Dr Jasmin Martin is giving engineering students first-hand project experience that could guide future research on vision-detection technologies. Martin supervises final-year students for their capstone project on vision-based detection through the QUT School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics. The project is closely related to her work on an algorithm that…

QUT researchers have used a complex maths model to develop an algorithm that enables unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to replicate a human pilot’s ability to visually detect aircraft at a range of more than 2km. Professor Jason Ford, who was awarded the inaugural Australian Defence Industry Award of Academic of…

QUT physics student, David Sommers has discovered diamond can generate strong electrical current when exposed to visible light, a finding that could lead to a new species of optoelectronics. Sommers made the discovery while working with Associate Professor Dongchen Qi from the QUT School of Chemistry and Physics, who recently…

QUT is leading major defence projects as part of Rheinmetall’s new research and technology program to develop advanced Australian-made robotics and automated vehicle technologies. Under the Autonomous Combat Warrior (ACW) program, QUT researchers are working alongside Rheinmetall’s Australian, German and Canadian development teams, and research teams from Defence Science and…

Robotic systems are becoming better at navigation all the time, especially when integrated with GPS and other supporting technology — but how can robots find their way around unmapped, unknown spaces, like office buildings, university campuses, and hospitals? Dr Ben Talbot from QUT’s Centre for Robotics has developed wayfinding robots…

Georgia Hartzenberg is on a mission to understand the physical processes that govern galaxies far, far away — back to when the universe was about 1.5 billion years old. Hartzenberg is a postgraduate student studying astrophysics, a popular undergraduate study area at QUT where opportunities for research degrees have recently…

Diamonds could be everyone’s best friend with new research unlocking hidden properties for next-generation electronics. Associate Professor Dongchen Qi from the QUT Centre for Materials Science led research that transformed the intrinsically inert diamond into a powerful semiconductor capable of sustaining very high-power and withstanding conditions too extreme for silicon…

What do autonomous cars and robots designed to navigate inside your body have in common? A lot, according to Artur Banach, a PhD Researcher with the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision and QUT Centre for Robotics. …

Violence, abuse and aggression towards women in online spaces is a sadly intractable problem across all digital platforms. Associate Professor Richi Nayak, Professor Nicolas Suzor and research fellow Md Bashar from QUT have developed a sophisticated and accurate algorithm that can detect these posts on Twitter, cutting through the noise…