Dr Navinda Kottege
/Navinda Court-Tay-Gay /
Research Director
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Biography
Navinda is the Research Director of the Cyber-Physical Systems Research Program (Robotics, Computer Vision and Distributed Sensing Systems) at CSIRO’s Data61. He was the Principal Investigator and project leader for the CSIRO Data61 team that competed and won the US$1million second place 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 Research Director role, he led the Robotics and Autonomous Systems group and also conducted research in legged robot navigation, perception and control with multi-legged robots with a focus on navigation 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 was the Chair of the IEEE Queensland joint chapter for Control Systems/Robotics and Automation Societies during 2020-2021. 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
Achievements and Awards
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2022-2022
CSIRO Chair's Medal
CSIRO -
2022-2022
Queensland iAward
Australian Information Industry association
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
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