Events

Seminar Series: Understanding Entrainment in Human Groups: Optimising HRC from Lessons Learned during Human-Human Collaboration

Zoom

Join us for this special webinar, organised by Dr Stine Johansen from our Human-Robot Interaction program. “Understanding Entrainment in Human ...

Seminar Series: Complexity of Manufacturing Workforce Diversity

Zoom

The Australian government has indicated the importance of increasing the size and skill level of the manufacturing workforce. It is well known that th ...

Seminar Series: Workforce Planning and Optimal task allocation case studies

Zoom

In this talk, Dave Scerri, CEO of Biarri Optimisation, will provide an overview of some of the problems faced in the workforce planning and task alloc ...

Seminar Series: Empowering Robots with Continuous Space and Time Representations

Zoom

Please join us for our May public seminar with Teresa Vidal Calleja from the University of Technology Sydney on “Empowering Robot ...

DJFM Industry 4.0 awareness & experience workshop

Throughout Victoria - see below

REGISTER HEREDJFM Industry 4.0 awareness & experience workshop  Explore alternative ways of creating value for your business using Industry 4 ...

Seminar Series: Harmonizing Mind and Machine: Strategies for Symbiotic Knowledge Exchange in Collaborative robots

Zoom

Please join PhD Researcher from UTS, Munia Ahamed as she presents “Harmonizing Mind and Machine: Strategies for Symbiotic Knowledge Exchange in ...

Seminar Series: RoboBlox: A new kind of breeze blocks

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Join QUT’s Dr Müge Belek Fialho Teixeira for an engaging seminar titled RoboBlox: A new kind of breeze blocks. RoboBlox are sustainable br ...

Seminar Series: Advanced Manufacturing: The Challenges of Managing Change

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Join A/Prof Penny Williams and Postdoctoral Research Fellow Melinda Laundon for an engaging seminar on Advanced Manufacturing: The Challenges of Manag ...

Call for Papers: Designing for People in Human-Robot Collaboration issue

Interaction Design & Architecture(s) Journal

CALL FOR PAPERS – Designing for People in Human-Robot Collaboration issue Our postdoctoral research fellows, Stine Johansen and A ...

Seminar Series: A Postphenomenological Perspective on Robotics – And Why We Should Care

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Join Postdoctoral research Fellow, Stine Johansen for an engaging seminar on ways that technology shapes people’s relationships with the world, ...

Seminar Series: Collaborative Robotics in German Manufacturing and Logistics

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In this talk, Professor Tobias Kaupp will present applied research in the area of collaborative robotics which is driven by German industry demands. T ...

Seminar Series: Risk assessment tools for collaborative robots

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Collaborative robots have transformed how we work alongside machines, eliminating the need for those old-school safety fences. But making sure cobots ...

Event: Cobots in Australian Manufacturing Webinar

Zoom

DATE CHANGE – This event has been moved from 25th July to 29th August. Weld Australia’s Advanced Manufacturing Industry Network will host a fr ...

Seminar Series: A Novel Approach for Production Planning and Productivity Improvements in Dynamic Production Systems using Discrete Event Simulation and Heuristic Methods.

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Join us for an informative public seminar with Ruba Al-zqebah, an Associate PhD researcher at the Australian Cobotics Centre. In this session, Ruba wi ...

Seminar Series: Supporting the digitally-enabled future manufacturing workforce: the role of education and training systems

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Join our Postdoctoral Researcher Melinda Laundon, and TAFE Queensland’s merging Industries Business Development Manager, Shawn O’Sullivan, ...

Seminar Series: Why don’t cobots collaborate? Challenges and opportunities in human-robot collaboration (Public Seminar)

Zoom

Collaborative robots (cobots) are specifically designed to work alongside humans, offering the potential for increased efficiency, flexibility, and sa ...

In-person event: Encounters with Cobots at Swinburne

Intelligent Robotics Lab, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Melbourne

Join us on 5th July at the Intelligent Robotics Lab, Swinburne University of Technology. The Australian Cobotics Centre welcomes you to visit the ...

