POSTED: 16 Apr, 2026

We’re proud to congratulate James Dwyer on winning the Robotics Australia Group Excellence in Robotics Award (Industrial Robotics – Pre‑commercial). This national recognition highlights his innovative work on the Kinematic Puppet.

Congratulations also to our outstanding finalists:

• Zongyuan Zhang (QUT) – Acoustic Feedback for Robotic Grinding. read more about his Project here:  1.1 – Contact task execution by robot with non-rigid fixation and in Zongyuan’s LinkedIn Post about the event.
• Mariadas Capsran Roshan (Swinburne University) and Edgar Mauricio Hidalgo Florez (Swinburne University of Technology) representing their two submissions
  • Case Study: Automation of Shower Base Manufacturing Using Hot Plate Welding and Robotics
    Team Members: Mariadas Capsran Roshan, Mats Isaksson, Mostafa Nikzad, Shammi Nisha, Rebecca Lowery, Vikram Sachdeva, Jagannatha Charjee Pyaraka
  • Case Study: A Robotic Platform for Teleoperated Echocardiography
    Team Members: Edgar Mauricio Hidalgo, Mats Isaksson, Tom Marwick, Leah Wright, Mariadas Capsran Roshan, Yue Yin

The event also sparked a mini ACC reunion, with former UTS postdoc Fouad (Fred) Sukkar joining the celebrations.

Thank you to the Robotics Australia Group, especially former CEO Nicci Rossouw and Chair Sue Keay, for hosting a fantastic awards night and expo.

Read more: Robotics Australia Group