Robot learning and autonomous behaviour
Learning, control and adaptation grounded in experience with real robots.
Explore themeUNSW Computer Science and Engineering
Artificial intelligence
and robotics
Research in robot learning, perception, reasoning, interaction and autonomous behaviour at UNSW Computer Science and Engineering.
Robotics research within UNSW CSE
Part of the wider Robotics@UNSW network
Research
Learning to act in a complex world.
Research spans machine learning for perception and control, computer vision, human–robot interaction and cognitive robot architectures.
Reasoning and cognitive robotics
Planning, knowledge representation and architectures for purposeful robot behaviour.
Explore themePerception and human alignment
Perception, interaction and autonomous behaviour aligned with human needs.
Explore themeMulti-robot systems and embodied autonomy
Coordination, shared tasks and autonomous behaviour in physical testbeds.
Explore themeProjects & Robots
Research, put to work.
Robot soccer Active
rUNSWift
Humanoid robot soccer as a testbed for perception, motion and autonomous team behaviour.
Explore rUNSWiftService robotics Active
rUNSWeep
Planning, perception, manipulation and world modelling for robots working in home environments.
Explore rUNSWeepSearch and rescue robotics Active
RoboCup Rescue
Autonomous exploration, mapping and victim identification with a Unitree Go2 quadruped in simulated disaster environments.
Explore RoboCup RescuePeople
Different expertise. Shared questions.
Claude Sammut
Machine learning; Cognitive robotics
Oliver Obst
Embodied intelligence; Collective robotics
Francisco Cruz
Reinforcement learning; Human–robot interaction
Recent activity
From the lab and the field.
rUNSWift tests a new generation of humanoid robots
The team took Booster K1 robots to RoboCup 2026 in Incheon.
RoboCup at UNSW CSE
A long history.
New problems to solve.
Robot soccer and service robotics bring perception, planning and teamwork together under real conditions. Explore today’s teams and the records of earlier generations.
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Bring your curiosity.
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