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Robotics

Our goal is to build robotic systems that behave intelligently and can perform useful taks in real-world environments. Robots can perform tasks that people cannot do well or safely, or the mundane jobs that they do not wish to do.

Our approach is based on developing a series of prototype robotic systems that demonstrate the enormous potential of robotic solutions in a broad range of application domains. Our robotics research program is strongly focused on civil applications, including: municipal operations, construction, mining, forestry, environmental monitoring and remediation, and agriculture.

Research projects in this area are:

• Mining robots – automatic mapping, digging and material transfer for the mine of the future
• Airborne Inspection Robots – autonomous flight modes for mini-helicopters
  
• Vision-based robot control – vision-based navigation and control
• Underwater robots - low cost, vision-based robots for coastal environments