Autonomy Lab

Autonomy Lab
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The Autonomy Lab's research goal is to increase the capabilities, robustness and overall autonomy of mobile robot systems. Our research has these main themes:

applying the latest AI-based sensing techniques to robot navigation and human-robot interaction
creating tools and techniques for programming, simulating and evaluating populations of robots
applying models of animal behavior to extend or improve robots, particularly multi-robot systems

The Lab is directed by Richard Vaughan. Our computer systems are managed by Sepehr MohaimenianPour.

Part of the NSERC Canadian Field Robotics Network

News

2018.4.27: Congratulations to Sepehr MohaimenianPour who successfully defended his MSc today. Sepehr's hand-and-face tracker for UAV applications has state of the art accuracy, speed and robustness.

2018.4.19: Congratulations to Jacob Perron who successfully defended his MSc today, passing in style without corrections.

2018.4.9: The lab hosted The Honourable Kirsty Duncan MP, Minster of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, in a joint visit with Angelica Lim's ROSIE Lab. Thanks to the Minster and her team for their support.

2017.10.1: Autolab alum Lingkang Zhang and his team at Inspired Robotics graduated from the NextAI startup program. Robotics entrepreneurs: come to Vancouver and invent the future!

2017.10.1: IROS 2017 Vancouver was the largest technical robot conference ever held, with 2,678 paid registrations. We had outstanding plenaries and keynotes, and a great technical program. Thanks to everyone who attended, contributed and organized.

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