The University of Toronto Robotics Institute is home to over 170 internationally recognized robotics experts spanning healthcare, mobility, and logistics and manufacturing. Learn more below about our international impact, research breadth, and award-winning faculty, students and alumni.
International Impact & Visibility
Sheila McIlraith co-authors consensus paper on AI risks and governance
Sheila McIlraith is one of 24 international AI experts who propose a path forward to mitigate the risks and challenges associated with advanced AI systems.
Awards & Honours
U of T’s self-driving car team places first at 2024 AutoDrive Challenge™ II
aUToronto returns to the top of the podium after placing second in last year’s SAE AutoDrive Challenge™ II.
Research Spotlights
Waabi, founded by U of T’s Raquel Urtasun, raises US$200 million to launch self-driving trucks
Waabi, a self-driving trucking startup founded by University of Toronto artificial intelligence (AI) expert Raquel Urtasun, has raised series B funding to support the deployment of fully autonomous, AI-powered trucks in 2025.
Toyota Research Institute partners with U of T researchers to advance vision-language models for robot manipulation
A new partnership between Florian Shkurti and Igor Gilitschenski and Toyota Research Institute aims to ensure safe and reliable human-robot interaction.
U of T Engineering researchers are making self-driving cars safer by enhancing tracking abilities
A team of University of Toronto engineering researchers are working to enhance the reasoning ability of robotic systems, such as autonomous vehicles, with the goal of increasing their reliability and safe operation in changing environments.