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Associate Professor Denny Oetomo
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne
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Sciences & Technology
Three ways we’re ‘making friends’ with robots
The rise of the machines has already evoked fears of robots taking over the world, but in reality the frontier of human-machine interaction is collaboration
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Sciences & Technology
Made Possible By Melbourne
Restoring movement – and the sensations of everyday life
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Sciences & Technology
Game, set, match: Mr Robot
A robot that could defeat us in a game of tennis might be on the cards in future
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Arts & Culture
It’s Back to the Future: The day has arrived
It may have been science fiction in 1985, but hoverboards and much of the technology in the Back to the Future trilogy has become real
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Sciences & Technology
The rise of the machines: Fact or fiction?
Will we one day have robot overlords? University of Melbourne robotics and artificial intelligence researchers look into the future