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Gizmo gives space scientists a leg up at new exhibition

Modelled off insects like ants and cockroaches, our hexapods are designed to go where no robot or human can easily access. This includes space, and bots like CSIRO’s Data61’s Gizmo are well-suited to exploring new worlds, including places vehicles like the rovers used on Mars can’t. The Australian Space Discovery Centre has just opened at...

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This shape-changing robot can adapt to any outdoor environment

Described as the ‘Swiss army knife’ of robots, DyRET (Dynamic Robot for Embodied Testing) is thought to be the first quadruped that can morphologically adapt its structure insitu to efficiently traverse different outdoor environments. This novel capability could make DyRET a crucial tool in future search and rescue, monitoring and exploratory missions.

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Australian Droid and Robot joins the Early Adopters Program

Since its launch late last year, the Early Adopters Program has been enabling Australian companies to trial and build upon low risk, affordable and customisable technologies, creating new efficiencies and competitive advantages. The CatPack perception pack and accompanying perception software Wildcat the first pieces of technology that have been made available as part of the EAP. The systems can be attached...

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Exploring QLD caves autonomously with our robot fleet

While the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Subt-T Challenge might be postponed because of COVID-19, CSIRO’s Data61 Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group undertook a home-grown challenge of their own at the Chillagoe-Mungana Caves in North Queensland recently.

How machine learning is detecting seizures in people with traumatic brain injuries

By applying sensors, machine learning and energy harvesting technology, researchers at CSIRO, CSIRO’s Data61 and Australian medical device company Anatomics could prevent the development of seizure disorders in patients that have undergone decompressive surgery (craniectomy) through the creation of a data-driven and highly personalised treatment plan.

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Designing robots to detect and deactivate landmines

There have been 122,000 landmine casualties since global tracking began in 1999, with 25% occurring between 2015 to 2018 and a substantial percentage children. Demining is currently a painstakingly difficult task, with the detection, cost, and human risk presenting significant challenges to creating safe and secure landmine-free communities. Robotics are uniquely equipped to handle dangerous tasks such as these, a fact...

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D61 robots navigate nuclear power plant in international challenge

Small passages, sharp turns, stairs, large drops and steep climbs – these are some of the obstacles CSIRO’s Data61 robotics team faced in DARPA’s (the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) latest challenge, with the team placing a well-earned fourth. Held this year in Washington, the second circuit of the challenge, the Urban Circuit, required participants to navigate an abandoned nuclear...

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CSIRO’s Data61 SubT team at the DARPA’s Tunnel Circuit event

Data61’s SubT team took part in the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Subterranean Challenge Tunnel Event in Pittsburgh, USA on the 15th August. Just before the team took off to the US, we caught up with Fred Pauling, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group Leader, Data61. A squad of five autonomous robots and our SubT...

Cashing in: Australia’s role in $1trn robotic revolution

In his latest op-ed in the Australian Financial Review, CSIRO’s Data61 CEO Adrian Turner explores how we can unlock the economic and societal benefits of robots. Fifteen international teams from Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, Iran, Japan and Portugal recently descended on Sydney for the 2019 RoboCup Millennium Challenge. Eleven fully autonomous virtual robots known as...

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Australia wins (robot) Soccer World Cup

* Feature image credited to RoboCup Federation Not just fancy footwork – two sport savvy researchers from the University of Sydney and CSIRO’s Data61 with expertise spanning coding, data and complex systems have scored first place at one of the world’s most prestigious robotics competitions. Fifteen international teams from Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, Iran, Japan...