Offroad Robotics is a multi-disciplinary Smith Engineering research group at Queen’s University that focuses on data-driven systems control and navigation as applied to field and mobile robotics.
Our Expertise
We are a collaborative team of researchers from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, and The Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining at Smith Engineering. Prior to moving to Queen’s, we were the Robotic Vehicles Group at Carleton University's Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (to 2010) and subsequently the Mining Systems Laboratory at Queen’s (renamed in 2018).
Directory of current membersEmployers
Our Alumni have been hired by noteworthy companies, including IBM watsonx, MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates (MDA), Barrick Gold, Amazon Web Services, Clearpath Robotics (by Rockwell Automation), Quanergy Systems, MacLean Engineering, General Dynamics Land Systems, Cameco, Shell Canada, Neptec Technologies (now MDA), Epson Canada, SMS Equipment, Motion Metrics International, Golder Associates, Grantek Systems Integration, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), European Space Agency (ESA), NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), InDro Robotics, Ross Video, and Avidbots, among others.
Explore our research partnersRecruitment
If you are an exceptional student and interested in research, you are welcome to send inquiries to Dr. Joshua Marshall and complete this form, although you will not receive a response unless you are under consideration for a position. If you are a prospective graduate student then you are also strongly encouraged to apply (early) for scholarship funding through NSERC, OGS, and others.
If you are an international student (i.e., you are not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant in Canada): Due to the large number of applications that we receive, we kindly ask that you first apply online to the Queen’s School of Graduate Studies before we consider your application to join our research group. This allows us to more easily understand your qualifications.
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Projects
Our research participate in industry and agency-funded projects.
Joshua Marshall
Professor
he/him, MSc, PhD, PEng
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Joshua Marshall is a Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty Member at the Ingenuity Labs Research Institute, and Director of the Offroad Robotics research group.
Brian Surgenor
Professor & Director (Mechatronics & Robotics Engineering Program)
PhD, PEng
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Brian Surgenor is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Faculty Member at the Ingenuity Labs Research Institute, and Director of the Mechatronics & Robotics Engineering program at Smith Engineering.
Timothy Teatro
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Mitchell Hall, Room 245
Dr. Timothy Teatro is a postdoctoral fellow at the Ingenuity Labs Research Institute under the supervision of Prof. Joshua Marshall and Prof. Kean Birch (York University).
Thomas Sears
PhD Candidate
he/him, MASc, PEng
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Mitchell Hall, Room 245
Thomas Sears is a PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Joshua Marshall. His research focuses on data-driven methods for spatiotemporal mapping using uncrewed surface vessels (USVs).
Jefferson Silveira
PhD Candidate
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Jefferson Silveira is a PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Sidney Givigi (Computing) and Prof. Joshua Marshall.
Sina Qahremani
PhD Student
MSc
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Sina Qahremani is a PhD student in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Joshua Marshall and Prof. Keyvan Hashtrudi-Zaad.
Kai Wang
PhD Student
MASc
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Jackson Hall, Room 113
Kai Wang is a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Sidney Givigi and Prof. Joshua Marshall.
Daniel Jenkins
PhD Student
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Jackson Hall, Room 113
Daniel Jenkins is a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Joshua Marshall.
Johann von Tiessenhausen
MASc Student
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Johann von Tiessenhausen is a Master's student under the supervision of Prof. Qingguo Li and Prof. Joshua Marshall. Johann also currently works as an Embedded Software Developer for MacLean Engineering.
Jude Diab
MASc Student
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Jackson Hall, Room 113
Jude Diab is a Master's student under the supervision of Prof. Brian Surgenor.
Anthony Beca
Undergraduate Research Assistant
he/him
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
+1 416-569-4610
35 Fifth Field Company Ln (Jackson Hall)
Anthony Beca is a USRA student under the supervision of Prof. Joshua Marshall.