The Australian Centre for Field Robotics is working with the Agency of Defence Development in South Korea on real-world implementations of simultaneous localisation and mapping techniques. Their focus brings together perception and path planning in dynamic environments.

This Competitive Evaluation Research Agreement project with the Defence Science and Technology group is investigating the use of low-bandwidth communications in decentralised path planning, along with cognitive radar techniques applied to active perception. This work will be demonstrated through multi-platform trials incorporating elements of manned–unmanned teaming.

The team led a feasibility study into automating battlefield casualty care and evacuation for the Defence Science and Technology group. The project had a number of outputs, including the design of a new form of pneumatically-assisted casualty diagnosis/stabilisation and sustainment.

The team has been developing new radar technology to detect objects being thrown into prisons. The project uses the latest automotive radar technology in a multi-static manner to detect tennis balls (the object of choice to smuggle contraband in NSW) as they are thrown over the prison fence.