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Australian Cobotics Centre

We are an ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Collaborative Robotics in Advanced Manufacturing.

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Our Centre is a collaboration of researchers from different universities and disciplines, and industry partners from a range of manufacturing industries.

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About
the centre

The Australian Cobotics Centre was established in August 2021.  Our research is focused on the implementation of Collaborative Robotics (or cobotics) within Australian Manufacturing.  The aim is to create a safer, more efficient and globally competitive manufacturing industry.

Our objectives are to:

  1. Improve the collaborative robotics capability within Australian manufacturing and,
  2. Train researchers, engineers, technologists and manufacturing leaders with the skills and expertise needed to apply collaborative robotics technology

Our researchers and industry partners work together and as a result, end users are always at the forefront of our research.

The research programs address both the technological advances and the human and design factors that need to be considered when implementing new technology. This multi-disciplinary and multi-industry approach will result in improved safety, quality assurance, production efficiency, process innovation and workforce readiness across the industry.

Support and Funding

Funding for the Centre is via the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council’s Industrial Transformation Research Program and the industry and university partners.

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News

04 Dec

ARTICLE: From Gut Feel to Evidence: Making the Case for Technology Adoption Through Quality Economics

By Munia Ahamed, UTS PhD Researcher, Australian Cobotics Centre Technology adoption decisions in manufacturing are often characterised by a tension ...

31 Oct

ARTICLE: Generalizable Interaction Recognition for Learning from Demonstration Using Wrist and Object Trajectories

Learning from Demonstration (LfD) enables robots to acquire manipulation skills by observing human actions. However, existing methods often face chall ...

09 Oct

ARTICLE: Making Cobots Ready-to-Hand: A Compliance Perspective 

Written by Katia Bourahmoune, UTS & Acting Co-Lead Quality Assurance and Compliance program Heidegger describes an equipment as ready-to-hand w ...

22 Sep

ARTICLE: The Art of Mechamimicry: Designing Prototyping Tools for Human-Robot Interaction

When we think about robotics, especially in high, stakes contexts like surgery, we often imagine advanced machines, complex algorithms, and high, tech ...

02 Sep

PhD Research Spotlight: Yuan Liu Enhancing Human-Robot Collaboration Through Augmented and Virtual Reality

Integrating collaborative robots (cobots) into human workspaces demands more than just technical precision, it requires human-centered design. PhD res ...

25 Aug

PhD Research Spotlight: Zongyuan Zhang Tackles Contact Tasks with Mobile Robots

PhD Research Spotlight: Zongyuan Zhang Tackles Contact Tasks with Mobile Robots As part of the Biomimic Cobots program within the Australian Cob ...

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