U of T Robotics News
Robotic nano-surgery shown effective at treating aggressive brain cancer in mice
By Hallie Siegel APRIL 11, 2023 Researchers at the University of Toronto Robotics Institute and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have teamed up to develop a new treatment option for patients diagnosed with glioblastoma (GBM). Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer; the average life expectancy after a diagnosis is around 15 […]
Professor Yu Sun receives U of T President’s Impact Award
Professor Yu Sun (MIE) is among the 2023 recipients of the University of Toronto President’s Impact Award, which celebrates faculty members whose research has made a significant impact outside of academia.
When Macro Meets Micro
PhD student Sven Lilge with a continuum robot The UofT Robotics Institute brings together professors who work in 14 different areas of robotics at UofT. This is a story about one of the unexpected collaborations that might never have happened without the Robotics Institute. It all began when Prof Jessica Burgner-Kahrs gave a guest lecture […]
Two UofT Robotics Institute Profs make the annual list of the 100 most cited roboticists
The annual list of the top 100 most cited roboticists has just been released, and we are proud to say that two Robotics Institute professors have made the list:#53 is Tim Barfoot and #74 is Steve Waslander!
How Duckietown set Chude (Frank) Qian on the road to autonomous vehicles
University of Toronto, February 3, 2022: “Frank” Chude Qian, A Master Student at the University of Toronto, shares with us his experience with Duckietown. How Duckietown set Chude (Frank) Qian on the road to autonomous vehicles (reposted) “Frank” Chude Qian is a Master’s student at the University of Toronto. He first encountered Duckietown at the […]
New report and ecosystem data from the Canadian Robotics Council
The Canadian Robotics Council has issued a report synthesizing insights from its first Symposium and provides a first snapshot of Canada’s robotics ecosystem.
UTRA Hacks March 18 & 19
The University of Toronto Robotics Association (UTRA) is partnering with the Robotics Institute to bring back their annual UTRA Hacks event. This beginner-friendly hackathon to encourage robotics skill-building will start at noon on Saturday, March 18 and finish in the early afternoon of Sunday, March 19. Registration is only $10, and all participants receive three (3) […]
In Memoriam: Peter Carlisle Hughes 1940-2023
It is with great sadness that we announce the death on the 5th of January of Professor Emeritus Peter Carlisle Hughes, preeminent dynamicist, aerospace engineer and space robotics pioneer.
Self-driving vehicles aren’t yet ready for Toronto winters, but WinTOR is on its way
University of Toronto Robotics Institute Professor Steven Waslander, a world leading expert on 3D object detection for self-driving vehicles, was asked by CBC’s Metro Morning to weigh in on Tesla drivers being allowed to test hands-free features in Toronto’s downtown core
Women in Robotics Ontario Chapter Launches
On November 19, 2022 a group of women in robotics gathered to kick off the new WiR Ontario Chapter.
HeRo/KITE seminar Dec 5 at 11am: Dr. Hermano Igo Kreb
HeRo/KITE seminar Dec 5 at 11am: Dr. Hermano Igo Kreb
Improved visual perception method could help robots navigate crowded spaces
Prof Jonathan Kelly discusses his lab’s improved visual perception method to help robots navigate crowded spaces.
Angela Schoellig recognized with Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship
Professor Angela Schoellig of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) has earned an Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).
Goldie Nejat featured in ’50 women in robotics you need to know about 2022′
Goldie Nejat is the Canada Research Chair in Robots for Society, a Full Professor at the U of Toronto, and an Adjunct Scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Inst. She is the Founder and Director of the Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics Lab.
University of Toronto Robotics Institute at IROS 2022 in Kyoto, Japan
The U of T Robotics Institute is well represented with accepted papers at IROS 2022. A number of the papers will also be presented by the authors. Robotics Institute faculty’s names are in bold. Transferring Dexterous Manipulation from GPU Simulation to a Remote Real-World TriFinger. By Arthur Allshire, Mayank Mittal, Varun Lodaya, Viktor Makoviychuk, […]
‘It’s a really cool place’: UTM undergrads get hands-on experience with new robotics teaching lab
Students and visitors get a hands-on demonstration during the official opening of UTM’s Undergraduate Robotics Teaching Laboratory.
Robotics Demos at UofT for Republic of Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol
On Thursday, Republic of Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol visited the University of Toronto Robotics Institute for a whirlwind sampling of AI robotics demos by Professors Xinyu Liu, Alex Mihailidis, and Yu Sun, as well as the aUToronto student team.
Introducing the Canadian Robotics Council
We’re excited to announce something we’ve been collaborating on for over a year – introducing the Canadian Robotics Council! The Canadian Robotics Council was formed with a mission: to help Canadians benefit from the robotics technologies that are poised to fuel economic development, global competitiveness, productivity, and improved safety. Over 75 of Canada’s key robotics […]
A Q&A With the Canadian Robotics Council About its Conference and Canada’s Future
Hallie Siegel, Managing Director, Strategy & Partnerships, University of Toronto Robotics Institute & Co-Chair, Canadian Robotics Council (CRC), talks to SpaceQ about the upcoming CRC Symposium in Ottawa on September 22, 2022 and the CRC vision of Canadians leveraging robotics to enhance their health, global competitiveness, productivity, safety, and quality of work.
Congratulations to Prof Yu Sun, IEEE Technical Achievement Award
Congratulations to Prof Yu Sun on the Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Prof Sun’s award “For foundational contributions to robotics and automation at micro-nano scales and pioneering contributions to robotic cell manipulation”.
Prof Yu Sun Co-Chairs Symposium to Honour Leading Robotics Researcher Prof Brad Nelson
Prof Yu Sun, Director, University of Toronto Robotics Institute, and Prof Richard Voyles, Daniel C. Lewis Professor of the Purdue Polytechnic Institute at Purdue University, (left and right in the photo) together organized the ETH MSRL Robotics Symposium: The Fantastic Voyage of Robotics – 20th anniversary of the Multi- Scale Robotics Lab.
Mihai Duduta receives a 2022 Discovery Award from the Banting Research Foundation
Professor Mihai “Mishu” Duduta (MIE) is among the recipients of the Banting Research Foundation’s 2022 Discovery Award.
Robotics Institute Prof Raquel Urtasun shares prestigious Longuet-Higgins prize for “KITTI Vision Benchmark” work in development since 2012
Andreas Geiger, professor of computer vision and machine learning at the University of Tübingen, is part of a team of researchers honoured with the prestigious Longuet-Higgins prize at this year’s IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). In addition to Geiger, Philip Lenz and Raquel Urtasun received the prestigious award for their joint work on the “KITTI Vision Benchmark,” which they have been running and developing since 2012.
PAIR Lab places as a finalist for the L4DC Best Paper Award
Congratulations to the PAIR group members Animesh Garg and Samarth Sinha!