Offroad Robotics at Smith Engineering is an interdisciplinary field robotics research group at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada and is a member lab at the Ingenuity Labs Research Institute. We are passionate about applied mobile robotics, state estimation, and systems control. Our researchers have experience in several domains, including mining robotics, planetary, defence and security, aquatic (surface), and heavy industry applications. We work on robotic mapping and vehicle positioning R&D, spatiotemporal mapping, robotic surveying, autonomous driving, multi-vehicle coordination, robotic excavation and more.
“It is the destiny of robots to go everywhere” [p. XII, Springer Handbook of Robotics, 2nd edition, 2016].
Our Researchers
Offroad Robotics researchers study and design data-driven control and navigation systems for field and mobile robotics applications. Our researchers are active in applied and multidisciplinary work with close industry and stakeholder collaboration.
Meet our researchersResearch Projects
Offroad Robotics research is carried out in partnership with industry partners and often supported by government agencies. Many of our projects are collaborative, involving other academics at Queen's—at Smith Engineering, at Ingenuity Labs, and beyond—as well as from other academic institutions in Canada and around the world.
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Publications
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Learning
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Ingenuity Labs
Offroad Robotics is a member lab at the Ingenuity Labs Research Institute.
Research Partners
Scholarly research, technology development, and educational activities at Offroad Robotics are made possible by the generous support (both financially and otherwise) of our highly involved industry, agency, and academic partners from around the world.
Coordinates
You can find us on the Queen's University main campus at our labs in Jackson Hall (First Floor) or at the Ingenuity Labs Research Institute in Mitchell Hall (Room 395).