Robotics and intelligent systems

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Can robots enable people to live and work more safely and efficiently? Our research looks at the social, ethical, legal and economic implications of robotics and develops new systems and technologies to benefit the people and industries that use and interact with them.

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Two ACFR robots in action in a farm field, one wheeled, one drone

Australian Centre for Field Robotics

Our centre focuses on the research, development and application of autonomous and intelligent robots, and systems for use in outdoor environments.

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Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems

The centre researches the social, ethical, legal and economic implications of robotics and intelligent systems, particularly in areas of transportation, health and medicine, the environment, primary industries, emergency services, the workplace and home.

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13 March 2018

Anastasia Volkova, PhD student and CEO of FluroSat

School for startups: the course launching new student businesses

PhD student Anastasia Volkova has raised $1.5 million for her startup, which could transform the way farmers grow crops. It all began when she enrolled in a course that blends innovative research with business skills.

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12 March 2018

PhD candidate Andrew Gong with the aircraft used during the hydrogen fuel cell-powered flight trials in 2017.

Hydrogen-powered drones take flight in Sydney

In a world first, a team of researchers from Sydney have successfully powered an unmanned aircraft flight with a triple hybrid propulsion system featuring one of the cleanest energies on Earth – hydrogen.