At the UTS Robotics Institute, our experts develop customised robotics solutions to maximise productivity, improve quality and safety, and generate efficiencies for our commercial, government and not-for-profit partners.
Our research partnerships
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Driving telco transformation
A new five-year agreement with NBN Co will see UTS Robotics Institute experts help tackle some of the challenges facing the telecommunications sector.
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Robots are coming to share your jobCollaborative robots might be small and lightweight, but thanks to a novel partnership between the UTS Robotics Institute and Nokia, their computational power could soon outstrip their size.
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Taming of the screw
A world-first collaboration with construction firm Aurecon is demonstrating the vast potential of robotics in mass timber building projects.
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Preventing sewer failureIn partnership with Sydney Water, UTS researchers have built an innovative remote-controlled robot to traverse the pipes beneath our feet and identify dangerous concrete corrosion.
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Revolutionising bridge maintenance
NSW Roads and Maritime Services were looking for a safer solution to the dirty and dangerous work of maintaining steel bridges. UTS researchers delivered – in the form of an autonomous robot.
Our research themes
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At the UTS Robotics Institute, we undertake innovative and challenging research in robotics across four core focus research themes.
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Sensing, perception and estimation
Using artificial intelligence and sensing technologies to move robots through complex and uncertain environments.
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Robotic systems
Building complex robotic systems including biologically inspired robots, underwater robots, drones and soft-gripping robots.
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Control, planning and coordination
Controlling robots with trajectory and path planning, multi robot coordination, and long term operation.
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Human-robot interaction
Collaborating between people and robots including intention and behaviours, mission objective setting, physical interactions, and brain-robot interaction.
