Professor Sarath Kodagoda

UTS

Professor Sarath Kodagoda is the Director of the UTS Robotics Institute. He is also serving as the Vice President of the Australian Robotics & Automation Association (ARAA). He is instrumental in the development of the Mechatronics courses at UTS and received 3 teaching awards including the prestegious UTS Medal for teaching & research integration. He has over 20 years of experience in robotics, published over 150 papers, received over $6M industry grants and 5 research awards including state, national and international awards. He is a co-chair of the first ever Robotic Roadmap for Australia, which was launched in 2018.

Professor Kodagoda’s broad research interest is to develop robotic solutions for humans to safely and efficiently carry out dirty, dull and dangerous tasks. Sensor fusion, sensor networks, data processing and decision making through machine learning are his research directions.