Robotics Institute Water Awards
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YEAR AWARD TITLE KEY MEMBER BODIES/ASSOCIATION 2022 Winner 2022 AWA National Award, R & D Excellence Award, for the Minimisation of Leaks and Breaks in Pipes with Innovative Integrated Deployment - Sydney Water, UTS, Detection Services, Ovarro and WaterGroup A/Prof. Jaime Valls Miro AWA (Australian Water Association) 2020 Winner 2020 AWA National Award, Research and Innovation category, for the Innovative sensor suites and intelligent robotics for condition assessment of concrete sewers Prof. Sarath Kodagoda and team (Lasi, Antony, Karthick, Vinoth, Nicolas, Sathira, Mitchel, Amal) AWA (Australian Water Association) 2020 Winner 2020 NSW Water Award, Research and Innovation category for the Innovative sensor suites and intelligent robotics for condition assessment of concrete sewers Prof. Sarath Kodagoda and team (Lasi, Antony, Karthick, Vinoth, Nicolas, Sathira, Mitchel, Amal) AWA (Australian Water Association) 2019 Finalist of the 2019 Australian Museum Eureka Prize, Innovative use of Technology category, finalist for the Infrastructure Robotics: Transforming the maintenance of critical civil infrastructure Dist. Prof. Dikai Liu, Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, A/Prof. Jaime Valls Miro, A/Prof Shoudong Huang, Prof. Sarath Kodagoda, Emeritus Prof. Kenneth Waldron Australian Museum 2019 Winner IESL NSW Chapter Award for Rapid Response Robotic Tool for Critical Water Mains Condition Assessment Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, Dammika Vitanage and Leya Rajalingam IESL (The Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka) NSW chapter 2019 Winner Research and Innovation Award of the 2019 NSW Water Awards for R2T2 Rapid Response Robot- For The Non-Destructive Inspection and Assessment of Critical Water Mains Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, A/Prof. Jaime Valls Miro and team AWA (Australian Water Association) 2019 Winner CRC Association's Excellence in Innovation Award for Dwell Track project (passenger detection and tracking on train platforms) Dr. Alen Alempijevic, Julien Collart, Alexander Virgona Rail Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (RMCRC) 2019 Winner BHERT Awards for Outstanding Collaboration in Research & Development, “Intelligent robotics in infrastructure maintenance program” Dist. Prof Dikai Liu and team UTS and RMS (Road and Maritime Service) 2019 Winner NSW iAwards, category: Public Sector and Government for Autonomous Robot for Underwater Structure Cleaning Dist. Prof. Dikai Liu, A/Prof.Shoudong Huang, Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, Andrew To, Khoa Le, Craig Borrows, Kenneth Waldron, Brendon, Wenjie Lu, et al NSW state Council of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) 2019 Merit Award NSW iAwards2019, category Research and Development for Autonomous Robot for Underwater Structure Cleaning Dist. Prof. Dikai Liu, A/Prof. Shoudong Huang, Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, Andrew To, Khoa Le, Craig Borrows, Kenneth Waldron, Brendon, Wenjie Lu, et al NSW state Council of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) 2019 Winner IESL NSW Chapter Award for best applied engineering project category (Highly commended award) for Intelligent sensing and robotics for sewer condition assessment Prof. Sarath Kodagoda IESL (The Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka) NSW chapter 2019 Winner ACRA Student Travel Award for Rectangular-shaped object recognition and pose estimation Thanh Long Vu; Liyang Liu, Dr. Gavin Paul and A/Prof. Teresa Vidal Calleja ACRA (Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation) 2018 Finalist Research Innovation Award at AWA NSW Water Awards for R2T2 Rapid Response Robot- for The Non-Destructive Inspection and Assessment of Critical Water Mains Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake and A/Prof Jaime Vals Miro AWA (Australian Water Association) 2018 Winner NSW Student Water Prize for Robust Sensor Technologies Combined with Smart Predictive Analytics for Modelling Concrete Corrosion in Sewers Kathick Thiyagarajan