ALAR

The Artificial Life and Adaptive Robotics Laboratory

About Us

The Artificial Life and Adaptive Robotics Laboratory (ALAR) is a research laboratory within the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering of the Australian Defence Force Academy at the University of New South Wales. ALAR aims to bridge the gap between fundamental and applied research, and facilitates industrial collaboration.

AIMS

 

Researchers of ALAR are committed to:
 

• Undertaking research to enhance Australia's future economic, social and cultural well-being

• Conducting highly innovative research to achieve outstanding international and national recognition

• Building new capacity for interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to research areas

• Attracting researchers of high international standing along with the most promising research students

• Ensuring high quality research training

• Developing close working relationships and building new networks with relevant major international centers and research programs

• Raising awareness of the benefits of our work to Australia.
   

OUTCOMES
 

Research and commercialisation activities by ALAR centre on:
 

• Applying research findings – providing advice, training, and consultancy services to our partner institutions and clients

• Developing tools and techniques – algorithms, models, simulation, and visualization that assist decision-makers and systems designers

• Research methodologies – developing and proving theories and research methodologies to be adopted by our partners in industry and related research centres.
   

COMPUTING RESOURCES

 

Existing computing resources available to ALAR researchers and partners include:
 

• Sun Microsystems Cluster

• A number of wheel robots

• Real physics simulation suite

• National supercomputing facilities
   

ASSOCIATED ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS

Academic Institutions Associated with ALAR

• Within UNSW@ADFA

  School of Aerospace,

  Civil and Mechanical Engineering,

  School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at ADFA

   

• Australian Institutions

  Adelaide

  CSU

  Monash

  UQ

   

• International Institutions

  Bristol (UK)

  National Research Council (Italy)

  National University of Singapore (Singapore)

  University of Illinois (USA)

  University of Birmingham (UK)
   

Last update: March 19, 2005 02:01:05 PM
ALAR: Artificial Life and Adaptive Robotics Lab