Seminar: Oxa – Unlocking the Power of Self Driving Autonomy, 14th March, 1:00pm

When: Thursday 14th of March, 1:00pm AEDT

Where: This seminar will be partially presented at the ACFR seminar area, J04 lvl 2 (Rose St Building) and partially online via Zoom. RSVP

Speaker: Dr Stephen Barkby

Title: Oxa – Unlocking the Power of Self Driving Autonomy

Abstract:

Oxa is an autonomous vehicle software company that was founded by Professor Paul Newman, spun out of Oxford University’s Mobile Robotics Group (MRG) in 2014. Since then the company has grown from strength to strength through Series A-C investments, developing self driving autonomous software solutions for a multitude of applications including industry logistics, goods delivery, agriculture, mining/energy and passenger transport. In 2024 Oxa is now entering a new phase as they transition into a scale up company (~400 people and still growing), marked by the first commercial deployment of their Oxa Driver product in partnership with Beep, an autonomous shuttle provider. Stephen Barkby joins us today to give us a sneak peak into these new technologies and exciting times.

Bio:

Stephen Barkby is a Principal Software Engineer from Oxa, based in Oxford, UK. A proud 2011 alumni of the Australian Centre for Robotics, Stephen was inspired to leave his hometown of Sydney, Australia to pursue a career in the robotics industry, since then involving himself in such products as The Dyson 360 Eye robot vacuum cleaner, The Sharp “Automato” precision agriculture project and Oxa Driver.