Oliver Obst

Oliver Obst is Associate Professor in Robotics in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at UNSW Sydney. His research focuses on embodied intelligence and collective robotics, with an emphasis on efficient learning systems, recurrent neural networks, and autonomous platforms operating in real-world environments.

He has held senior academic leadership roles, including Director of a research centre and Head of Department, and previously worked at CSIRO / Data61. He has served on the board of trustees of the RoboCup Federation and has long been involved in mentoring student robotics teams. His work spans robotics, AI in health, and intelligent infrastructure, including award-recognised decision-support systems and ARC-funded research.

He holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Koblenz–Landau, Germany.