Alumni

PhD Students

• 2025 Dr. Ricardo Vilela de Godoy
  Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of São Paulo
• 2024 Dr. Che-Ming Chang
  Current: Lecturer, The University of Waikato
  First: Robotics Development Engineer, Acumino
• 2024 Dr. Joao Buzzatto
  Current: Postdoctoral Associate, MIT
• 2023 Dr. Mojtaba Shahmohammadi
  Current: Product Development Engineer, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
• 2023 Dr. Yongje Kwon
  Current: Co-Founder / Developer, Ramblocks
  First: Research Associate, New Dexterity
• 2022 Dr. Nathan Elangovan
  Current: Senior Robotics Development Engineer, Acumino
  First: Research Associate, New Dexterity
• 2022 Dr. Geng Gao
  Current: Senior Robotics Development Engineer, Acumino
  First: Robotics Research Scientist, Acumino / New Dexterity
• 2021 Dr. Gal Gorjup
  Current: Senior Robotics Development Engineer, Acumino
  First: Robotics Development Engineer, Airnamics
• 2021 Dr. Anany Dwivedi
  Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Artificial Intelligence Institute, University of Waikato
  First: Postdoctoral Associate, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
• 2021 Dr. Lucas Ferrari Gerez
  Current: Lecturer, University of Glasgow
  First: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

Co-Supervised PhD Students

• 2024 Qi Zhang — main supervisor: Prof. Peter Xu

Research Associates

• 2023 Junbang Liang
  Current: PhD Student, Columbia University
  6 Conference Papers — IEEE/RSJ IROS & IEEE SSRR

Visiting PhD Students

• 2020 Francesco De Pace
  Visiting from Politecnico di Torino
  Current: Postdoctoral Associate, Technische Universität Wien

ME Students — Research Theses

• 2025 Botao Dong
• 2025 Reuben O’Brien — 1 Conference Paper — IEEE IROS
• 2025 Minsu Kim
• 2024 Devin Mukalanyaye Ranasinghe
• 2023 Bryan Busby — 1 Conference Paper — IEEE EMBC
• 2022 Dah Young Kim
• 2022 Alex Hayashi — 1 Conference Paper — IEEE ICRA
• 2021 Jimmy Lin
• 2021 Vandna Patel
• 2021 Navin Perera — 1 Conference Paper — IEEE/RSJ IROS
• 2020 Arran Davis
• 2019 Helen Evans
• 2019 Varatharajan Srinivasan

ME Students — Research Projects

• 2025 Zak Quor
• 2025 Prajith Uthayaraja
• 2025 Yunhan Wang
• 2024 Omar Hakim
• 2024 Sidharth Jayaprakash
• 2024 Zhenyu Jin
• 2024 Siyun Luo
• 2024 Peter Strobel
• 2021 Yuran Zhou — 1 Conference Paper — IEEE ICRA
• 2020 Nigel Sim Joon Leck
• 2020 Kyaw Tun Ko
• 2020 Rohit Joshua Rajasekar
• 2019 Waris Hasan — 1 Journal Paper — IEEE RA-L | 1 Conference Paper — IEEE/RSJ IROS
• 2019 Harsha Thiruvengadam
• 2018 Junan Chen — 1 Journal Paper — IEEE RA-L
• 2018 Alexandre Eichene
• 2018 Ashkan Eslamighane
• 2018 Sai Sasanka Jupalli
• 2018 Chi-Hung Yang — 1 Journal Paper — IEEE RA-L
• 2017 Shivang Pathak
• 2017 Brahmaji Alla Rudhra
• 2017 Pratik Sankh

