Drones deliver vaccines to remote areas of the South Pacific in world-first trial
A Melbourne-based startup founded by a robotics engineer and former RAAF pilot has bagged world-first commercial contracts to ship vaccines ...
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Engineers are trying to help the Great Barrier Reef make a comeback
The Great Barrier Reef is in trouble – and time is running out. Two very different projects are using engineering ...
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 ...
Collaborative robots and people: The perfect partnership?
The future of robotics is collaborative, according to one researcher hoping to help machines and humans work in harmony.
How imagination and creativity are helping make STEM more diverse
Since completing her degree in computer information systems at the University of Jordan, Lina Qasem has moved to Melbourne where ...
This Herculean millirobot could one day deliver drugs inside your body
A soft-bodied millirobot developed by researchers at the City University of Hong Kong (City U) could one day guide medical ...
Killer robots – should we be scared?
Despite concerns over autonomous weapons, the social impacts of other aspects of artificial intelligence are starting to be seen and ...
Engineering in the movies: Expert breaks down the good, the bad and the ridiculous
You ever see a movie and wonder if the amazing things on screen are remotely possible? Meet an engineer who ...
Judgment Day: Australian and Chinese engineers bring liquid metal to life
The liquid metal T-1000 might have felt advanced and futuristic when Terminator 2 first came out. But a group of ...
Unique robot design helps students save a world in danger at yearly competition
Second-year engineering students gathered at the yearly Warman Design and Build Competition to help save a world on the verge ...
