Current Team

The current members of the NUbots team, and what they do.
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Updated 2 Aug 2026
The NUbots team for RoboCup 2026 Incheon
The NUbots team for RoboCup 2026

Left to right: Kim Khang Hoang, Johanne Montano, Miles Punch, Mithun Sivanesan, Clayton Carlon, Trent Houliston, Vincent Tumminello, Sebastian Brooker, Corah Oliver

Academic Supervisors

  • Professor Stephan Chalup: Professor in the School of Computer and Information Sciences. Head of the Newcastle Robotics Laboratory and NUbots. Specialises in Machine Learning and Anthropocentric Biocybernetic Computing.

  • Dr. Alejandro Donaire: Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering. Specialises in control systems. Supervises NUbots Mechatronics final year projects in a range of areas.

  • Dr. Roxy Jackson: Lecturer in the School of Engineering. Supervises NUbots Mechatronics final year projects.

  • Dr. Alexandre Mendes: Senior Lecturer in the School of Computer and Information Sciences. Deputy Head of NUbots. Specialises in Machine Learning and Optimisation.

  • Dr. Khaled Saleh: Lecturer in the School of Computer and Information Sciences. Specialises in Machine Learning and Autonomous Systems. Supervises NUbots Software Engineering final year projects in a range of areas.

Team Leaders

  • Sebastian Brooker: Undergraduate studying B Mechatronics Eng. Localisation. Co-leader.

  • Corah Oliver: Undergraduate studying B Comp Sci. Outreach Manager. Darwin-OP assembly and hardware design. Co-leader.

Student Members

  • Austin Bagnall, Undergraduate studying B Soft Eng.

  • Joe Bailey: B Comp Sci. Studying Computing Honours. Vision data generation and benchmarking.

  • Clayton Carlon: B Comp Sys Eng (Hons), B Elec Eng (Hons). PhD student in Elec Eng. Ex-Team leader. Electronics and audio signal processing.

  • Tristan Dyson: Undergraduate studying B Computer Science and Data Science. Computer vision.

  • Lucinda Fien: Undergraduate studying B Mechatronics Eng. Motion.

  • Thomas Harvey, Undergraduate studying B Elec Eng.

  • Kim Khang Hoang: Undergraduate studying B Comp Sci. NUsight development.

  • Edward Jomon, Undergraduate studying B Mechatronics Eng.

  • Jason McCoy, Undergraduate studying B Computing

  • Nikita Mingazov, Undergraduate studying B Comp Sci.

  • Johanne Montano: Undergraduate studying combined B Comp Sys Eng and B Math. Electronics and vision.

  • Miles Punch: Undergraduate studying B Mechatronics Eng. Embedded systems and localisation.

  • Ali Riyaz: Undergraduate studying B Soft Eng. Reinforcement learning behaviour.

  • Mithun Sivanesan: Undergraduate studying B Soft Eng. Localisation and vision.

  • Vincent Tumminello: Undergraduate studying B Mechatronics Eng. Motion.

  • Hengning "Henry" Xu: PhD student in Elec Eng. Control and reinforcement learning.

Junior Members

  • Marvin Rusli: Masters student in Data Science.

Supporting Members

Past members of the team that are still involved with projects, mentoring, and support.

  • Brendan Annable: B Soft Eng. Ex-Team Leader. Lead Developer of NUsight.

  • Dr. Alex Biddulph: PhD Comp Sys Eng, B Comp Sci, B Comp Sys Eng (Hons). Ex-Team Leader. Currently at 4AI Systems. Build system, machine learning and computer vision.

  • William Burgin: B Mechatronics Eng. Localisation.

  • Liam Craft: B Comp Sci (Hons). Currently at 4Tel. Hardware design and machine learning.

  • Benjamin Hallett, B Computer Science

  • Angelique Herfel: B Soft Eng. Computer vision and behaviour.

  • Dr. Trent Houliston: PhD Soft Eng. Ex-Team Leader. Currently at 4AI Systems. Software architecture, machine learning and computer vision.

  • Thomas O'Brien: B Mechatronics Eng. PhD submitted in Mechanical Eng. Ex-Team Leader. Control and localisation.

  • Josephus Paye II: B Comp Sci. Ex-Team Leader. Web dev.

  • Ysobel Sims: B Math and Comp Sci. PhD submitted in Comp Sci. Ex-Team Leader. Currently at Macquarie University. Machine learning.

  • David Wieland: B IT. Specialises in community outreach, sponsorships and marketing.

  • Taylor Young: B Elec Eng (Hons). PhD candidate in Elec Eng. Hardware and electronics.

Alumni

See Past Members for past NUbots members.

Introduction
Areas of Research
Joining the Team
How We Work
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