Becoming a robotic dog whisperer
How an electricity distributor in South Australia trained a robotic dog called Spot through reinforcement learning, priming its workforce to ...
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Australian researchers discover how to automate blood donations
Researchers at Swinburne University have created an automation system for processing blood packs, saving workers from this time intensive task.
Australian engineers build world-first EX-rated inspection robot
Until recently inspecting tight combustible spaces could only be done by humans. The Magneto-EX aims to change that.
Australian robotics research stands the test of time
More than a decade after Associate Professor Hanna Kurniawati co-authored a paper on robotic movement, her research into developing smarter ...
Engineers built a robot to venture where no human can — into a wombat burrow
Australian researchers have created a robot that can traverse burrows looking for mites that cause disease in wombats.
This company wants to make robots less clumsy
Robots can do a lot of things but, compared to a human, they are remarkably clumsy. This company wants to ...
Australian-engineered smart robotic recycling system has soft plastics in the bag
In 2017-18, only six per cent of Australian soft plastic waste was recycled. The rest added to the growing mountain ...
This robot ventures into Sydney’s sewers so people don’t have to
A UTS team has developed an award-winning robotics system that can inspect pipes without having humans crawl into sewers.
By ‘hearing’, robots gain a new sense of their surroundings
Researchers have found that sounds can help robots differentiate between objects, opening up exciting new possibilities.
