TECHNOLOGY

Reigning in rogue robots

THE race is on in Perth to find a better robot stopper.

Noel Dyson
Robot haulers are designed to stop should something, such as a ute, stray into their area.

Robot haulers are designed to stop should something, such as a ute, stray into their area.

The Shield-X Unearthed hackathon launched in Perth on April 28 with the aim of developing a better device to shut down autonomous equipment. Autonomous equipment, such as robot trucks, is designed to...

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