Getting to grips with robots

QUT researchers, who recognised that grasping objects is difficult for robots, have built a smart object that can measure a robot’s squeezing force.

Machine dreams

Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney have developed biosensor technology that will allow people to operate devices, such as robots and machines, solely through thought control.

The automation of industrial manufacturing

The automation of manufacturing though “Industry 4.0” techniques such as robotics and artificial intelligence is set to revolutionise the future of global production.

Future robots will be more R2D2 than C3PO

Researchers from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have offered a bold glimpse into what the robots of the future could look like – and it’s nothing like C3PO, or a T-800 Terminator.