Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is an ambitious institution, with a growing research output focused on technology and innovation and more than 50,000 students across two inner-city campuses in Brisbane. QUT ranks in the world’s top 200 universities. Our strategic plan establishes QUT as ‘the university for the real world’.   QUT is also a national leader in space research, with active involvement in mission planning and data analysis for the Mars Perseverance mission with NASA/JPL, world-class research capabilities in areas such as space robotics, astrobiology and computer-human interfaces, and world-class facilities including the largest covered lunar testbed in Australia. The QUT Centre for Robotics is among the largest and most successful global robotics groups. Consistently recognised as Australia’s premier robotics group by The Australian Research Magazine from 2019 to 2025, the Centre’s research programs span the areas of perception and localisation, visual learning and understanding, physical interaction, decision and control, and human-robot interaction.