AWA (Australian Water Association) 2018 Winner for Most Innovative Engineer for "Develop, manufacture and test a robotic system to reduce the physical burden of abrasive blasting, a process used to smooth, roughen, shape or remove contaminants from surfaces in a variety of industries." Dr. Marc Carmichael Engineers Australia 2018 Finalist of the 2018 BHERT Awards for Outstanding Collaboration in Research & Development, collaboration on infrastructure robotics Dis. Prof. Dikai Liu UTS and RMS 2016 Winner International Water Association (IWA) Project Innovation Award for Applied Research for Advanced Condition Assessment and Pipe Failure Prediction Project, Sydney Water A/Porf. Jaime Valls Miro, Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, Prof. Sarath Kodagoda, Dr. Alen Alempijevic and Critical Pipes Team IWA (International Water Association) 2016 Winner National Australian Water Association (AWA) NationalResearch Innovation Award for Advanced Condition Assessment and Pipe Failure Prediction Project, Sydney Water A/Prof. Jaime Valls Miro, Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, Prof. Sarath Kodagoda, Dr. Alen Alempijevic and Critical Pipes Team AWA (Australia Water Association) 2016 Winner Australian Water Association (AWA) Branch Research Innovation Award on Advanced Condition Assessment and Pipe Failure Prediction Project, Sydney Water A/Prof. Jaime Valls Miro, Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, Prof. Sarath Kodagoda, Dr. Alen Alempijevic and Critical Pipes Team AWA (Australia Water Association) 2016 B/HERT Award for Best Research and Development Collaboration on Advanced Condition Assessment & Pipe Failure Prediction A/Prof. Jaime Valls Miro, Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, Prof. Sarath Kodagoda, Dr. Alen Alempijevic and Critical Pipes Team 2016 Australian Engineering Excellence Awards (AEEA) category: Engineering Innovation Excellence Award; Project title: “Robotic Bridge Inspector” Dist.Prof. Dikai Liu, Dist Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, Palitha Manamperi, Philip Brooks, Waruna Kaluarachchi, Dr. Gavin Paul, Peter Ward, et al UTS and RMS 2016 High commendation The Australian Engineering Excellence Awards Sydney 2016 (AEEA Sydney Awards 2016) category: Control Systems, Networks, Information Processing and Telecommunications; title: “Robotic Bridge Inspector - A Revolutionary Solution to Inspection and Condition Assessment of Steel Structures” Dist. Prof. Dikai Liu, Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, Palitha Manamperi, Philip Brooks, Waruna Kaluarachchi, Dr. Gavin Paul, Peter Ward, et al UTS and RMS 2015 Winner SafeWork NSW Award "Best Solution to an Identified Workplace Health and Safety Issue for “Bridge inspection robot” Dist.Prof. Dikai Liu, Dist Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, Palitha Manamperi, Philip Brooks, Waruna Kaluarachchi, Dr. Gavin Paul, Peter Ward, et al UTS and RMS 2015 Merit Award for iAwardsNational in the New Product category; “Biologically Inspired Climbing Robot” Dist.Prof. Dikai Liu, Dist Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, Palitha Manamperi, Philip Brooks, Waruna Kaluarachchi, Dr. Gavin Paul, Peter Ward, et al UTS and RMS 2015 Merit Award of the 2015 New South Wales iAwards, Category: New Product, “Biologically Inspired Climbing Robot” Dist. Prof. Dikai Liu, Gamini Dissanayake, Palitha Manamperi, Philip Brooks, Waruna Kaluarachchi, Gavin Paul, Peter Ward, et al. UTS and RMS 2014 The Skynet Award - Australian Robotic and Automation Association for the paper contributing most significantly to our future robot overlords for "A robust people detection, tracking, and counting system" Nathan Kirchner, Dr. Alen Alempijevic, Alexander Virgona, Xiaohe Dai, Paul G. Ploger and Ravi K Venkat ACRA 2013 Finalist of the 2013 Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology for "A Novel Autonomous Robotic System for Infrastructure Maintenance" Dist. Prof. Dikai Liu, Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, Palitha Manamperi, Philip Brooks, Waruna Kaluarachichi, Dr. Gavin Paul 2013 Finalist of the 2013 IEEE/IFR Invention & Entrepreneurship