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If you are a researcher or a potential industry partner and are interested in our work, get in contact. We would love to collaborate with you.

We welcome all collaboration interest in the Australian Cobotics Centre.  If you don’t fit one of the categories below, you may wish to join our Affiliates Group.

We invite any individuals or groups (e.g. external researchers, practitioners, industry representatives, community groups and adjuncts) with an interest in advanced manufacturing and the impact of collaborative robotics on the manufacturing industry to join our Affiliates group.

As part of this group you will have first access to the Centre’s activity program which will include face to face events, podcasts, webinars and forums with both national and international thought leaders.  Sign up here.

“We are quite delighted to have the opportunity to be working with the Australian Cobotics Centre so that we can marry the work of the robotics with the knowledge of our people.”

Chris Bridges-Taylor
Director of B & R Enclosures

Please contact us if you are interested in working with the Australian Cobotics Centre.

The Centre offers great benefits to our industry partners:

  • Access to full range of research projects, outcomes from research including IP that can be used within your field.
  • Flexible and adaptive approach to research and its application to mirror the needs of your business.
  • Access to international and national experts in the field, free of charge.
  • Collaboration with other companies who have similar challenges and the opportunity to work together to learn and grow and adapt to those challenges.

Find out more

We have one MPhil scholarship available, all PhD projects have been filled.

We are currently seeking Expressions of Interest for our final Masters scholarship to commence by mid-2025!

There is just one Masters scholarship remaining at QUT in Brisbane – details here: Project 2.1: Robotic Intention visualisation (Master of Philosophy) » Australian Cobotics Centre | ARC funded ITTC for Collaborative Robotics in Advanced Manufacturing

Each research topic is based at one of our three partner universities, and, if successful, the candidate would be enrolled at this institution and be required to adhere to that universities policies and conditions.

If you have an area of interest that you feel is relevant to the research program but not addressed in one of the topics, please do still submit an expression of interest detailing your proposed topic and supervisor of interest.

Find out more about our PhD program:

We also welcome visitors of many different types to our institutions and invite you to contact us if you are interested:

  • short term visitors from researchers in our fields – come and see what we do
  • longer term visitors, for example sabbatical visits – come and work with us
  • industry placements in academia – join us in our labs to learn the latest in robotics and interaction design

We want all visitors to participate actively in the Centre, including attending seminars and social activities, and ask you to give at least one seminar or workshop during your stay.

We’d love to hear from you if you:

  • have an excellent research track record relative to your career opportunities
  • plan to undertake a clearly defined research project that is closely aligned with our priorities, programs and projects
  • are based in a research organisation that is well-aligned with our Centre or with whom we have an established relationship
  • know which researchers you want to work closely with and why

If this sounds like you, please get in touch.