Congratulations to Dr Donald Dansereau, Prof Stefan Williams and, A/Prof Thierry Peynot on the ARC Discovery Project success

POSTED: 29 Oct, 2025

🤖💡 Robotic Navigation in Unstructured Environments 

We are proud to celebrate the success of our chief investigators, Dr Donald Dansereau, Prof Stefan Williams and, A/Prof Thierry Peynot in the latest Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project Round! 👏 

Led by Prof Teresa Vidal Calleja, Prof Nico Pietroni, Dr Donald Dansereau, Prof Stefan Williams, and A/Prof Thierry Peynot, this project will develop the theory and algorithms to sense and estimate dynamic conditions, allowing for autonomous systems to respond to challenges like crowds or fire spread, in environments that are unknown, unstructured, and dynamic.  

The project will lead to a new paradigm in robotic navigation by producing the next generation of autonomous systems in the field, the outcome of which could result in better mitigation of life-threatening situations.  

Congratulations to all involved 👏 

💰 Funding: $686,776