Australian team win $80,000 in robotics challenge

An Australian team competing in the Amazon Robotics challenge in Japan has won first prize. The team from the Australian Centre for Robotics Vision (ACRV), led by Dr Juxi Leitner, came from behind to win the final round of the competition. The Centre, based at the Queensland University of Technology, is a collaboration between QUT, Australian National University, University of Adelaide and Monash.