Facilities

Robotic Vision Australia

Robotic Vision Australia aims to develop the underlying science and technologies that will enable robots to see, understand their environment using the sense of vision, and perform useful tasks in the complex, unstructured and dynamically changing environments in which we live and work. With an initial focus on agricultural applications, it's four key research objectives encompass robust vision, vision and action, semantic vision, and algorithms and architectures. It welcomes collaboration with industry on projects that will lead to the deployment of autonomous robots to address a variety of challenges.

Defence Science and Technology Group hypersonics research facility

The Defence Science and Technology Group is part of Australia's Department of Defence. It is a national leader in safeguarding Australia by delivering scientific advice and innovative technology solutions for Defence and national security.

The Queensland Quantum Optics Laboratory - ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQuS)

The Queensland Quantum Optics Laboratory is part of the University of Queensland's ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQuS). It undertakes research in the quantum physics of microscale optical devices, with the aim of testing fundamental physics and developing quantum technologies with future applications in metrology, communication, and computation. The lab has Australia's only fabrication facilities for silicon chip-based ultrahigh quality optical microcavities, and is one of only a few such facilities in the world.

University of Southern Queensland hypersonic wind tunnel

The University of Southern Queensland, based in Toowoomba, has the longest duration supersonic to hypersonic wind tunnel in Australia. The tunnel facilitates the investigation of unsteady hypersonic aerodynamic effects due to its flow duration.

Queensland Centre for Advanced Materials Processing and Manufacturing (AMPAM)

AMPAM provides a focus for the University of Queensland and its partners' materials engineering and manufacturing activities. The centre capitalises on emerging trends in manufacturing research where innovations in material developments are driving new combinations of metals, polymers, ceramics and composites that have not before been economically possible. Collaboration between researchers and industry facilitates the blending of technologies and processes to create unique opportunities for materials development, processing and manufacturing.

Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF)

The Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF) provides high-performance services, infrastructure and support to drive excellence in computation and data-driven collaborative research and its application in industry. Its membership comprises six Queensland universities.

Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre

The Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre has expertise in the fundamental theory of materials, materials development, microelectronics, micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) and microfluidics.

Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies (QCAT), including CSIRO Autonomous Systems Laboratory

QCAT facilitates innovation and technology development between research providers, government institutions and industry. Its autonomous systems laboratory leads research in the areas of field robotics and sensor networks and is developing new techniques for 3D perception and localisation, autonomous control of machines, and the operation of large-scale outdoor wireless sensor networks. The laboratory aims to produce novel solutions to practical problems in fields such as environmental monitoring, agriculture, mining, manufacturing and the energy sector.

University of Queensland Centre for Hypersonics

The University of Queensland's Centre for Hypersonics is recognised as the leading university-based hypersonics research group. Several hypersonic tunnels are available for use in testing aerodynamic flow and other effects (T4 - Free-piston driven shock tunnel, X2 - Free-piston driven expansion tube, X3 - Free-piston driven expansion tube, Drummond Tube/Tunnel).