Made in Canberra.

Artem Lensky

Founder, principal architect and software

Started Plato Pod, designed its architecture and writes most of its software. Lecturer at UNSW Canberra and the Australian War College, teaching communication and information systems and surveillance technologies, and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney.

PhD in computer and electrical engineering from the University of Ulsan, South Korea (2010), funded by the Agency for Defense Development. Earlier work includes the vision system for the XM1219 armed robotic vehicle, and an autonomous vehicle for a competition funded by Hyundai Motor and the Agency for Defense Development.

Rhianne Chng

Principal engineer

Electrical Team Lead of the UNSW Canberra Robotics and Autonomous Systems Team, which placed fourth overall at the 2026 Australian Rover Challenge. Winner of the 2020 UNSW Canberra Prize for Best Female Student in Mathematics. Works on circuit board design and robotics.

George Mur

Client relations

Works with the schools, universities and military organisations that use Plato Pod, and finds new ones: the first person to talk to about bringing it to yours.

Gabriel “Gino” Sampedro

Country representative, the Philippines

Brings Plato Pod to partners in the Philippines. Founder and CEO of Philippine Coding Camp, a technology education and innovation institute, and Adjunct Professor at the Lyceum of the Philippines University and Universitas Brawijaya.

PhD in IT convergence engineering from Kumoh National Institute of Technology, South Korea (2023), in robotics, embedded systems and machine learning. Formerly an Assistant Professor and UP Scientist at the University of the Philippines Diliman, and in 2026 a DOST Balik Scientist with CUATRO, the national robotics and automation programme. IEEE Senior Member and Section Chair for the Philippines of the IEEE Communications Society; has lectured at the Philippine Military Academy and to the Armed Forces of the Philippines on military systems design.

Jui-Tang Wang

Country representative, Taiwan

Brings Plato Pod to partners in Taiwan. Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech), where he was Deputy Director of the Center for IoT Innovation from 2020 to 2025.

PhD in computer science and engineering from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. Works on 5G and 6G networks: open radio access networks, private networks, ultra-reliable low-latency communication and network security, with an emphasis on open-source implementation and experimental testbeds.