Collaborative Robots: the benefits, limitations and potential for Australian Manufacturers

Zoom

Collaborative robots, or cobots, are becoming increasingly popular in manufacturing due to their ability to work alongside humans safely and efficient ...

Seminar Series: Implementing collaborative robots (cobots) in the workplace

Zoom

PhD Researcher Fikre Gebremeskel and Postdoctoral Research Fellow Alan Burden present an engaging seminar on implementing collaborative robots (cobots ...

Seminar Series: A Scoping review on preserving Quality assurance and Compliance during emergent behaviour of Collaborative Robots (Cobots) in automated processes

Zoom

As humans adapt and familiarise with their cobot teammates, emergent work patterns and behaviours are likely to evolve and be subject to change. In th ...

Advancing manufacturing: Exploring the human element of the journey

ARM Hub, 53 Holland Street, Northgate QLD 4013

Save the date: Tuesday, 7 February 2023 Join Jobs Queensland and the Australian Cobotics Centre as they share some exciting s ...

Call for participation: 2022 OzCHI Workshop – Empowering People in Human-Robot Collaboration

Canberra | Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country

Empowering People in Human-Robot Collaboration: Bringing Together and Synthesising Perspectives Researchers from the Australian Cobotics Centre and CS ...

‘Immersive Digital Twins for Designing Cobot Systems’ Seminar

Zoom

Digital twins are virtual representations of the real world, including objects. Digital twin technology has evolved to a point where it is possible to ...

Illustrating Robot Motions

Zoom

 In efforts to disseminate research on human-robot interaction, many researchers use illustrations of robotic motions. These illustrations are no ...

Cobotics in Quality Assurance and Compliance

Zoom

The use of cobotics in the workplace and the relationships between the human and robot in a team scenario create challenges in terms of how the compli ...

Sustainability in Australian Manufacturing through Collaborative Robotics panel discussion

online via Zoom

Time: 23rd August 2022, 10-11am AEST Manufacturing expert Shay Chalmers, led a panel discussion about the role of cobotics in sustainable manufacturin ...

Shaping Manufacturing with Technology – Research showcase – in-person event

ARM Hub, 53 Holland Street, Northgate QLD 4013

Friday I 15 July I 9:00 – 4pm I Brisbane Join us in-person for a day of demonstrations and talks about how the latest robotics technology can b ...

Opportunities and Challenges on the path to Advanced Manufacturing Seminar

Online event

Event Details Opportunities and Challenges on the path to Advanced Manufacturing Seminar This seminar from 7th July 2022,  showcased research on ...

PANEL DISCUSSION: Rebuilding Australian Manufacturing post-Covid-19 with collaborative robotics

Online event

Event Details Rebuilding Australian Manufacturing post-Covid-19 with collaborative robotics. Manufacturing is required for almost everything we use. C ...

Perception in Robotics and Applications to Material Processing Seminar

Online event

Event Details  Perception in robotics is arguably the bottleneck for autonomy. Developing efficient, accurate, on-line, off-line and mainly proba ...

PhD Information Session

Online event

Interested in doing a PhD? One of the top priorities for the Australian Cobotics Centre is to foster the growth of future leaders and build capacity t ...

Workshop Seminar – Cobot Work Health and Safety Guidelines

Online event

Event Details Collaborative robots (cobots) are emerging technologies designed to work and perform cooperative tasks alongside humans in a shared spac ...

Participatory Design & Co-Design in Manufacturing seminar

Online event

Event Details  Learn about over the history and the core principles of Participatory Design in particular industrial settings. Lots can go wrong ...

Current Developments in Medical Robotics Seminar from Swinburne’s Manufacturing Futures Research Institute

Online event

Join one of the Centre’s Chief Investigators, Dr. Mats Isaksson on 15th February to hear him talk about current developments within Medica ...

Collaborative Robots- showcasing value and possibilities

Zoom Webinar

Event Details  The Australian Cobotics Centre teamed up with Weld Australia to present a webinar on the 29th November on how collaborative robots ...

Recruitment Information Session

Are you interested in joining the Australian Cobotics Centre?  Watch the recording on YouTube! We held an information session on 13th September for a ...