Robotics
Future automation and Industry 4.0: What lies in store for the engineering profession?
From robotics and autonomous systems to distributed sensing networks, 3D mapping, AI, computer vision and cybernetics, there's a lot happening...
Can robot pets help people in the same way as the real thing?
Companionship and mental stimulation can make a big difference to an elderly care patient’s quality of life. Could a robot...
Brick by brick, Lego is helping robots build their construction skills
Can machine learning and collaboration help robots learn to build Lego models? Yotto Koga hopes so, and that the construction...
Automation in the construction industry: From small robots, big things can grow
Building services engineer Daniel Messina is combining his passions for robotics and automation to take some of the grunt work...
“Change the narrative”: Australia’s autonomous systems industry starts a new chapter
The Sixth Wave Alliance grouping aims to link the robotics expertise of Australian researchers with Australian industry, which could benefit...
“Change the narrative”: Australia’s autonomous systems industry starts a new chapter
The Sixth Wave Alliance grouping aims to link the robotics expertise of Australian researchers with Australian industry, which could benefit...
Meet the engineer using rats to teach robots how to find their way
Humans have often looked to nature to build better machines. Professor Michael Milford discusses what path-finding robots can learn from...
What can robots learn from playing with Lego?
Why do robots play with Lego? It's not just for fun – the toy is helping them learn the skills...
Picking up objects within reach for robots thanks to new ‘grasp maps’
Picking up an object from a cluttered table is a task humans can do without even thinking. But for robots,...
Mining industry automation: “Let the robots take our dangerous and dirty jobs”
Should we fear automation taking over dangerous and dirty jobs? What if handing over these jobs to machines can save...