in Robotics and Automation (IERA) Award (one of three finalists) for "Intelligent Grit-blasting Robots for the Surface Preparation Industry" Dist. Prof. Dikai Liu and his team 2013 Finalist Award NSW Disability Industry Innovations Awards for innovative partnership A/Prof. Jaime Valls Miro, John Le Breton Greystanes Disability Services and UTS 2013 Finalist of the 2013 Australian Engineering Excellence Awards(AEEA) for "Autonomous Robotic Systems for Steel Bridge Maintenance" Dist. Prof. Dikai Liu, Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, Palitha Manamperi, Philip Brooks, Waruna Kaluarachichi, Dr. Gavin Paul UTS and RMS 2013 Winner Engineering Excellence Award Sydney (EEAS) - Research and Development Category on "Autonomous Robotic Systems for Steel Bridge Maintenance" Dist. Prof. Dikai Liu, Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, Palitha Manamperi, Philip Brooks, Waruna Kaluarachichi, Dr. Gavin Paul UTS and RMS 2013 Winner Engineering Excellence Award Sydney (EEAS) - Control Systems and Communication Category on "Autonomous Robotic Systems for Steel Bridge Maintenance" Dist. Prof. Dikai Liu, Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, Palitha Manamperi, Philip Brooks, Waruna Kaluarachichi, Dr. Gavin Paul UTS and RMS -
Year award title key member location/bodies 2019 Winner ASME DED Leonardo da Vinci Award (USA) - Anaheim California USA. He led the team that designed and build an autonomous inch-worm climbing robot that can traverse surfaces in various directions; go through manholes; and sense, explore and map unknown environments. This robot has been practically deployed in routine use for inspection of confined spaces on the Sydney Harbour Bridge”. Dist. Prof. Dikai Liu IDETC/CIE Anaheim, California, USA 2019 Best innovation/invention award from IESL (The Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka) NSW Engineering excellence awards for the Best applied engineering project for R2T2 Rapid Response Robot- For The Non-Destructive Inspection and Assessment of Critical Water Mains Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, A/Prof. Jaime Valls Miro and team (IESL) The Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka 2019 Yahoo Faculty Research Engagement Program (FREP) Award A/Prof. Jaime Valls Miro 2015 Winner RSJ/KROS Distinguished Interdisciplinary Research Award, IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), ‘Sequential Intention Estimation of a Mobility Aid User for Intelligent Navigational Assistance’ Matsubara, T., Valls Miro, J., Tanaka, D., Poon, J. & Sugimoto, K IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) 2015 Winner Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Award in the Industry Application category; “Bio-Inspired Autonomous Climbing Robot – A Revolutionary ICT Solution to Inspection and Maintenance of Steel Structures" Dikai Liu, Gamini Dissanayake, Palitha Manamperi, Philip Brooks, Waruna Kaluarachchi, Gavin Paul, Peter Ward, et al Sri lanka -
YEAR AWARD TITLE KEY MEMBER LOCATION/BODIES 2020 Finalist Best Student Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), ‘End-To-End Joint Intention Estimation for Shared Control Personal Mobility Navigation' Katuwandeniya , K., Valls Miro, J. & Dantanarayana, L ICARCV 2019 Winner Best paper award in International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2019 Fred Sukkar, Chanyeol Yoo and Prof. Robert Fitch ICRA 2018 Winner Best student paper award - ACRA Conference Brian Lee and James Lee ACRA 2017 Winner Best Poster Award from the 8th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines, title Towards a closed loopsoft fishtail actuator - soft sensors utilized for measurement of soft fin curvature Ardian Jusufi Hokkaido Japan 2016 Winner Best Paper Award at 14th International Conference on ICARCV 2016 for Incremental SQP Method for Constrained Optimization Formulation in SLAM. Fang Bai, Prof. Shoudong Shuang, A/Prof. Teresa Vidal Calleja, Qingling Zhang ICARCV 2016 Winner ACRA 2016 Best Student Paper for Probabilistic Maximum Set Cover with Path Constraints for Informative Path Planning Graeme Best and Robert Fitch ACRA 2015 Finalist