Associate Professor Dr Thierry Peynot

Associate Professor Dr Thierry Peynot is a robotics researcher and academic with expertise in sensor data fusion, computer vision, perception, and the autonomy of unmanned ground vehicles, especially when operating in unstructured environments and challenging environmental conditions.

He is a Chief Investigator of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Centre for Robotics, the top robotics research lab in Australia, and a Technology Leader (Robotics & Automation) at Mining3. Over the last 12 years has led multiple research programs funded by industry, including mining (eg Caterpillar, Komatsu, Mining3), Defence (eg BAE Systems, Rheinmetall) and Space (eg with Boeing and CSIRO), developing and patenting robust perception technology for robots and autonomous vehicles that can function despite adverse environmental conditions such as smoke and dust. He has been the lead for the QUT Advanced Terrain Detection project, part of the Rheinmetall’s Autonomous Combat Warrior Research and Development program. Associate Professor Peynot is also the current Chair of the Robotics and Automation & Control Systems joint societies, IEEE Queensland Section and a member of the OCE StarShoT Advisory Council (OSAC).