The inaugural edition of AUSROS will held this year at the University of Sydney, Darlington Campus in Sydney, Australia between July 2-5 2024. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the foundations of robotic systems, hear from high-profile guest speakers, and engage with stakeholders in industry and academia.

The detailed program is available here.

The program will feature renowned researchers to deliver exciting lectures.

• Guodong Shi
  University of Sydney
• Donald Dansereau
  University of Sydney
• Rahul Shome
  Australian National University
• Thierry Peynot
  Queensland University of Technology
• Hanna Kurniawati
  Australian National University
• Mitch Bryson
  University of Sydney
• Salah Sukkarieh
  University of Sydney
• Ian Manchester
  University of Sydney
• Tat-Jun Chin
  University of Adelaide
• Feras Dayoub
  University of Adelaide
• Salah Sukkarieh
  University of Sydney
• Stewart Worrall
  University of Sydney
• Gideon Billings
  University of Sydney
• Lachlan Toohey
  University of Sydney

More details and content available in detailed program here.

This school is complementary to the Robotic Vision Summer School (RVSS) that is held annually in Australia’s summer months. We encourage students interested in robotic vision to visit rvss.org.au.

• Dana Kulić

  Monash University

  Professor Dana Kulić develops autonomous systems that can operate in concert with humans, using natural and intuitive interaction strategies while learning from user feedback to improve and individualise operation over long-term use. In collaboration with Professor Elizabeth Croft, she pioneered systems to quantify and control safety during HRI based on both robot and human perception. Working with Professor Yoshihiko Nakamura at the University of Tokyo, she developed one of the first systems to implement continuous learning from demonstration. The system was a first step towards robots that can learn from non-experts, as it did not require the demonstrator to segment or scaffold their demonstration.

  Her research in rehabilitation technology enables highly accurate, non-invasive, measurement of human movement, which can be deployed in industrial settings for accurate measurement of operator movement. She has served as the Global Innovation Research Visiting Professor at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and the August-Wilhelm Scheer Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Munich. Before coming to Monash, Professor. Kulić established the Adaptive Systems Lab at the University of Waterloo, and collaborated with colleagues to establish Waterloo as one of Canada’s leading research centres in robotics. She has led a number of large research projects and collaborations with industry and user groups, including a strategic project grant in collaborative assembly and multiple grants developing automation for rehabilitation.

  Since 2019, Dr. Kulić is a professor and director of Monash Robotics at Monash University, Australia. In 2020, Dr. Kulić was awarded the ARC Future Fellowship. Her research interests include robot learning, humanoid robots, human-robot interaction and mechatronics.

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• Stefan Leutenegger

  Technical University of Munich

  Prof. Leutenegger’s (*1983) field of research is the area of mobile robotics, with focus on robot navigation through potentially unknown environments. He develops algorithms and software, which allow a robot (e.g. drone) using its sensors (e.g. video) to reconstruct 3D structure as well as to categorise it with the help of modern Machine Learning (including Deep Learning). This understanding enables safe navigation through challenging environments, as well as the interaction with it (including humans).

  Prof. Leutenegger has been Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at TUM since 2021. Before, he was Lecturer (since 2014) and Senior Lecturer (since 2018) at Imperial College London, where he was part of the Dyson Robotics Lab, and where he has later established the Smart Robotics Lab. Prof. Leutenegger has received his PhD in 2014 from ETH Zurich working on Unmanned Solar Airplanes including their navigation and control in Prof. Roland Siegwart’s Autonomous Systems Lab. Previously, he received BSc (2006) and MSc (2009) in Mechanical Eng. from ETH.

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• Tom Drummond

  University of Melbourne

  Professor Drummond is the Melbourne Connect Chair of Digital Innovation for Society at the University of Melbourne. Prior to July 2021, he was Head of Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering at Monash University, where he was also Chief Investigator and Monash Node Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence in Robotic Vision. Prior to September 2010, he was a University Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge. His research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, High Performance Computing and Computer Vision, with a particular emphasis on real-time systems for Augmented Reality, Robotics and Assistive Technologies. He has received the Könderink prize and the ISMAR 10 year impact award for his research and has been awarded ARC and EU Framework research grants totalling in excess of $35M AUD as well as numerous funded industry collaborations.

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All the lectures and talks will be conducted in Lecture Theatre 2 of the PNR Building, University of Sydney.
Lecture Theatre 2 is on the first floor and is most easily accessible via stairs located on the building’s exterior. Please note the directions below from the Maze Cres street level. Find it on Google Maps here.

Program Committee

• Guodong Shi
  University of Sydney
• Donald Dansereau
  University of Sydney
• Rahul Shome
  Australian National University
• Thierry Peynot
  Queensland University of Technology
• Hanna Kurniawati
  Australian National University
• Mitch Bryson
  University of Sydney
• Salah Sukkarieh
  University of Sydney
• Ian Manchester
  University of Sydney
• Bridget De Pelleport
  University of Sydney

Advisory Group

• Dimity Miller
  Queensland University of Technology
• Niko Suenderhauf
  Queensland University of Technology
• Ellie Lauritsen
  University of Sydney

Organiser Email

ariam.hub@sydney.edu.au