This award recognises a young engineer who is judged to have made the most excellent contribution as an engineer and a leader, and through community involvement. 

Toby Collett

Even during his undergraduate degree, Toby was exploring robots and robotics, achieving international recognition for his work on the open source Player robotics project, playerstage.

He continued his interest of robotics into his PhD., work which led directly to the development of Inro Technologies, a company that retrofits cars, forklifts and other vehicles with robotic control systems, effectively replacing the driver without redesigning the vehicle from scratch.

Toby has involved himself in the practical side of running the start-up business, and he ably mentors new arrivals to the company, which has grown from six to 20 staff in the last year. He is clearly suited to his position as Technical Director,
and he demonstrates a great aptitude for explaining highly complex concepts.

While Inro Technologies is still in its early stages, Toby impresses with a wide and long-term view of the opportunities for spin-off businesses and for widely different uses for robotics technology.

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