Dr Navinda Kottege
/Navinda Court-Tay-Gay /
Research Director
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Biography
Navinda is the Research Director of CSIRO's Cyber-Physical Systems Research Program (Robotics, AI and Computer Vision) of ~200 people (~100 staff, ~100 affiliates) based in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Hobart. Navinda also co-leads the 'Productive Industries with Human-Robot Teaming' Program of Research (PoR) which is also known as the 'Physical AI' PoR. Apart from research management as a senior leader, he has extensive hands on experience in field robotics, autonomous systems and AI. Navinda was the Principal Investigator for team CSIRO Data61 that won the US$1M 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 grew into a world-class R&D capability within the organisation. Before stepping into the Research Director role, he led the 100 person Robotics and Autonomous Systems group (now split into the Robotic Perception and Autonomy group and the Robotic Design and Interaction 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 Professor at the Queensland University of Technology and the University of Queensland.
Professional Areas
Fields of Research
Current Roles
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Research Director
Cyber-Physical Systems Research Program -
Senior Principal Research Scientist - Physical AI
Cyber-Physical Systems Research Program
Academic Qualifications
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2009
PhD in Engineering
The Australian National University -
2004
Bachelor of Information Technology
University of Colombo School of Computing -
2003
Bachelor of Science (Engineering Physics)
University of Colombo
Professional Experiences
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2021-2022
Group Leader - Robotics and Autonomous Systems
CSIRO -
2018-2021
Team Leader - Dynamic Platforms
CSIRO -
2020-2024
Principal Research Scientist - Robotics
CSIRO -
2016-2020
Senior Research Scientist - Robotics
CSIRO -
2012-2016
Research Scientist - Robotics
CSIRO -
2009-2012
Postdoctoral Fellow - Enbedded Sensor Systems
CSIRO
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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2020-2023
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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