Navinda Kottege
Research Director - Cyber-Physical Systems at The University of Queensland
Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolNavinda Kottege is Research Director of CSIRO’s Cyber-Physical Systems program, leading over 200 scientists and engineers across robotics, computer vision and distributed sensing while combining strategic leadership with deep hands-on expertise in field robotics and autonomous systems. He has led legged robotics at CSIRO since 2011 and was PI for the CSIRO Data61 team that placed second in the DARPA SubT Challenge, translating advanced research into high-impact, real-world deployments. Comfortable with both research management and low-level engineering, his technical toolkit spans ROS, C/C++, Python, embedded systems, signal processing and machine learning. An experienced academic collaborator and adjunct at multiple universities, he supervises students and bridges industry–academia translation. Notably, his background in underwater acoustic localisation and bio-inspired systems gives him a cross-domain perspective that informs robust solutions for complex environments. Based in Brisbane, he blends PhD-level research rigor with a proven track record of keeping humans out of dull, dirty and dangerous environments through practical robotics.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Australian National UniversityBSc (Honours), Engineering Physics, First Class Honours (H1), BSc (Honours), Engineering Physics, First Class Honours (H1) at University of ColomboNalanda College
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Github Skills (6)
robot10
robot-controller9
controller9
robotics9
ieee9
rover7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
csiro-robotics/shc_tutorials
Jun 2020 - Nov 2020
Tutorials for using OpenSHC
Contributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 1 branch in 5 months
roboticshexapod-robotopenshclegged-robotshexapod-ros
csiro-robotics/syropod_highlevel_controller
Mar 2016 - Oct 2020
OpenSHC: A Versatile Multilegged Robot Controller
Contributions:8 reviews, 9 commits, 5 PRs in 4 years 8 months
roboticscontrolleropenshcrobotrobot-controller
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