Technology

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced a $44.9 million commitment to support Calix in developing a demonstration plant using its Zero Emissions Steel Technology (ZESTY), a step aimed at advancing Australia’s green steel ambitions.

Rockwell Automation has announced the full program for its ROKLive 2025 event, set to take place from 29 to 31 July on the Gold Coast. 

Australian metal additive manufacturing company AML3D Limited has secured an order worth approximately $1.2 million for a small edition of its ARCEMY 3D printing system, to be delivered to the US Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Danville, Virginia.

Melbourne-based respiratory imaging company 4DMedical has renewed a three-year contract with the University of Michigan Medical Center, a top-tier academic medical centre in the United States, to provide access to its suite of structural lung analysis technologies. 

Advanced Navigation has demonstrated its indoor positioning technology at Castle Hill Station in Sydney, addressing a key accessibility challenge for commuters with vision impairments in GPS-limited environments.

Archer Materials has demonstrated the functionality of its tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) sensor technology at cryogenic temperatures, confirming its ability to perform sensitive magnetic field measurements in low-temperature environments. 

Sense has been selected to join the 2025 EnergyLab Scaleup Program, strengthening its involvement in Australia’s grid decarbonisation and bushfire risk reduction efforts. 

Konica Minolta Australia, in collaboration with global mobile robotics company Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR), is set to unveil two new autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) at CeMAT Australia 2025, which will be held from 22 to 24 July at The Dome, Sydney Olympic Park.

Monash University is leading the design of a new lightweight, mobile CT scanner as part of a $25 million contract awarded through the United States’ Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). 

Australian metal 3D printing company AML3D has announced that it has received a Letter of Intent (LOI) from the US Department of the Navy, signalling plans to collaborate on key additive manufacturing (AM) initiatives as part of the Navy’s Maritime Industrial Base (MIB) expansion.