Robotics Australia Group May Newsletter
Robotics Australia Group
Creating a sustainable Robotics Industry for Australia
May Robotics Recap
Hello and welcome to our May newsletter!
May has been a busy and exciting month and we are pleased to welcome 2 new network members to the community!
Manufacturing Catalyst : Manufacturing Catalyst is a boutique manufacturing and material flow advisory business operating globally. We are headquartered in Sydney, Australia.?
STEM Incubators : STEM Incubators is a grassroots organization in Australia dedicated to empowering young Australians with essential skills for the 21st century, particularly in STEM fields headquartered in Oakleigh South, Victoria.
We had a fantastic time at the Sydney Build Expo!
Our network members Crest Robotics, DCNETWORX, FlyFreely, Hullbot, and Omni-Health were all present at stand G30 at the ICC Sydney.
Thank you to everyone who stopped by!
Stay tuned for more updates, events, and collaborative endeavours as we continue to shape the future of robotics together!
Please follow us on LinkedIn for regular updates on all robotics news in Australia.
Best wishes,
Nicci Rossouw
Member Spotlight!
On this month's Member Spotlight, we feature Verbotics.
Verbotics holds the distinction of being the market leader in robotic automation software. They specialize in eliminating the skill barrier, as well as the time and effort typically associated with robot programming, thereby making robotic automation accessible to manufacturers of all sizes.
Their flagship product, Verbotics Weld, is a user-friendly desktop application designed to streamline offline robot programming specifically for welding tasks. Leveraging advanced algorithms, it simplifies the robotic programming process, even for intricate parts, ensuring high-quality welding outcomes with minimal programming effort and time investment.
With Verbotics Weld, manufacturers of any scale can harness the advantages of industrial robots in terms of quality and productivity, without incurring substantial programming expenses.
U-blox: Precise navigation for outdoor autonomous mobile robotics
Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) that operate outdoors and need to navigate from A to B require a global navigation satellite system receiver to guide them.??A GNSS receiver detects satellite signals from multiple constellations in real time to determine exactly where it is on the earth's surface.??Most modern receivers can calculate their position to within a few meters.??It is impossible to improve upon the 1m – 2m accuracy without any further technological assistance.??This is due to interference from the earth’s various atmospheric layers as the signals travel to the earth's surface.?
The technological assistance that can improve the accuracy to centimetre precision is known as RTK (real-time kinematics).??Briefly, this is where a ground-based Real Time Kinematic (RTK) base station transmits its known fixed position on the earth’s surface to the GNSS receiver on board a moving AMR to provide a ‘correction’ to the GNSS signals being received directly from satellites.? ?Companies developing autonomous robots will want to deploy their products anywhere in Australia or the world.??Setting up a local RTK base station is prohibitive for the end customer.??The addition of such a base station introduces both cost and time-consuming complexity for the end user, which can be avoided by using an RTK correction service
If you are manufacturing an AMR that you would like to sell anywhere in Australia or perhaps further afield to the USA or Europe, you ideally want to remove all the complexity involved in the RTK correction service the customer should use, ideally the AMR should just know where it is ‘out of the box’.
This capability is now available from one of the newest Robotics Australia members: u-blox, a Swiss-based company specializing in both high-precision GNSS receiver modules and an RTK correction service; with a growing team based here in Australia.??The local team provide expertise in this area of precise autonomous navigation.? ?For members of Robotics Australia, the team offer free access to the service along with free consultancy to put the whole subject into the context of specific AMR developments.
Please reach out to [email protected] if you’d like to learn more.
Robotics Roadmap for Australia 2025
Robotics Australia Group is currently working on the Robotics Roadmap for Australia, to be released in February 2025. The purpose of the Roadmap is to raise the profile of robotics in Australia, to identify the challenges and opportunities available for robotics in this country and to highlight our accomplishments in the creation and application of robotics technologies.
The ultimate goal of the roadmap is to create an ecosystem that supports the robotics talent and technology we develop to remain here in Australia and build global capability.
Chapters for the upcoming roadmap:
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For more information about the roadmap,??check our website here: ROADMAP 2025
Australian Made?
The famous Australian Made, Australian Grown (AMAG) logo is the true mark of Aussie authenticity. It's Australia's most trusted, recognised and widely used country of origin symbol. It is underpinned by a third-party accreditation system, which ensures products that carry the logo are certified as 'genuinely Australian'.
As a registered certification trademark, the AMAG logo can only be used on products that are registered with the not-for-profit Australian Made Campaign Ltd (AMCL) and meet the criteria set out in the Australian Consumer Law and the AMAG Logo Code of Practice.
For more than 35 years, the AMAG logo has helped thousands of brands communicate their Australian credentials to consumers, businesses and all levels of government. It does this instantly and clearly, making it a powerful sales and marketing asset for authentic Aussie brands and a helpful shopping aid for consumers around the globe.
Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) Round 16 now open
Apply Now for CRC-P Round 16 Grants!
Attention innovators and industry leaders: Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) Round 16 is now open for applications! These grants foster dynamic partnerships between industry and research organizations, providing funding ranging from $100,000 to $3 million for short-term, industry-driven research collaborations.
This round aims to support projects that address critical community and economic challenges aligned with key Australian Government priority areas, including:
Don't miss this opportunity to propel your projects forward and contribute to meaningful advancements in these vital sectors.
Applications close on 5th June, so act fast and submit your proposals today!
Celebrating the first anniversary of Joanne Pransky's legacy and the Women in Robotics Scholarships
Joanne Pransky, known as the World’s First Robot Psychiatrist, died last year on May the 4th 2023. Her force lives on in the Women in Robotics Scholarship in her name. Graduate students in robotics are welcome to apply (using the QR Code) to the second round of awards, which will be announced on October 2nd 2024 during the second International Women in Robotics Day.
The ongoing scholarship is hosted on the Bold.org site meaning that all donations are 100% tax deductible and no fees are charged. Bold reaches a large number of schools and colleges across the USA, meaning we had 172 applicants for the first round of awards, which were announced recently.
Thanks to generous donations from Joanne’s friends and family, and a $20,000 grant from the Engelberger Foundation, we have now raised $32,180 for scholarships.
Robotics in the News
Our network member, Automaate's Sparky Junior’ TN10 Shines at Interclean Amsterdam : The Ultimate Cleaning Robot for Retail, Health, Education, and Commercial Sectors
SwarmFarm Robotics Celebrates Milestone : 4 Million Acres Farmed Autonomously by SwarmBots
Carbonix Achieves BARS Silver Level Audit , Reinforcing Commitment to Aerial Safety and Innovation
Sphere Drones Launches HubT: Accelerating BVLOS Operations with Innovative Drone-in-a-Box Solution
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Thank you for the shoutout! Interclean was a special experience for the Sparkoz #TN10. By the time we left the floors were all 100% sparkling.