Asanka Perera

Dr. Asanka Perera is a Lecturer in Mechatronic Engineering at the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) within the School of Engineering. He holds a PhD from the University of South Australia (UniSA), an MSc in Industrial Automation from the University of Moratuwa, and a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Peradeniya.

His research focuses on robotics, autonomous systems, computer vision, and machine learning with applications in drones, adversarial attacks on 3D point clouds, and medical imaging. Notable projects include bio-inspired navigation systems, multi-robot collaboration, and non-contact vital signs monitoring.

Dr. Perera has secured grants including AUD 17,546 from the US Department of Air Force for bio-inspired navigation research and AUD 68,645 for heterogeneous robot swarms. He actively supervises PhD students exploring topics like robust 3D object recognition and vision-based localization in low-light conditions.

He has taught courses at UNSW Canberra and UniSA, including Robotics & AI labs, autonomous systems design, and control systems. His professional memberships include IEEE, Engineers Australia, and the Australian Computer Society.

Dr. Perera is affiliated with UniSQ's Centre for Future Materials and Centre for Astrophysics. His work has been featured in media outlets such as Scientific American and ABC Australia.