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We have robots that can walk, see, talk and hear, and manipulate objects in their robotic hands. There’s even a robot that can smell.
Jonathan is Professor in Robotics at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). His main research interest is in the area of Field Robotics and in particular making machines operate autonomously in unstructured environments. He graduated from the University of Southampton, UK, in 1991 with an Honours degree in Aerospace Systems Engineering. Jonathan furthered his interest in computer vision for driverless cars while completing a PhD (1991-1994) at the University of Southampton where he also developed skills in parallel computing.
We have robots that can walk, see, talk and hear, and manipulate objects in their robotic hands. There’s even a robot that can smell.
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