Apple co-founder Steve "Woz" Wozniak is set to join the University of Technology, Sydney, in December as an adjunct professor.

He will become a key part of the UTS "Magic Lab", the university's centre for innovation and enterprise research, which conducts research into robotics and artificial intelligence.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will join UTS in December Credit:Rob Homer

Mr Wozniak invented the first Apple computer in 1976 out of a garage in Palo Alto, California, with co-founder Steve Jobs.

The company went on to become the most valuable brand in the world, not least because of Mr Wozniak's significant contribution to micro-computing with the Apple I and Apple II computers, parts of which have enabled the invention of portable devices such as Apple's iconic iPhone.