Utilising a US Landing Pad, and Austrade and Department of Defence support, Perth-based Chironix’s breakthrough technology is gaining traction with the US Navy.
Chironix was founded in late 2017 by Daniel Milford, a former Department of Defence employee. Having worked as deputy director for technology solutions in the public service, Milford identified the growing potential for machine-learning and robotics to dramatically reshape the human experience in the workplace.
What fascinated Milford most was the human interface: how humans interact with robots effectively while robots start to learn and operate for themselves.
Perth was a natural home for Chironix, with the fast-growing offshore oil and gas sector triggering demand for bespoke, home-grown robotics.
Milford established the business with three core elements:
developing autonomous vehicles;
building machine-learning software to help robots react to their environment; and
optimising ways to enhance human–robot interactions through wearable technologies.
One of the company’s biggest challenges was how to get the attention of the global defence industry, especially in the US – the world’s biggest defence market.
"I encountered the Landing Pads program in Singapore where an associate was attending the program. It got me thinking about a US Landing Pad and its potential for generating contacts in the US defence industry for Chironix," explained Milford. Read full article where Perth-based Chironix’s breakthrough technology gains traction with the US Navy.