Autonomous Vehicle News
More than 30 projects were awarded grants under the federal Accelerating Commercialisation program last week, ranging from pilot-scale superconductor manufacturing to an autonomous vehicle to assist blasting at mine sites. Accelerating Commercialisation is part of the AusIndustry Entrepreneurs’ Programme, and provides funding and advice to help “[b]usinesses, start-ups and researchers” reach global markets with “a novel product, process or service ready to scale up”. Grants can cover up to half of project costs and are valued between from $50,000 to $1 million. University of Wollongong spinout business Electrogenics was awarded $689,668 to develop MOSkin, a tool that is designed to precisely measure radiation dose and dose rate in radiotherapeutics. LYRO Robotics – which announced this month that it is seeking up to $3.5 million in seed funding to further develop its automated farm solutions – was awarded $797,441 for development of a “multi-produce, intelligent packing robot”.