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.

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05 December 2017

(L-R) Professor Archie Johnston, Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies, Rob Atkinson, Rio Tinto’s head of Productivity & Technical Support, and Professor Salah Sukkarieh, Program Lead, Rio Tinto Centre for Mine Automation.

Celebrating a decade of smart mining solutions

Leading global mining group Rio Tinto and the University of Sydney have celebrated the 10th anniversary of their multimillion dollar research partnership aimed at increasing innovation in mining.

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21 November 2017

AI expert awarded one of America's highest science honours

University of Sydney Professor of Computer Science Dacheng Tao has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the highest honours in the field.

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06 November 2017

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University of Sydney joins new network to drive defence research

The University of Sydney is one of seven NSW universities who have founded a new network to bolster defence-related research and development activity across the state.

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12 September 2017

Robotics professor unlearns what it means to be human

Engineering extraordinaire, Professor Salah Sukkarieh, tackles what it means to be human in the wake of artificial intelligence.

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31 August 2017

Eureka Prize for University of Sydney robotics expert

University of Sydney engineer Professor Salah Sukkarieh has won the 2017 CSIRO Eureka Prize for Leadership in Innovation and Science, presented at a gala dinner on 30 August in the Sydney Town Hall...