The Team

MAGICian consists of two groups. One based in Western Australia (Edith Cowan University, Illiarc, Thales Australia, and the University of Western Australia) and another from South Australia (Flinders University).

The Western Australian part of Team MAGICian developed the WAMbot robots that entered the MAGIC 2010 finals. The WAMbot team consisted primarily of students and volanteers who offered their time in the evenings and weekends to contribute to our success.
(Photo shows some members of June team at the Outdoor June TAP - Left to Right: Michael Fazio, Nicolas Garel, Sushil Pangeni, Aidan Morgan, Frank Ophelders, Adrian Boeing, Michael Hewett, Thomas Braunl, Stephen Whitely, Kenneth Treharne) (Photo shows some members of team in October.
Top row, Left to Right: Brian Frisch, Frank Ophelders, Michael Fazio, Anthony Attwood, Adam Gandossi, Nicolas Garel, Robert Reid.
Bottom row, Left to Right: Tim Yates, Sam Lopes, Adrian Boeing, Michael Hewett, Yusuf Syaid, Chang-Su Lee) (Photo shows members of the team in November at the Old Ram Shed Challenge in Adelaide - Frank Ophelders, Adrian Boeing, Robert Reid)

The WAMbot development team members are: 

Adam Gandossi (Thales) 
Adrian Boeing (ECU / UWA)
Aidan Morgan (Thales) 
Alex Keggart (Thales)
Anthony Attwood (Thales)
Brian Frisch (UWA / Notre Dame)
Bruce Sutherland (RF Innovations)
Chang Su Lee (ECU)
Frank Ophelders (UWA/ECU/Eindhoven) 
Kenneth Treharne (Flinders)
Kevin Vinsen (ILLIARC) 
Luke Thin (Thales)
Mark Boulton (Thales) 
Martin Hughes (Ansaldo STS)
Martin Masek (ECU)
Michael Fazio (Thales)
Mike Hewett (Fujitsu)
Minh Tran (ECU)
Nicolas Garel (ECU)
Rebecca Ucich (Thales)
Robert Reid (UWA)
Sam Lopes (UWA / Notre Dame)
Sam Zeid (ECU)
Sean Cheng (UWA) 
Sushil Pangeni (UWA) 
Thomas Bräunl (UWA) 
Tim Yates (UWA) 
Yusuf Syaid (Curtin)
There are many more that have helped our team get through to the the finals by helping us where they could, including: 
Alwyn Kyi (UWA)
David Clifton
Joel Cottrell (Flinders)
Linda Barbour (UWA)
Simon Hawe (TUM)
Smita Kulkarni (ECU)
Stephen Whitely (UWA)
Wei Liu (UWA)
The key personnel responsible for different sections of the system were:
Software Architecture and Software Integration 
Adrian Boeing (ECU / UWA)
Aidan Morgan (Thales) 
Frank Ophelders (UWA/ECU/Eindhoven)
Michael Fazio (Thales)
Vision 
Mark Boulton (Thales) 
Martin Masek (ECU)
Nicolas Garel (ECU)
Localization and Mapping 
Frank Ophelders (UWA/ECU/Eindhoven)
Robert Reid (UWA)
LIDAR and Sensing 
Adam Gandossi (Thales) 
Adrian Boeing (ECU / UWA)
Bruce Sutherland (RF Innovations)
Chang Su Lee (ECU)
Human-Machine Interface 
Aidan Morgan (Thales) 
Alex Keggart (Thales)
Anthony Attwood (Thales)
Mike Hewett (Fujitsu)
Sean Cheng (UWA)
Navigation 
Adrian Boeing (ECU / UWA)
Chang Su Lee (ECU)
Sushil Pangeni (UWA)
Exploration 
Brian Frish (UWA / Notre Dame)
Sam Lopes (UWA / Notre Dame)
Task Allocation 
Adam Gandossi (Thales) 
Aidan Morgan (Thales)
Communications 
Aidan Morgan (Thales) 
Bruce Sutherland (RF Innovations)
Michael Fazio (Thales)
Mechatronics 
Tim Yates (UWA) 
Yusuf Syaid (Curtin)
Testing 
Martin Hughes (Ansaldo STS)
Simulation 
Frank Ophelders (UWA/ECU/Eindhoven)
Martin Masek (ECU)
Sushil Pangeni (UWA)

The Western Australian MAGIC Robot (WAMbot) team’s primary contacts for each institute are:

  • Dr. Adrian Boeing / Computer and Security Science, Edith Cowan University / Elecrical Electronic and Computer Engineering, The University of Western Australia / Transmin Pty Ltd
  • Prof. Thomas Braunl / Elecrical Electronic and Computer Engineering, The University of Western Australia
  • Aidan Morgan / Thales Australia
  • Kevin Vinsen / Illiarc