Robotics news

U of T Engineering has the largest and most diverse robotics program in Canada, and together with a range of strategic industrial partners we are ushering in a future where robots will extend human capabilities and improve lives.

A U of T Engineering team, led by ECE graduate students, designed a UV lamp fitted with distance sensors to more efficiently disinfect contaminated surfaces. It has recently been prototyped. (Image: Jonathan Qu)

Smart UV lamp could fight COVID-19 and other diseases

March 2, 2021

ECE graduate students lead a large U of T Engineering team to bring new device from inception to prototype

Professor Tim Barfoot (UTIAS), seen here at the launch of the Robotics Institute, held in May 2019, has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE). (Photo: Liz Do)

Professor Tim Barfoot elected an IEEE Fellow

November 30, 2020

Honour recognizes outstanding record of accomplishments in visual navigation of mobile robots for a variety of applications

The new joint centre on robotics for elder care is led by professors Alex Mihailidis (IBBME, Medicine) and Yan Fu at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology. (Photo: Nick Iwanyshyn)

Robotics for elder care: New joint centre fosters global collaboration

June 1, 2020

Researchers at U of T Engineering and Huazhong University of Science and Technology look to commercialize assistive robots that could address gaps in elder care in Canada and China

U of T Engineering researchers, innovators to pitch ideas for Ontario’s growth at annual economic summit

November 13, 2019

Professors Goldie Nejat, Hani Naguib and alumnus Allen Lau will pitch their ideas at the Ontario Economic Summit

Soft robot programmed to move like an inchworm

October 4, 2019

U of T Engineering Professor Hani Naguib’s team takes inspiration from nature to design tiny flexible robots outfitted with smart materials

Shuailong Zhang (left) and Aaron Wheeler, have designed microrobots (working at the sub-millimetre scale) that can be operated by optoelectronic tweezers for cell manipulation. (Photo: Dan Haves)

Microrobots to change the way we work with cellular material

July 8, 2019

Designed in Professor Aaron Wheeler’s (Chemistry, IBBME) lab, these optoelectronic microrobots can load, transport and deliver cellular material

The Robotics Institute will be led by Professor Yu Sun (MIE), far right, and will include faculty members Tim Barfoot (UTIAS), who will lead the autonomous field robotics pillar, and Professor Angela Schoellig (UTIAS). (Photo courtesy of the Robotics Institute)

Robotics Institute to strengthen multidisciplinary research at U of T Engineering

May 30, 2019

Relaunched centre will bolster research innovation in three key areas: autonomous field robotics, health care, and advanced manufacturing

MASc student Tianqi Xu holds up a microrobot that was fabricated using their automated system. (Photo credit: Liz Do)

No assembly required: U of T Engineering researchers automate microrobotic designs

April 24, 2019

Professor Eric Diller’s lab uses magnetic 3D-printing technique to optimize the design and programming of tiny robots with health applications

In March 2019, Professor Jonathan Kelly (UTIAS) visited Yangon, Myanmar to teach a week-long course to 25 engineering, computer science and physics university students. (Photo courtesy of Jonathan Kelly)

‘Knowledge is transformative’: UTIAS professor teaches robotics in Myanmar

March 27, 2019

Professor Jonathan Kelly (UTIAS) introduces local university students in Yangon, Myanmar to robotics and self-driving cars in week-long course

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