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Biography
Navinda is the Group Leader for Robotics and Autonomous Systems at CSIRO’s Data61 and also a Principal Research Scientist in the group. He is the Principal Investigator and project leader for the US$10million CSIRO Data61 DARPA Subterranean Challenge project. He led the team that competed and won a US$1million prize at the DARPA Subterranean Challenge finals in September 2021.
Navinda initiated and led legged robot research within CSIRO since 2011, an activity that has grown into a world-class R&D capability within the organisation. Before stepping into the Group Leader role, he led the Dynamic Platforms team and conducted research in legged robot navigation, perception and control with multi-legged robots with a focus on locomotion in complex unstructured environments.
Navinda joined the CSIRO as a Postdoctoral Fellow soon after receiving his PhD in Engineering from The Australian National University in 2009. For his PhD, he conducted research in underwater robotics as a team member of the Serafina project which developed swarming technology for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).
He is a senior member of the IEEE, and is the Chair of the IEEE Queensland joint chapter for Control Systems/Robotics and Automation Societies. He is also a member of the ACM, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at both Queensland University of Technology and University of Queensland.
Professional Areas
Academic Qualifications
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2009
PhD
The Australian National University -
2004
BIT
University of Colombo School of Computing -
2003
BSc (Engineering Physics)
University of Colombo
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2020-now
Associate Editor, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
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2020-2021
Chair, IEEE Queensland joint chapter for Control Systems/Robotics and Automation Societies
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2018-2018
Local Arrangements Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
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2014-now
Senior Member, IEEE
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2013-2014
TPC member, ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems (WUWNet)
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2009-now
Member, ACM
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2008-now
Member, IEEE Robotics & Automation Society
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2005-now
Member, IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society
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2011-2013
PC member, Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks & Information Processing conference (ISSNIP)
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2010-2010
PC member, International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotics Systems (DARS)
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2005-2014
Member, IEEE
Publications
We have publications by Dr Navinda Kottege