With more than 80 researchers, the UTS Robotics Institute has one of the largest robotics research teams in Australia.
Our people
![Kai Pan and Dr Ravi Ranasinghe demonstrate the Smart Hoist](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_generic_large_x1/public/2023-07/_19A6072_UTS%20MCU_AndyRoberts_lr%20%281%29.jpg?itok=efhhWN3x)
Kai Pan and Dr Ravi Ranasinghe demonstrate the Smart Hoist. Image: Andy Roberts.
Members
![Dr Alen Alempijevic](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-03/Dr%20Alen%20Alempijevic.jpg?itok=haP1pO4a)
Dr Alen Alempijevic
Director of Robotics in Agriculture
EXPERTISE - Field robotics, Intelligent robotics, Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics, Distributed systems and algorithms, Data structures and algorithms.
![Distinguished Professor Dikai Liu](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-03/DikaiLiu_Round.jpg?itok=e6w-HPsE)
Distinguished Professor Dikai Liu
Strategic Research Director
EXPERTISE - Intelligent robotics, Field robotics, Assistive robots and technology, Manufacturing robotics.
![Dr Felix Kong](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-04/DrFelixKong.jpg?itok=Vm-nWN4q)
Dr Felix Kong
Member
EXPERTISE - Control engineering, legged robots, multi-robot systems, path-planning under uncertainty, field robotics.
![Dr Gavin Paul](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-03/DrGavinPaul.jpg?itok=N_-bjrMY)
Associate Professor Gavin Paul
Director of Next Frontiers in Robotics
EXPERTISE - Artificial intelligence, Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics, Manufacturing engineering.
![Dr Graeme Best](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-04/GBest_Round.jpg?itok=h-2esnSX)
Dr Graeme Best
Member
EXPERTISE - Field robotics, Intelligent robotics, Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics, Distributed systems and algorithms, Data structures and algorithms.
![Associate Professor Jaime Valls Miro](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-04/Jaime.jpg?itok=gLFjr2wd)
Associate Professor Jaime Valls Miro
Director of Robotics in Infrastructure
EXPERTISE - Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics, Assistive robots and technology, Intelligent robotics.
![Dr Liang Zhao](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-03/DrLiangZhao.jpg?itok=-XBKFmg3)
Dr Liang Zhao
Director of Robotics in Health
EXPERTISE - Medical robotics, Intelligent robotics.
![image of Marc Carmichael](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/ENG-Marc-Carmichael-3475-thumb.jpg?itok=r_FiaLJ_)
Dr Marc Carmichael
Director of Teaching and Student Engagement
EXPERTISE- Assistive robots and technology, Collaborative Robotics (Cobots), Intelligent robotics, Human-in-the-loop robotic systems, Mechanical and Mechatronic system design.
![Dr. Raphael Falque](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-05/RaphaelRound.jpg?itok=O2ZooBnJ)
Dr. Raphael Falque
Member
EXPERTISE - Field robotics, Artificial intelligence, 3D perception, and deep learning.
![Professor Robert Fitch](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-03/Robert%20Fitch.jpg?itok=vbMHttqn)
Professor Robert Fitch
Director of Robotics in Defence
EXPERTISE - Field robotics, Intelligent robotics.
![Professor Sarath Kodagoda Director Robotics Institute](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-03/SarathKodagoda.jpg?itok=rdpEzkqs)
Professor Sarath Kodagoda
Director
EXPERTISE - Field robotics, Intelligent robotics, robotic perception, human robot interaction, Artificial intelligence, mechatronics engineering.
![Professor Shoudong Huang](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-03/ShoudongHuang_Round.jpg?itok=634ELdXj)
Professor Shoudong Huang
Deputy Director
EXPERTISE - Artificial intelligence, Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics, Mechanical engineering.
![Associate Professor Teresa Vidal-Calleja](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-03/Teresa%20Vidal-Calleja.jpg?itok=wSPMzFxe)
Associate Professor Teresa Vidal-Calleja
Research Director
EXPERTISE - Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics, Intelligent robotics.
