We’re hiring!

We are currently recruiting for postdoctoral Research Fellows (LEVB) to work across each of our five research programs across our three Australian partner universities (QUT (Queensland University of Technology), University of Technology Sydney and Swinburne University of Technology.

We are committed to training and developing our researchers. The Centre offers a training program which has a strong emphasis on professional development as well as technical skills and includes opportunities to build knowledge, skills, experience, and professional standards through on-the-job tasks, social learning and formal training opportunities. There is also opportunities for postdocs to undertake placements at one or more of our partner organisations.

For information on each role available and link to apply, please visit our Postdoc Recruitment Information page.

Applications now open for:
– Human-Robot-Interaction Program based at QUT with supervisor and program co-lead Markus Rittenbruch and second program co-lead Jared Donovan
– Designing Socio-technical Robotic Systems Program based at QUT with supervisor and program co-lead Glenda Caldwell and second program co-lead Matthias Guertler from UTS – https://lnkd.in/giSdWkAS
– Human-Robot Workforce Program based at QUT with supervisor and program co-lead Paula McDonald and other program co-leads, Penny Williams and Greg Hearn (both QUT)

Applications opening soon for:
– Biomimic Cobots Program based at UTS with supervisor and program co-lead Teresa Vidal Calleja and second program co-lead XiaoQi Chen from Swinburne
-Quality Assurance and Compliance Program based at SUT with supervisor and program co-lead Nico Adams and second program co-lead Mickey Clemon from UTS.

We are pleased to announce the Australian Cobotics Centre is officially in operation!

The Centre is funded for 5 years as part of the Australian Research Council’s Industrial Transformation Research Program scheme and is focused on collaborative robotics in advanced manufacturing.

Centre Director Professor Jonathan Roberts leads a multidisciplinary team of researchers from QUT (Queensland University of Technology)(where the Centre is headquartered), University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Swinburne University of Technology who will work in collaboration with industry partners (B&R Enclosures, Cook Medical, Weld Australia, InfraBuild, IR4, TU Dortmund University, ARM Hub (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing)).

The Centre aims to improve the collaborative robotics capability within Australian manufacturing by training the next generation of manufacturing leaders, researchers, and technicians with collaborative robotics expertise.

The research programs address both the technological advances and the human and design factors that need to be considered when implementing collaborative robotics. Through this research and its implementation, the Centre will support manufacturers in creating a digitally-capable workforce of the future and a safer, more efficient and globally competitive Australian manufacturing industry.

We are currently recruiting Postdoctoral Research Fellows and PhD students at all our partner universities and all research programs (including Industrial relations, robotics, design, and more).

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Congratulations to the Australian Cobotics Centre Chief Investigators and Research Program Co-Leads Jared Donovan and Matthias Guertler on their recent promotions.

• Jared Donovan co-lead of the Human-Robot Interaction program was promoted to Associate Professor.  Jared was successful in the recent QUT promotion round
• Matthias Guertler, co-lead of the Designing Socio-Technical Robotic Systems program was promoted to Senior Lecturer in UTS’s recent promotion round.

These promotions are an acknowledgement of both of their extensive contributions to their university’s educational, research and leadership goals. The Centre will benefit immensely from their expertise and leadership.

The Centre is incredibly lucky to have both of these researchers on board!