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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.

This soft robot is made of a common polymer combined with carbon nanotubes, and acts like an ‘artificial muscle’ that contracts in response to electric currents. New materials for soft robotics is the focus one of three U of T Engineering projects funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation this week. (Photo: Mihai Duduta)

From soft robotics to treating neurological disorders: Three U of T Engineering projects supported by CFI

February 22, 2022

Funding from the John R. Evans Leaders Fund will help develop new technologies and train highly qualified personnel

Binbin Ying (MIE) demonstrates the performance of iSkin by sticking it to the outside of his winter jacket, in this photo, taken Feb. 27, 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic. The cold-tolerant, stretchable, sticky sensor converts physical movement into electrical signals, and can be used in wearable electronics as well as many other applications. (Photo: Runze Zuo)

iSkin: The cold-tolerant, stretchable, sticky sensor that could power a new generation of wearable electronics and more

August 3, 2021

Professor Xinyu Liu (MIE) and his team have built a flexible, conductive hydrogel that works at temperatures down to -93 C

In this photomicrograph, points of patterned laser light (blue) are being projected on computationally selected positions to activate the muscles of a genetically modified, one-millimetre-long C. elegans worm. The technique could offer a new way of developing organism-based microrobots for a variety of different applications. (Image: Xianke Dong, Zhaoyi Xu)

RoboWorm: Light-controlled organism offers a new strategy for micro-scale robotics

July 28, 2021

Professor Xinyu Liu (MIE) and his team used computer-controlled light to direct the motion of a simple worm, a technique that could pave the way for entirely new kinds of robots

Zeus is Chevolet Bolt retrofitted to become a self-driving vehicle by a team of U of T Engineering students and researchers. Professor Steven Waslander (UTIAS) and his collaborators are leading a new project that will transform Toronto into a global hub for research and development related to autonomous driving in winter. (Photo: aUToronto)

WinTOR: New partnership will train self-driving cars to handle tough winter conditions

July 6, 2021

U of T Engineering joins with four leading companies to develop new technologies to make autonomous vehicles more resilient in the face of snow, ice and other challenges

Zeus, a self-driving electric car created by a team of students from U of T Engineering, parked outside the MarsDome at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies. The team has placed first in the intercollegiate Autodrive Challenge the last four years in a row. (Photo: Chude Qian)

AutoDrive Challenge™: U of T Engineering places first for the fourth straight year

June 15, 2021

A team of more than 70 undergraduate and graduate students has designed and built an award-winning autonomous electric vehicle

Professor Eric Diller (MIE) is collaborating with medical researchers to develop dexterous, magnetically controlled microrobots that could perform minimally invasive brain surgery. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

U of T researchers develop first-of-its-kind dexterous microrobots for neurosurgery

April 30, 2021

The tiny magnetic gripper tools could one day be used to perform minimally invasive brain surgery

Zeus, a self-driving electric car created by a team of students from U of T Engineering, dominated the first series of the intercollegiate Autodrive Challenge. Now, the team is preparing to compete in the SAE Autodrive Challenge II. (Photo: Chude Qian)

U of T Engineering to compete in SAE AutoDrive Challenge™ II

April 12, 2021

aUToronto team dominated first series of the competition, winning three straight years — now they’ve been invited back to take on a new round of challengers

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

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