Best Paper Award, IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA), ‘Modelling In-Pipe Acoustic Signal Propagation for Condition Assessment of Multi-Layer Water Pipelines’ Su, D., Valls Miro, J. & Vidal-Calleja, T ICIEA 2015 Winner Best Student Paper Award on ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, title "Map-based Navigation of an Autonomous Car Using Grid-based Scan-to-Map Matching" Tomoyuki, Dr. Ravindra Ranasinghe and Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake Boston, USA 2015 Highly Commended Paper Award in International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR) 2015, ‘Graph-SLAM Based Calibration of an Embedded Asynchronous Microphone Array for Outdoor Robotic Target Tracking' Daobilige Su, A/Prof. Teresa Vidal Calleja, A/Prof. Jaime Valls Miro CLAWAR 2015 Highly Commended Paper Award in International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR) for “Mapping Repetitive Structural Tunnel Environments for a Biologically-Inspired Climbing Robot" Dr. Gavin Paul, Shuyuan Mao, Liyang Liu, Rong Xiong 2011 Winner Best Paper Award “Electromyogram (EMG) based Fingers Movement Recognition Using Neighbourhood Preserving Analysis with QR-Decomposition”, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (ISSNIP 2011), pp 1-6, (Best Paper for the Biomedical Sensing and Sensors Symposium -ISSNIP 2011) 6-9 Dec 2011. Rami N Khushaba, Prof. Sarath Kodagoda, Dist. Prof. Dikai Liu, Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake Adelaide, Australia 2008 Winner Best Student Paper Award on International Conference on Intelligent Technologies (InTech 2008), title "A New System-On Programmable Chip (SOPC) for Smart Car Braking Control" Ying-Hao Yu, N.M.Kwok, and Q.P. Ha Samui, Thailand 2007 Winner Best Student Paper Award “A 3-dimensional force field method for robot collision avoidance in complex environments”, Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, pp 139-145, 19-21 Sep 2007. P.Chotiprayanakul, Dist. Prof. Dikai Liu, D.Wang, Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake Kochi, Kerala, India 2007 Winner Best Student Paper Award on IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering IEE CASE 2007, title "Dynamic Modelling of Wheel-Terrain Interaction of a UGV" T.H. Tran, N.M. Kwok, S. Scheding and Q.P Ha Arizona, USA 2006 Winner Best paper award, proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, title "Bridge Maintenance Robotic Arm: Capacitive sensor for obstacle ranging in particle laden air", pp 596-601, Oct 3-5,2006. Nathan Kirchner, Dikai Liu, Gamini Dissanayake Tokyo, Japan 2006 Best paper awardnominations on IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, title "Intensity Preserving Contracts Enhancement for Gray-Level Images using Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization" N.M. Kwok, Q.P. Ha, D.K.Liu, G.Fang Shanghai, China 2005 Best paper award International Conference on Intelligent Technologies (In Tech 2005) title "Toward a Generic Architecture for Robotic Formations: Planning and Control" Ngo, VT, Nguyen A.D and Ha, Q.P Phuket, Thailand -
YEAR AWARD TITLE KEY MEMBER 2023 Winner of the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence - 'Supervisor of the Year' Professor Shoudong Huang 2022 Winner of FEIT 2022 3MT Kavindie Katuwandeniya 2021 Winner of 2021 MME Showcase Award First place - Kavindie Katuwandeniya and Sheila Sutjipto
Second place - Tony Le (Dinh Tung Le)
2021 Winner 2021 FEIT Research Showcase for Best Presentation Award and Women in Engineering and IT Award Sheila Sutjipto for Best Presentation Award
Lan Wu for Women in Engineering and IT Award
