Research News and Impact - University of Toronto Robotics Institute

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

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Sheila McIlraith co-authors consensus paper on AI risks and governance

October 24, 2023

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.

Yu Sun’s research highlighted in Nature article

August 8, 2023

An article published by Nature highlights Yu Sun’s glioblastoma research as an example of research success at the University of Toronto.

Robotics Institute and partners welcome students from Ukraine for U of T’s computer science summer research program

May 19, 2023

Hosted by the Robotics Institute, the event welcomed the second cohort of computer science summer students from Ukraine.

Awards & Honours

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Robotics Institute researchers win 2022 Sony Focused Research Award

October 5, 2023

Nandita Vijaykumar and Igor Gilitschenski jointly received a 2022 Sony Focused Research Award to explore neural radiance fields—a transformative deep learning technique used in computer graphics and computer vision to represent and render 3D scenes.

Yu Sun named a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

October 3, 2023

Yu Sun is one of 13 U of T researchers recently named a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in recognition of his leadership, creativity and commitment to advancing academic health sciences.

Sheila McIlraith awarded 2023 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize

September 30, 2023

Sheila McIlraith, was awarded the 2023 International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization (IJCAI) and Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR) Best Paper Prize for groundbreaking AI research.

Research Spotlights

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Sheila McIlraith co-authors consensus paper on AI risks and governance

October 24, 2023

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.

Tiny robots, giant steps: how nanotechnology could improve cancer and fertility treatment

October 3, 2023

Yu Sun’s nano-robotic research is helping the medical world tackle some of its most perplexing problems – from brain cancer surgery to in-vitro fertilization.

Brokoslaw Laschowski’s research featured on CityNews Toronto

October 3, 2023

“Bionic professor”, Brokoslaw Laschowski, gives CityNews Toronto an inside look at his robotics and AI research.