Robert has presented numerous papers both within Australia and overseas. These papers include:

Voltage Sags - Customer Needs Versus What Distributors can Deliver.

Robert co-authored this paper with Professor Vic Gosbell from Wollongong University. It was presented at the Electric Energy Society of Australia's annual conference in Canberra 9th and 10th of August 2002.

Predicting the Voltage Sag Performance of Electricity Distribution Networks. This paper was presented at E21C in August 2005 at Brisbane. It was co-authored by Dr Robert Barr, Electric Power Consulting Pty Ltd, Prof. Vic Gosbell, University of Wollongong and Chris Halliday, Electrical Consulting and Training.