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Robotics Accelerator Winners
TRAVEL WITH PEPPER ROBOT AND ROBOTIC EDUCATION SUCCEED AT THE QUT BLUEBOX ROBOTICS ACCELERATOR
Travics a team that created a better travel booking experience using SoftBank Robotics’ humanoid robot Pepper, and RAWrobotics, a team that is changing robotics education, have come up as winners of the QUT bluebox robotics Accelerator, Australia’s first robotics dedicated accelerator.
2017 QUT bluebox Challenge announce Winners
The QUT bluebox winners for the QUT bluebox Challenge were announced last night after each finalists pitched for a packed room of spectators and the Challenge judges.
QUT students and alumni set to Challenge with new startups
Ranging from robotics to human resources, the 2017 QUT bluebox Challenge finalists are in, and sure to make a mark in the startup sector.
Biotech pioneer leads QUT hunt for founders of the future
Queensland’s first ever chief scientist is helping QUT turn its world-leading research into real-world patents and products.
Professor Peter Andrews AO is the new Chairman of QUT’s independent commercialisation arm, qutbluebox.
A pioneer of innovation and knowledge industries in Queensland, Professor Andrews is a bio-entrepreneur with a passion for social enterprise and using research and development to solve the world’s biggest problems.
QUT Bluebox signs agreement with MDxHealth to commercialise oral cancer liquid biopsy test
QUT Bluebox , QUT’s commercialisation arm has signed an agreement with MDxHealth to commercialise oral cancer liquid biopsy test. The diagnostic test could potentially improve thousands of patient lives, with early detection being the key to survival
Pepper a peek into the future of social robotics
It may be petite, but Pepper carries the future of robotics on its narrow shoulders. QUT is Australia’s first university to use Pepper specifically for a social robotics research platform, complementing the State Government’s strategy to explore the potential for humanoid robots.
Created by SoftBank Robotics, Pepper is the world’s first personal humanoid robot that can recognise emotions.