Seeing through Space and Time: Spatio-Temporal Event Processing for Robots

Advanced automation is poised to transform the everyday lives of Australians by revolutionising key industries such as mining, agriculture, transport and logistics, and defence and aerospace. This project will establish design principles and develop algorithms required by autonomous systems and robots to perceive the world in real time using arrays of spatio-temporal event sensors such as event cameras and tactile sensors, enabling them to act quickly, safely, and efficiently in complex dynamic environments that render existing systems sluggish and unsafe. It will enable new capability in products ranging from consumer devices, cameras and virtual-reality headsets, through robotic vacuum cleaners and autonomous vehicles, to large multimillion-dollar aerospace and defence systems. It will help unlock the full economic benefits of autonomous systems that are predicted to create $AU1 trillion in value for Australia's economy by 2030. Improved situational awareness of autonomou