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Safe Work NSW tender awarded to UTS team

BY Matthias Guertler

POSTED: 31 May, 2021

Congratulations to Chief Investigator Matthias Guertler and the team from UTS!  They have been awarded a tender from The NSW Centre for Work Health and Safety (part of the NSW government).

The project will develop design principles and guidelines for work health and safety in a shared environment, where humans and autonomous collaborative robots work side by side.

The project will last 12 months and started mid June 2021.  Contact Matthias if you would like to discuss further.

About the author

Matthias Guertler is a Lecturer (assistant professor) and member of the management board of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Group at the University of Technology Sydney. He holds a German engineering PhD in mechanical engineering (Dr.-Ing.) from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, along ... more

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