2021 Winner for 2021 Post Thesis Scholarship Yanhao Zhang 2020 Winner Chancellor’s Medal for Research Excellence, The 2020 UTS Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Research Excellence Prof. Shoudong Huang 2019 Winner HDR Research Showcase from Faculty Engineering and IT (FEIT) Dr. Julien Collart, Fouad Sukkar, Cadmus To 2019 Winner FEIT 3MT heat for Autonomous Personal Mobility: Localisation and Motion Planning in Pedestrian Environments Using Low Resolution Maps. Maleen Jayasuriya 2019 Runner up FEIT 3MT heat for Personalised Learning for Upper-Limb Robotic Rehabilitation Dr. Yujun Lai 2019 Winner VC Awards for Research Excellence - UTS Medal for Research Impact Distinguished Professor Dikai Liu 2019 Winner FEIT Alumni Award Winner Dr Ashod Donikian (alumni) 2018 Winner UTS Research Excellence through Collaboration Award for The Responsive Passenger Information Systems Research Team Dr. Alen Alempijevic and Alex Virgona 2018 Finalist of the 2018 UTS DVC (Research) Medal for Research Impact for Research inspired competition based learning and co-curricular activities to enhance deeper learning of mechatronics (robotics) engineering Prof. Sarath Kodagoda 2018 Finalist of the 2018 UTS DVC (Research) Medal for Research Impact Dist. Prof Dikai Liu 2018 Winner first place for digital poster session Faculty Research Showcase for , Title “Large Scale Navigation and Mapping System in Minimal Invasive Surgery” Jingwei Song 2018 Winner first place for Faculty Engineering and IT for oral session Research Showcase for A, Title “MME Energy-Optimal Kinodynamic Planning for Underwater Gliders in Flow Fields" James Ju Heon Lee 2018 Winner Faculty Research Showcase for First place for oral session B, Title “Socially Constrained Tracking in Crowded Environments” Alex Virgona 2018 Winner UTS FEIT (Faculty of Engineering and IT) HDR Excellence Team Award James Ju Heon Lee; Cadmus To, Brian Lee 2017 Winner UTS FEIT Research Showcase for people’s choice award, "Robust sensing suite for long term monitoring in sewers" Dr. Karthick Thiyagarajan 2016 Winner UTS FEIT Research Showcase for people's choice award, "Innovations in sensor development for measurement of surface properties in aggressive environments" Dr. Karthick Thiyagarajan 2016 Winner Vice-Chancellor’s Award Research Excellence through Collaboration for the "Advanced Condition Assessment and Pipe Failure Prediction Project" A/Prof. Jaime Valls Miro, Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, Prof. Sarath Kodagoda, Dr. Alen Alempijevic, A/Prof. Teresa Vidal Calleja, Leo Shi et al 2012 Winner UTS Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Excellence Through Partnership Dist. Prof. Dikai Liu, Dist. Prof. Gamini Dissanayake, Dr. Gavin Paul, Greg Peters and David Rushton-Smith -
YEAR AWARD TITLE KEY MEMBER LOCATION/BODIES 2019 Winner UTS Learning and Teaching Learning Futures Award Dr. Gavin Paul UTS 2018 Winner UTS medal for teaching and research integration
“Research inspired competition based learning and co-curricular activities to enhance deeper learning of mechatronics (robotics) engineering”
Prof. Sarath Kodagoda UTS 2015 OLT Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning, “Leading curriculum innovations in mechatronics (robotics) education which inspire and motivate students inside and outside the classroom” Prof. Sarath Kodagoda Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT) 2013 Winner Learning and Teaching Citation award for “Inspiring and motivating students to learn mechatronics through a blend of teaching approaches” Prof. Sarath Kodagoda UTS 2006 Winner Carrick Australian (the Australian Learning and Teaching Council) Award, 2006, Carrick Australian Awards for University Teaching _Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, by the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Australia S. Murray, D.K. Liu, V. Lasky, K.K. Fung, Lothar Weber Australia 2005 Winner University Teaching Award, “Remote Access Laboratories for Promoting e-Learning”, Teaching Awards _Category one: an exemplary innovation in teaching by a team S. Murray, D.K. Liu, V. Lasky, K.K. Fung UTS 2005 Finalist of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education Award, “Remote Access Laboratories for Engineering Education”, finalist of the 2005 AaeE Excellence in Curriculum Innovation in Engineering Education V. Lasky, D.K. Liu, S. Murray, L. Weber, K. Choy -
2022 - 4 May 2022. UTS Robotics Institute (UTS team: Dikai Liu, Liang Zhao, Shoudong Huang, Gibson Hu, Richardo Khonasty, Dinh Dang Khoa Le, Yongbo Chen), in collaboration with Murdoch University and Aurecon, has developed an autonomous robot for timber building construction.
