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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.

Clearpath Grizzly, an autonomous robot from Professor Tim Barfoot’s lab at the University of Toronto’s Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), automatically repeats a route at the Canadian Space Agency offices in Longueuil, Que. using only stereo vision for feedback (i.e., without GPS). (Photo: Francois Pomerleau)

U of T Engineering research lets mobile robots drive themselves

April 28, 2016

Professor Tim Barfoot (UTIAS) develops techniques that enable robots to use visual information, as opposed to GPS, to get from A to B

Tangy the personal assistive robot (credit: Liz Do).

Meet three robots engineered at U of T that could improve — or save — your life

March 3, 2016

Group of international journalists visits Mechanical & Industrial Engineering labs to learn about U of T Engineering research in robotics and automation

Jedi Wars: High-flying stunts wow at robotics competition

March 21, 2014

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away—well, actually, last week on the University of Toronto’s St. George campus – speed and stunts worthy of the Millenium Falcon wowed the crowd at the first Jedi Wars flying robotics competition. Fourth-year undergraduate students in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer […]

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