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Dr Gordon Wyeth's research interests are in Robotics. Dr Gordon Wyeth heads the Robotics Laboratory in the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at the University of Queensland, Australia. He holds a PhD and a Bachelor of Engineering degree (with honours) in Computer Systems Engineering. He was President of the Australian Robotics and Automation Association from 2004 to 2006, and Director of the Mechatronics Engineering Program at the University of Queensland over the same period. He has served in various positions in RoboCup International Federation, and initiated the RoboCup Junior program in over 300 Queensland schools.
The University of Queensland Robotics Lab receives funding through the Australian Research Council and other government bodies, as well as industry partner SAP. The Lab has designed and constructed more than twenty types of robots, including flying robots, wall-climbing robots, high performance wheeled robots, legged robots, manipulators and a humanoid robot. The Lab's robot soccer team, the RoboRoos, have been runners-up three times in the RoboCup World Cup of robot soccer. The Lab's principal research aim is to build practical and useful robots that exploit, explain and expand models of living systems.
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