Robotics and autonomous systems
Research areas:
- intelligent automation via fusion of sensors, machine learning and robotics that enable research for land and aerial vehicles
- diverse robotics solutions including the OzBot platform, Universal Motion Simulator (UMS), HeroSurg, Haptiscan and associated haptic patented technologies
- autonomous navigation
- obstacle avoidance technologies
- high energy density, lightweight batteries for autonomous systems
Materials and energy management
Research areas:
- applying and deploying Industry 4.0 (Industrial IoT) smart manufacturing environment methodologies to enhance manufacturing and global supply chain processes
- industrial engineering, operations research, logistics, data science, decision science, and fuzzy systems to complement custom optimised solutions to logistics problems and complex systems
- machine learning algorithms to profile battery usage and estimate state of charge
Future logistics
Research areas:
- scenario planning underpinned the first Australian Supply Chain and Freight Logistics Strategy
- defence battery technology electrolyte research program
- defence force supply chain reengineering, origin-destination studies for each Australian container port, national and international multimodal logistics and end-to-end supply chain traceability
- Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) for predictions of land, sea and air vehicle maintenance
- situation awareness technology such as people re-identification and tracking across multiple CCTV views, biometrics, device fingerprinting, abnormal activity detection and recognition, fake news detection and scene analysis
Emerging technologies
Research areas:
- embedded systems engineering for unmanned aerial vehicles, electric vehicles, health, electrochemistry and more
- enhanced ability to detect and protect against malicious cyber-attacks that rely on the co-optation of legitimate mobile device recovery software that is often used to protect assets should they be lost or stolen
- enhanced battlespace awareness and active real-time monitoring, coupled with real-time analysis, modelling and decision support to reduce potential harm while improving outcomes
- AI and RAS combined technologies that enable uniquely versatile and precise platforms that lead to better decision-making systems
Contact us
If you’d like to learn more about our projects and how our research capabilities can benefit you, we’d love to hear from you.
(03) 5227 1352
defence@deakin.edu.au