Our people
The Robotics Team at CSIRO Data61 is a multidisciplinary team of experts in advanced research and development of applied robotics and autonomous systems.
With over 80 people, the team is comprised of Research Scientists, Post-Doctoral Fellows, Engineers, PhD & Masters Students and Industrial Trainees, Honour Students and Vacation Scholars.
The Robotics Team is distributed across two research groups, the Robotic Design and Integration group and the Robotic Perception and Autonomy groups.
Group Leadership
Robotic Perception and Autonomy Group
Robotic Algorithms Team
Robotic Situational Awareness
Team
Rod Taylor, Team Leader
Darren Baker, Senior Engineer
Kartik Yellapantula, Engineer
Sagun Singh Shrestha, Senior Engineer
Serge Lichman, Senior Engineer
Tom Hines, Senior Engineer
Tom Lowe, Team Leader
Sisi Liang, Senior Engineer
Can Peng, CERC Fellow
David Hall, Research Scientist
Mark Cox, Senior Experimental Scientist
Yayong Li, CERC Fellow
Robotic Autonomy Team
Robotic Mapping and Understanding Team
Tirthankar Bandyopadhyay, Team Leader
Fletcher Talbot, Senior Engineer
Nick Lawrance, Senior Research Scientist
Torsten Merz, Principal Research Engineer
Brendan Tidd, Research Scientist
Cal Bennie, Research Technician
Kasra Khosoussi, Team Leader
Milad Ramezani, Research Scientist
Paulo Borges, Principal Research Scientist
Rixon Crane, CERC Fellow
Saimun Rahman, CERC Fellow
Stephen Hauser, Research Scientist
Strategic Operations
Christina Kazantzidou, Technical Program Manager
Embodied AI
Peyman Moghadam, Principal Research Scientist (lead)
Robotic Design and Interaction
Strategic Operations
Rosie Attwell, Technical Program Manager
Robotic Design Team
Advanced Mechatronic Systems Team
Lauren Hanson, Team Leader
Josh Pinskier, Deputy Team Leader
James Brett, Senior Engineer
Emre Uygun, Engineer
Xing Wang, CERC Fellow
Harry Bowman, Engineer
Simon Murrell, Engineer
Stephen Brosnan, Senior Research Technician
Nick Panitz, Team Leader
Sarah Baldwin, Deputy Team Leader
Jordan Bishop, Research Technician
Lois Liow, Engineer
Riley Bowyer, Research Technician
Ross Fiamingo, Research Technician
Thevindu Weerasuriya, Engineer
Vinoth Viswanathan, Seinor Engineer
Human Robot Interaction Team
Robotic Applications Team
Pavan Sikka, Team Leader
Hashini Senaratne, CERC Fellow
Kavi Katuwandeniya, CERC Fellow
Yanran Jiang, CERC Fellow
Dennis Frousheger, Team Leader
Amelia Luu, Deputy Team Leader
David Haddon, Senior Engineer
Jason Jooste, Engineer
Ross Dungavell, Senior Engineer
Tea Molnar, Engineer