Undergraduate Students — Part 4 Project Groups

• 2024 Sophia Schulz & Rahul Bhati
• 2024 Vladislav Colpman & Andrew Koh
• 2024 Isara Nua & Otto Walker
• 2024 Megan Leung & Dylan Sebastian
• 2024 Trevor Heinemann & Raymond Wallace
• 2024 Adam Lee & Halle Townsend — co-supervised with Olaf Diegel
• 2024 Eric Shen & Anya Pearce — co-supervised with Poul Nielsen
• 2023 Huang & Masahiro Kobayashi — Defence Technology Agency, Part 4 Project Award
• 2023 Sennah Lee & Matthew Shepherd
• 2023 Ben Hart & Koen Van Rijnsoever
• 2023 Harry Bond & Rhys Holland
• 2023 Caleb Parker-Lee & Jesse Weston
• 2022 Daniel Balmes & Joshua Schoeman
• 2022 JunBang Liang & William A’court — Crown Robotics Technology Centre, Part 4 Project Award
• 2022 Megan Lecchi & Reuel Terezakis — 1 Conference Paper — IEEE ICRA
• 2022 Joshua Ng & Nicholas Scott
• 2022 Corey Duguid & Angus Lynch — Defence Technology Agency, Part 4 Project Award
• 2022 Beau Carner & Jose Vaquero
• 2021 Gus Barrowman & Nathan Varney
• 2021 Jack Breen & Finn McDonnell — Crown Robotics Technology Centre, Part 4 Project Award
• 2021 Bonnie Guan & Joshua Frankson
• 2021 Russell Feng & Zach Macleod
• 2021 Peter Mitchell & Reuben O’Brien — 1 Conference Paper — IEEE SSRR
• 2021 Anushka Siriwardane & Sabrina Teoh
• 2020 Zane Imran & Adam Scott — Crown Robotics Technology Centre, Part 4 Project Award | 1 Conference Paper — IEEE SSRR
• 2020 Chester Jerrat & Bradley Sauvarin
• 2020 Lucy Johnston & Leon Thambiran — IEEE/RSJ IROS, Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition, 3rd Place in Manufacturing Track
• 2020 Alexander Ruddell & Rochester Zhang — Mechanical Engineering Group (MEG), Part 4 Project Award
• 2020 Dasha Shieff & Amber Turner — 3 Conference Papers — IEEE ICRA, IEEE EMBC, IEEE ICAR
• 2019 Bryan Busby & Tzer Xi Lim
• 2019 Charlie Chen & Jimmy Lin
• 2019 Amaasha de Alwis & Seo In Park
• 2019 Lydia Hingston & Jonathan Mace — Mechanical Engineering Group (MEG), Part 4 Project Award | 1 Conference Paper — IEEE SSRR
• 2019 Charlie Hu & Alice Xiao
• 2019 Keshav Krishna & Geetanjali Lamba
• 2018 Yige Cao & Lucy Young — Beckhoff Automation Limited, Part 4 Project Award | 1 Conference Paper — IEEE ICRA
• 2018 Luke Cen & Varun Karkera — Caliber Design, Part 4 Project Award
• 2018 Laurence de Burgh & Jonathan Willis
• 2018 Evan Maunder & Brandon Samountry
• 2018 Karl Pereira & Mark Pochivalov
• 2017 Peter Gasparini & Geng Gao — Crown Robotics Technology Centre, Part 4 Project Award
• 2017 Bruno Johnston & Zak Flintoff — Mechatronics Staff, Part 4 Project Award | 1 Conference Paper — IEEE/RSJ IROS
• 2017 Jared Lean & Nisal Manamperi
• 2017 Andrew McLaren & Zachary Fitzgerald — EDNZ, Part 4 Project Award | 1 Conference Paper — IEEE/RSJ IROS
• 2017 Regan Cornelius & Eythan Prendergast

Undergraduate Students — Summer Scholarships & Internships

• 2021 Caleb Probine — 1 Conference Paper — IEEE SMC
• 2020 Alexander Williams
• 2019 Petar Gorgiovski
• 2019 Likhitha Satrasala
• 2018 Mohd Babar
• 2018 David Shi
• 2018 Tom Bewley — 1 Conference Paper — IEEE ICRA

Visiting Undergraduate Students

• 2022 Aditya Majali — Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
• 2020 Ish Kadakia — University of Melbourne

Totals