Associate Members
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
![Amal Gunatilake](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-05/Amal.jpg?itok=26yi1JX-)
Dr. Amal Gunatilake
![Dr. Fred Sukkar](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-05/Dr.%20Fred%20Sukkar.jpg?itok=h1xE_4vk)
Dr. Fred Sukkar
![KaryneAng](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-05/KaryneAng.jpg?itok=QGkpc_6I)
Dr. Karyne Ang
![Lan Wu](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-05/Lan_Wu.jpg?itok=0r-W5DKG)
Dr. Lan Wu
![Dr. Lili Bykerk](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-05/Dr.%20Lili%20Bykerk.jpg?itok=v8PXjT91)
Dr. Lili Bykerk
![Maleen Jayasuriya](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-05/Maleen.jpg?itok=eHDkp7vu)
Dr Maleen Jayasuriya
![Dr Ravi Ranasinghe](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-05/Ravi.jpg?itok=1A8Z53nD)
Dr. Ravindra Ranasinghe
![Robotics Institute Logo in Circle](/sites/default/files/styles/wysiwyg_medium_x1/public/2023-05/RI%20Circle.jpg?itok=eJvBbjwF)
Dr Yanhao Zhang
Research Engineers
PhD and Masters Students
NAME | RESEARCH TOPIC | PRIMARY SUPERVISOR |
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A K M Nadimul Haque | Effective Mobile Cobot Manipulation with Deep Reinforcement Learning | Teresa Vidal Calleja |
Andre Nunez | Multi-objective ship routing under uncertainty | Robert Fitch |
Aron Turner | Investigating Low-level Control Utilising End-to-End Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robotic Manipulation in the field of Physical Human-Robot Interaction | Marc Carmichael |
Benny Dai | Project Daredevil - Providing Foresight to the Visually Impaired through Robotic Perception | Teresa Vidal Calleja |
Calvin D'Couto | Subterranean Robotic locomotion and simultaneous localisation & mapping in small diameter complex communication conduit piping. | Sarath Kodagoda |
Chonghao Cheng | Deformable Visual SLAM with Deep Learning to achieve Augmented Reality for Minimally Invasive Surgery | Shoudong Huang |
Clyde Webster | A Parrot-inspired Tripedal Robot for Climbing Sparse Vertical Structures | Robert Fitch |
Dac Dang Khoa Nguyen | Investigating different deployment and task allocation strategies for multi-robot system in area coverage objectives | Gavin Paul |
Daniel Perez Banuelos | Semi-real Data Synthesis and Deep Learning for Contamination Detection in Wool Fleece | Alen Alempijevic |
Dinh Dang Khoa Le | Multi-robot multi-human teaming for construction automation | Dikai Liu |
Dinh Tung Le | Effective Human-Robot Interaction with Extended Reality | Gavin Paul |
Dominik Slomma | Visual Simultanouesly Localization and Mapping in deformable Environments | Liang Zhao |
Esmail Al-Andoli | Modelling and machine learning based control of lightweight flexible robot arms for industrial applications | Dikai Liu |
Freddy Santiago Caro Diaz | Links with Variable Stiffness and Their Applications in Robotics | Marc Carmichael |
Giovanni D'urso | Active segmentation/classification with multi-robot teams | Robert Fitch |
Hongkyoon Byun | Visual-inertial SLAM solver for drone navigation | Shoudong Huang |
Isira Damsith Wijegunawardana | A modular mapping and path planning strategy for dynamic and deformable environments | Shoudong Huang |
Jennifer Wakulicz | Improving Accuracy and Efficiency of Estimation for Informative Path Planning | Robert Fitch |
Kai Pan | Visual SLAM in Deformable Environments | Shoudong Huang |
Katia Bourahmoune | Smart Interventions for Wellness Training: Modeling Human Posture using Artificial Intelligence. | Marc Carmichael |
Katie Powell | Social Robots with Emotional Affordances in Real World HRI | Sarath Kodagoda |
Kwun Yiu Cadmus To | Mutual Localisation in Underwater Glider Networks | Robert Fitch |
Louis Fernandez | An Application of Multimodal Human Robot Collaboration | Marc Carmichael |
Mengya Xu | SLAM Research Based on Multi-sensor Fusion | Shoudong Huang |
Mohammad Okour | Using Machine Learning to Detect Body Condition Score | Alen Alempijevic |
Monisha Mushtary Uttsha | Learning 3D Mapping Representations for Advanced Echolocation with Smart Glasses for the Blind | Teresa Vidal Calleja |
Nguyen Thanh Trung Le | Dynamically-feasible Real-time Local Planning for Fast Off-road Robotic Vehicles | Graeme Best |
Parikshit Acharya | Smart Sensing Technology for Concrete Infrastructure Sub-surface Condition Assessment | Sarath Kodagoda |
Qiao Wang | Robot Trust and Self-confidence Based Role Arbitration Method for Physical Human-robot Collaboration | Marc Carmichael |
Resul Dagdanov | Improving Trustworthiness of Human-Robot Interactions for Safety-Critical Applications | Dikai Liu |
Rhett Hull | Achieving Operational Viability of Robotic Platforms by Projection | Robert Fitch |
Sangmim Song | Active Sensing and Perception for Socially Assistive Robotics | Sarath Kodagoda |
Sathira Wickramanayake Mudalige Don | Intelligent Structural Integrity Sensing of Pipes and Pipe Linings | Sarath Kodagoda |
Sheila Sutjipto | Assistance-as-needed Manipulator Control for Physical Human-Robot Interaction | Gavin Paul |
Shengduo Chen | Research on Machine Learning Used in SLAM for Automatic System | Liang Zhao |
Tiancheng Li | Robotic System and Surgical Navigation to Assist Total Hip Replacement Surgery | Shoudong Huang |
Vinu Vihan Maddumage | Behavioural Planning for Multi-Agent Robot Systems | Sarath Kodagoda |
William McDonald | Robotics Perception with Unconventional Sensors (Electromagnetic) | Teresa Vidal Calleja |
Xing Wang | Efficient Defect Classification and Quantification in Underground Pipe Structures Using Multi-Model Machine Learning Approach | Sarath Kodagoda |
Yang Song | Towards Consistent and Efficient SLAM Back-End Techniques: Theory Framework and Filter Design | Shoudong Huang |
Yeman Fan | Novel Methodologies and Mechanisms for Design of Reconfigurable Robots for Integrity Assessment of Façade Panels of Buildings | Dikai Liu |
Yingyu Wang | Laser SLAM Based on Occupancy Grid Map | Shoudong Huang |
Yiran Zhou | A world-first thoracoscopic surgical instrument for minimally invasive robotically-enabled transplantation of 3D bioprinted heart patches | Liang Zhao |
Zhengyue Liu | Robotics Perception with Unconventional Sensor | Teresa Vidal Calleja |
Ziqi Wang | Mobile human-robot interaction manipulator | Marc Carmichael |
Zulkarnain Zainudin | Efficient behaviour based information driven human tracking system for long term occlusion recovery | Sarath Kodagoda |