Robotics

How team CSIRO’s Data61 won silver at the ‘Robot Olympics’

Here, Team Leader of team CSIRO’s Data61 and Group Leader of Data61’s Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group Dr Navinda Kottege shares a behind-the-scenes look at the techniques, strategies, and technology the team employed during the Challenge.

A BIA5 Ozbot outfitted with technology designed by CSIRO's Data61

Team CSIRO’s Data61 representing Australia in ‘robot Olympics’

Team CSIRO’s Data61 will represent Australia – and the Southern Hemisphere –in the ‘robot Olympics’ this month in the United States. Experts from around the world have spent the past three years pushing the boundaries of autonomous robotic technology to map, navigate and search environments as part of the Subterranean Challenge, run by the US  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]