The site trial in Perth has been very successful and it is reported in the 7 News
2020 - Prof. Sarath Kodagoda, This robot ventures into Sydney’s sewers so people don’t have to, Create magazine, Engineers Australia, 2020
This robot ventures into Sydney’s sewers so people don’t have to - Create (createdigital.org.au)
2020 - Prof. Sarath Kodagoda, Experts in smart water management, Sewerbots: Transforming sewer condition assessment, Future water media article, 2020 2020 - Prof. Sarath Kodagoda Aussie Sewerbot may be the solution to a billion-dollar global problem, Insider Robotics, 2020
Aussie Sewerbot may be the solution to a billion-dollar global problem (insiderobotics.com.au)
2020
Dr Marc Carmichael (UTSRI) and Tim Schork (DAB) interviewed by 2SER for a story on “Garden Cities”. The story discussed a Robotics Institute project to develop a robot to inspect and maintain green walls and building
2020
Sara Wilkinson (DAB) and Dr. Marc Carmichael (UTS:RI) published an article in the “Nursery & Garden Industry NSW & ACT” magazine (Winter 2020) on the UTS CAS Wallbot robot project
2019 Media coverage
NSW Premier NSW Premier, Treasurer, Scott Farquharson, Atlassion and David Thodey and press conference
9 Aug 2019 @6PM
9 News Central Wes (Primetime News) - Agribusiness Forum
6 Aug 2019 at 6 PM
7 News Sydney (Primetime News, 7 News Exclusive) - Dwell Track
2018-2019
“Autonomous robotic systems to maintain global infrastructure”, Making a difference – Outcomes of ARC supported research, the Australian Research Council, Page 32
10 April 2016, Australian Financial Review
"Universities boost innovation by harmonising intellectual property rules"
5 Feb 2016, ABC News
"Robot helper improving safety for Sydney Harbour Bridge maintenance crews"
20 Oct 2015, UTS Newsroom
"Just how smart can a smartphone get?"03 Sep 2015, UTS Newsroom
"UTS teams up with Yahoo to give new awareness to mobile devices"18 Aug 2015, CIO Australia
"Autonomous robot scans steel structures"18 Aug 2015, Sydney Morning Herald
"A peek into our robotic future"22 Jul 2015, CIO Australia
"UTS Data Arena: How raw data transforms into 3D, 360-degree visualisation"01 Jun 2015, UTS Newsroom
"Robots to the rescue"17 Mar 2015, UTS Newsroom
"High-tech boost for beef producers"16 Mar 2015, Sydney Morning Herald
"High-tech boost for beef producers”Jan/Feb 2015, MLA Publication
"Feedback” pg. 10-1128 Oct 2014, ABC Radio Morning Program
Leaks and breaks project21 Oct 2014, Sydney Morning Herald
"Stopping the leaks"21 Oct 2014, UTS Newsroom
"Stopping the leaks"20 Jul 2014, Utility Magazine
"Failure prediction of critical pipes and pipe leak management"28 Jun 2014, Channel 9
Story on Sydney Water leaks and breaks technology17 Feb 2014, The Robot Report
“Sydney Harbor Bridge Gets Blasted By Robots”14 Feb 2014, UTS Newsroom
"Award-winning bridge robot technology goes on show"2013 Powerhouse Museum
Engineering Excellence Awards 201319 Nov 2013, ABC News 24
"The Business" on Centre for Autonomous Systems at 8:30pm on ABC 24 and 11 pm on ABC 118 Nov 2013, UTS Newsroom
"Bridge workers can rejoice with UTS robot award wins"02 Oct 2013, The Converstation
"New research helps ID weak water mains before they burst"19 Jul 2013, ABC News Radio
"Robots give the Sydney Harbour Brudge a makeover"18 Jul 2013, BBC News
"Grit-blasting robots clean Sydney Harbour Bridge"18 Jul 2013, Robots Today
"Robot Cleaning the Sydney Harbour Bridge"18 Jul 2013, SBS World News
"Robots helping repaint Harbout Bridge"18 Jul 2013, Sydney Morning Herald
“Spick and span”, 18 July 201318 Jul 2013, Sydney Morning Herald
“Start-up seals robot funding deal”, 18 July 201317 Jul 2013, News.com.au
“Robots take over Sydney Harbour Bridge”29 May 2013, Channel Ten News
Coverage of our semi-autonomous grit-blasting robot08 May 2013, International Federation of Robotics (IFR) press release
IERA 2013 Award Finalists13 Dec 2012, ABC 7.30 Report South Australia
Burst Main14 Mar 2012, UTS Engage
Fixing Cities21 Nov 2011, ABC News
"UTS tests exoskeleton prototype"20 Nov 2011, ABC News
"'Assistive robotics' used to help disabled"02 Sep 2011, UTS Newsroom
"Keeping Sydney's water flowing" -
United States Patent, “Adhesion system for a climbing vehicle”, P. Ward and D.K.Liu, No.: US9902447B2; Date of Patent: 27 Feb. 2018; Duration: 17 July 2014 – 14 July 2034. Australian Patent, “Adhesion system for a climbing vehicle”, P. Ward and D.K.Liu, No.: 2014289974; Date of Patent: 21 June 2018; Term of Patent: 17 July 2014 – 14 July 2034 M. Carmichael and D.K.Liu, “Robotic exoskeleton apparatus”, Australian Patent application number: 2013904101, filing date: 24 Oct 2013; International (PCT) patent application No. PCT/AU2014/001010