomba; Australia, Sep 1997, pp. 219-224.
S Cubero, J Billingsley, Force, Compliance, and Position Control
for a Space Frame Manipulator, 4th
Mechatronics and machine vision in practice, Toowoomba; Australia,
Sep 1997. pp. 124-130.
A Maxwell, N Hancock, J Billingsley, Carbon Dioxide Sensing - A Mechatronic
Approach, 4th
Mechatronics and machine vision in practice, Toowoomba; Australia,
Sep 1997. pp. 79-83
J Billingsley, Australian robotics research, The Industrial robot, Vol 24, no 5, 1997, p 321
J Billingsley, J Stone, J Hilton, A mobile robot for training horses,
Proc int. conference on field and
service robotics, Canberra, Dec 1997
J.Billingsley, The choice of performance criteria for successful guidance systems, invited presentation to Workshop on Field Robotics: Theory and Practice, 1998 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Leuven, Belgium, May 16-20, 1998
N.Pandey, J.Billingsley, Automatic guidance and basecutter height control of sugar cane harvesters using acoustic signals, Proc 5th International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision, Nanjing, China, September 10-12, 1998, pp 289-292.
J.Billingsley, Teaching Control Fundamentals for Mechatronics and Robotics - the use of Javascript for simulation and animation, Invited Paper, Australian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Brisbane, March 30-April 1, 1999.
J Billingsley, Viewpoint: Fuzzy Future for Robotics?, Industrial Robot Journal, vol 26 no 4 1999, pp 246-247.
Kerry W Withers, Debra H White, John Billingsley, Torpor in the carnivorous marsupial Sminthopsis Macrouri: effect of food quality and quantity, chapter in Life in the Cold, ed. Heldmaier and Klingenspor, pub Springer Verlag, ISBN 3540674101, August 2000, pp 127-137.
J Billingsley, Automatic Guidance of Agricultural Mobiles at the NCEA, Industrial Robot Journal, MCS University press, England, vol 27 no. 6, 2000, pp 449-457.
J Billingsley, Low cost GPS for teh Autonomous Robot Farmhand, Mechatronics and Machine Vision, pub Research Studies Press, England, September 2000, ISBN 0-86380-261-3, pp 119-125
B J Schultz, J Billingsley, T Adamszak, The Mechatronic Bakery, Mechatronics and Machine Vision, Research Studies Press, England, September 2000, ISBN 0-86380-261-3, pp 105-112
S G McCarthy, J Billingsley, H Harris, Listening for Cane Loss, Mechatronics
and
Machine Vision, Research Studies Press, England, September 2000,
ISBN 0-86380-261-3, pp 113-118
N Stone, J Billingsley, Development of low-cost range instrumentation for collision avoidance applications, Mechatronics and Machine Vision, Research Studies Press, England, September 2000, ISBN 0-86380-261-3, pp 127-133.
P Aigner, J Billingsley, The BrowsMouse - Computer access with eyebrows, Mechatronics and Machine Vision, Research Studies Press, England, September 2000, ISBN 0-86380-261-3, pp 189-195.
N K Kanesen, J Billingsley, A Roller Skating Robot, Mechatronics and Machine Vision, Research Studies Press, England, September 2000, ISBN 0-86380-261-3, pp 283-292.
BILLINGSLEY, J., 2001, An Affordable Farm Guidance System, 8th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, pp 75 - 78.
BILLINGSLEY, J., 2001, Field Robots, 8th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, pp 16 - 19.
BILLINGSLEY, J., 2001, Javascript 'Jollies' can bring Simulations to Life, 12th Australasian Conference on Engineering Education, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, pp 63 - 67.
McCARTHY, S. G., BILLINGSLEY, J., & HARRIS, H., 2001, Where the Sweetness Ends, 8th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, pp 289 - 292.
McCARTHY, S.; BILLINGSLEY, J. A sensor for the sugar cane harvester topper Sensor Review, vol.22, no.3, 2002. p. 242-6, ISSN: 0260-2288 Emerald Publications, UK
Dunn M.,, Billingsley J and Finch N. (2003), “Machine
Vision Classification of Animals”, Mechatronics and Machine
Vision 2003:Future trends, pub Research Studies Press Ltd,
Ong, C. and Billingsley J., The Steering of Trailed
Implements for Tractor Path Tracking, Mechatronics and Machine Vision 2003:Future trends, pub
Research Studies Press Ltd,
Billingsley J., Dunlop R., An inverted pendulum for
teaching mechatronics principles and nonlinear feedback topology, Mechatronics and Machine
Vision 2003:Future trends, pub Research Studies Press Ltd, Baldock,
UK, ISBN 0 86380 290 7, pp 3-8
Billingsley J. and Withers K. (2004), “Measuring the density of dingo teeth with machine vision”, Sensor Review, v 24, n 4, 2004, p 361-363
Billingsley J., Billingsley W.H., “The animation of simulations and tutorial clients for on-line teaching,” Creating flexible learning environments, Proc 15th AAEE Conference, Toowoomba, September 2004, pp 532-540
Dunn, M. and
Billingsley, J. (2004), “A Machine
Vision System for Surface Texture Measurements of Citrus”, Proceedings
11th IEEE conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice,
Dunn, M.,
Billingsley, J., Raine, S. and
Piper, A. (2004), “Using Machine Vision for Objective Evaluation of Ground
Cover on Sporting Fields”, Proceedings 11th IEEE
conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice,
Billingsley J., “Viewpoint: The future of mechatronics,” Assembly Automation, Volume 24, No. 4, 2004, pp337-339
The growing science of control, J Billingsley, Pears Cyclopaedia, 79th ed., 1970 F60-61.
