#robotics

Meet Australia’s team of robot ‘Olympians’

Meet Dr Navinda Kottege and the robot 'Olympians' representing Australia in the DARPA Subterranean Final Challenge.

Robots playing soccer on a soccer field

Cashing in: Australia’s role in $1trn robotic revolution

Australia's recent victory in the Robocup underlines our strengths in this fast emerging industry.

Robot rings in Phar Lap trifecta

We all know the Melbourne Cup as the race that stops the nation; bringing together punters, public holiday enthusiasts and […]

Beyond R2-D2: Australian manufacturing’s robotics wish-list

By Peter Kambouris, Theme Leader, Agile Manufacturing  In 1977, George Lucas’ Star Wars introduced us to R2-D2, an intelligent bot […]

Meet our Yoda of robotics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSWiZR6BjJ4&feature=youtu.be Today marks a very special occassion for all geeks around the globe -International Star Wars Day (aka May-the-fourth-be-with-you Day). To […]

May-the-fourth be with our bots

May-the-fourth be with you. Sci-fi fans and geeks around the world are gearing up to celebrate some of the most popular […]

Virtual tours are now possible at the National Museum of Australia.

A day at the museum: when robots come to life

Today our latest robots come to life. The stars of our Museum Robot project, B1 and B2, will use telepresence […]

Robot close-up

Stealth robots: spying on wildlife just got real

By Ashley Tews- Research Scientist, ICT Centre The ability to track wildlife in natural environments while remaining undetected poses many technological […]

Starbug found!

Yesterday we reported a case of a missing robot. The autonomous underwater submarine, also known as Starbug, didn’t arrive back at […]

Why the Australian manufacturing industry needs the next generation of robots

By Alberto Elfes, Science leader for robotics Amid the gloom about the prospects for manufacturing in Australia — and the […]