Sector: Science, Technology and Innovation

Country location: Australia, Republic of Korea

Grantee: The University of Sydney / Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems

Project description

The Australia-Korea Partnership on Mobile Robot Development in Public Space aims to establish a long-term collaboration among Australian and Korean experts in innovation and technology in order to exchange knowledge and advance mutual understanding of the deployment of robots and smart technologies in public space. Mobile robots such as guide robots or small autonomous vehicles are being increasingly employed to assist people of a wide range of abilities to interact in public urban spaces such as airports and pedestrian/shared zones. Successful adoption of such new technology relies not only on high-performing technologies but also on knowledge of the socio-technical environment and cultural processes of adoption. This project will involve reciprocal visits of Australian and Korean experts, and academic or public events led by the Sydney Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (SIRIS), in collaboration with the Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR), the Department of Media and Communications in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), for the purpose of investigating the design and adoption of new technologies in public space.

Key dates

Workshop, the University of Sydney, 10 December 2019 to 12 December 2019

Social media: Websites

Australia-Korea Foundation grant offer: $30,000.00

Contact person

Naoko Abe, Research Fellow - The University of Sydney / Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems

naoko.abe@sydney.edu.au 02 8627 7437