A multiprocessor research facility for control applications, J Billingsley,
D R S Hedgeland, J L
Moughton, Proc 2nd IEE conference TOLCCS, Sheffield, April 1975.
On-line hierarchical control of large systems using multiprocessors,
J Billingsley, M Singh, Proc 2nd
IEE conference TOLCCS, Sheffield, April 1975.
The acoustic telescope, J Billingsley, R Kinns, Journal of Sound
and Vibration, 48(4), 1976, pp485-510.
A multi-computer simulation of a sonar system, P Wilding, J Billingsley,
Proc. IEE conference
TOLCCS, Aston, Sept. 1977.
Exploiting the microprocessor, J Billingsley, Knowledge Exchange,
issue 3, pub. BOC International,
Feb 1979, pp20-23.
A microcomputer for control of a domestic oven, J Billingsley, Digest
of IEE colloquium on design of
microprocessor systems for the inexperienced user, London, Dec 1981,
pp3.1-3.2.
Since 1980, many articles announcing and reporting Micromouse contests
have been published in
Practical Computing, the Journal of the Japanese Micromouse association,
the reports of the Boston
Computer Museum, IEEE Spectrum, Personal Computer World, Practical
Electronics and others.
Crafty Moves (The Portsmouth Craftsman robot), Practical Computing,
vol 7, no.7, July 1984 pp128-30
The good old days (computer operating systems), Practical Computing,
vol 7, no.10, Oct 1984 pp187
188
Getting on to the right track (robot ping-pong), Practical Robotics,
20, 24-25 Sept-Oct 1984. (Four items
in successive issues)
Robots and the personal computer, J Billingsley, State of the Art
report D12, pub. Pergamon Infotech,
1984, pp3 8.
Predictive Control, J Billingsley, in Encyclopaedia of Systems &
Control, pub. Pergamon Press, 1987,
ISBN 0 08 028709 3 pp3866-3870
Software distribution via broadcast television signals, J Billingsley,
R J Billingsley, IEE Electronics
Letters, 21 (1) 1985, pp 444-445.
A series of articles on Visicode data transmission, J Billingsley,
Personal Computer World, July 1985
pp162-166, August 1985 pp194-196.
Robotics teaching - industries needs and academe's abilities, J Billingsley,
Digest of IEE colloquium on
personal robotics in education, London, July 1986.
Numerous articles for school science teachers and students, in IEE Electronics Systems News, including:
An experiment in on-line computer control, pp18-21.
Who wants to be an engineer? Autumn 1986,
A series of popular science and cautionary tales, some under the
title Citizen 2000, in IEE Electronics
Systems News (later renamed Electronics Education) and in the Science
Magazine of the University of
Southern Queensland (distributed by public sale and schools subscriptions).
The programmer's tale, (ESN)
The engineer's tale, (ESN)
The worker's tale, (ESN)
The partners' tale, (ESN)
The opportunist's tale, (ESN)
The Bard's tale. (Electronics Education.)
Hands-on science, (EE Autumn 1989).
What the heck is Mechatronics? (EE Autumn 1992, USQ Science
Magazine.)
Emotional Warming, (EE Summer 1993, USQ Science
Magazine)
Bang Goes another Theory, (EE Summer 1994, USQ Science Mag.
A Spot before your Eyes (USQ Science Mag.), So Bright the
Vision (EE, Autumn 1994)
Blame an Engineer (USQ Science Mag Spring 95), The hole
of the picture (EE, Autumn 1995)
Alien Contact (Electronics Education Summer 1996)
Cooker programmers with embedded microcomputers, J Billingsley, A
A Collie, T C Dadd, Proc
Euromicro conf. Portsmouth, (pub. North Holland Microprocessing
and Microprogramming), Sept 1987,
pp413-416.
THE ENGINEER'S LAMENT, ABC Radio National Science Show; Saturday, 17 August 1996
SHAKESPEARE'S DREAM, ABC Radio National Science Show; Saturday, 24 May 1997
DAD and DAVE robot stories, ABC Radio National Science Show, January 2000.
TV discussion
Lateline - 18/11/99: I robot, you obsolete. Australian Broadcasting Corp
BILLINGSLEY John, Floating plate gas valve, AU3974895, 1996, WO9617194, 1996
BILLINGSLEY John, Robot vehicular device for use on vertical surfaces, GB2280155, 1995
COLLIE Arthur, BILLINGSLEY John, Improvements in or relating to programmable timing apparatus, GB2120815, 1983
BILLINGSLEY John, electronic programmers, GB2200772, 1988
COLLIE Arthur, BILLINGSLEY John, Apparatus for recording and displaying control data, EP0190899, 1986
BILLINGSLEY John, Control of electric heating, GB2222278, 1990
BILLINGSLEY John, Sensor circuit, GB2206211, 1988
BILLINGSLEY John, SINGH, Harjit, Position control, GB2070285, 1981