Take advantage of your trip to Australia and connect with our research communities! Australia has an extensive network of robotics, AI, and interactive technology facilities. Through research groups, Labs, National Facilities, and ARC Centres of Excellence, Australian researchers contribute to the advancement of our discipline.
We have curated a list of research centres, labs and facilities in Australia that can be of your interest. We are contacting these labs and groups to organise independent visits or lab tours before and after the HRI’25 conference. Once they authorise to share their contact details in our list, you can contact them directly to discuss the possibility of visiting them during your free days.
Please also notice that these are independent visits and depend on the availability of the host lab. Check the list to confirm that specific labs are accepting visitors.
Please contact us if you think we missed any lab or research groups.
Looking forward to seeing you at HRI’25 or around Australia!
Melbourne labs visit information
| Lab | Availability | Sign-up | Questions | Person in charge | Meeting point |
| RMIT Robotics | Friday 7th March, 10am | timothy.wiley@rmit.edu.au | Timothy Wiley | Building 91, RMIT University, Victoria Road | |
| HCI and HRI Labs (U. of Melbourne) | Thursday 6th March, 18:30 and 19:30 | Sign up here | [audrey.balaska] [eden.j]@unimelb.edu.au | Audrey Balaska and Jon Eden | Melbourne Connect, 700 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria |
| CSIRO Data61 (Max 30 ppl) | Friday 7th March 13:00-14:00 | Sign up here | Leimin.Tian@data61.csiro.au | Laimin Tiam | 18 Alliance Ln, Clayton VIC 3168 |
| Monash Robotics (30 ppl max) | Friday 7th March 14:00-15:30 | Same as above | dana.kulic@monash.edu | Dana Kulic | Bayview Ave, Clayton VIC 3168 |
| Exertion Games Lab (30 ppl max) | Friday 7th March 15:30-16:30 | Same as above | don.elvitigala@monash.edu | Don Samitha | Bayview Ave, Clayton VIC 3168 |
| Swinburne U Intelligent Robotics Lab | Friday 7th March 13:00-16:00 | misaksson@swin.edu.au | Mats Isakson | Swinburne U., Hawthorn Campus (Enter from John Street, the robots are visible from the street) |
Labs open for visits in Australia
ACT
Collaborative Robotics Lab
University of Canberra
Location: Building 6, Level B, Room 21 (6B21), ACT
Availability: Before and after the HRI’25 Conference
Contact: Damith Hearth, damith.herath@canberra.edu.au
School of Cybernetics Labs
Australian National University
Location: Level 3 Birch Building, 35 Science Road, Canberra, ACT 2601
Availability: Before and after the HRI’25 Conference
Contact: Josh Andres, josh.andres@anu.edu.au
AIR: AI and Robotics Group (Formerly Trusted Autonomy Group)
UNSW Canberra
Location: Building 15-18, UNSW Canberra Australian Defence Force Academy, ACT
Availability: To be confirmed
Contact: Matt Garratt, m.garrat@unsw.edu.au
NSW
Creative Robotics Lab
UNSW
Location: UNSW Paddington Campus, Block A
Availability: After the HRI’25 Conference
Contact: Eduardo B. Sandoval, e.sandoval@unsw.edu.au
National Facility for Human-Robot Interaction Research
UNSW
Location: UNSW Paddington Campus, Block A
Availability: After the HRI’25 Conference
Contact: Eduardo B. Sandoval, e.sandoval@unsw.edu.au
UNSW Robotics group
UNSW
Location: UNSW Kensington campus, J17, Level 5
Availability: After the HRI’25 Confernece
Contact: Claude Sammut, c.sammut@unsw.edu.au
Sydney AI People and Language Lab (SAIPLL)
The University of Sydney
Location: Rm 449, School of Computer Science (J12), The University of Sydney, NSW ,2006. Building J12/1 Cleveland St, Camperdown NSW 2006
Availability: Before and After the HRI’25 Conference
Contact: Jonathan K. Kummerfeld, jonathan.kummerfeld@sydney.edu.au
Victoria
HCI Research Group
University of Melbourne
Location: Melbourne Connect, 700 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria
Availability: 6th of March 2025 (after conference closing)
Contact: Audrey Balaska, audrey.balaska@unimelb.edu.au
For those interested in attending, they can register here: https://q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_3OiMTGuBOo9nRUW
For more information on the event, they can check this webpage here: https://balaskahri.notion.site/HRI-2025-Unimelb-Lab-Tour-18c15bc9fdfb80c99ea8d4d0a4f4553f
Artificial Intelligence Innovation Lab
RMIT
Location: Building 14, Level 11 (City Campus)
Availability: After the HRI’25 Conference
Contact: Tim Wiley, timothy.wiley@rmit.edu.au
Exertion Games Lab 1 and 2
Monash University
Location: Building 74, room G13 8 Scenic Boulevard Clayton, Victoria 3800
Availability: Before and after HRI’25 conference
Contact: Don Elvitigala, don.elvitigala@monash.edu
Intelligent Robotics Lab
TC115
Loction: Swinburne University, Hawthorn Campus (Enter from John Street, the robots are visible from the street)
Availability: To be confirmed
Contact: A/Prof Mats Isaksson, misaksson@swin.edu.au
Monash Robotics Lab
Monash University
Location: 18 Alliance Lane, Clayton Campus
Availability: After the HRI’25 Conference
Contact: Dana Kulić, dana.kulic@monash.edu
CSIRO Robotics HRI lab
CSIRO
Location: Research Way, meet at East Reception of CSIRO Clayton
Availability: After the HRI’25 Conference
Contact: Leimin Tian, leimin.tian@data61.csiro.au
South Australia
IVE: Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments
University of South Australia Campus
Location: Building W, Mawsons Lakes, SA, 5095, UNISA CAMPUS
Availability: To be confirmed
Contact: Mark Billinghurst, mark.billinghurst@unisa.edu.au
Western Australia
Robotics Labs
Western Australia University
Location: Robotics Lab (G.01), Automative Simulator (Building G.02), Industrial Robot Lab (Building G.81-F), Parallel Robot Lab (Building G.16), Rev Lab (Building G.25), UWA Campus, WA
Availability: Before and after the HRI’25 conference
Contact: Thomas Bräunl, thomas.braunl@uwa.edu.au, 08 6488 1763