Russell Buchanan
Assistant Professor
Email: r6buchan@uwaterloo.ca
Location: E7 3422
Phone: 519-888-4567 x40552
Status: Active
Biography
Russell Buchanan is an Assisstant Professor of Intelligent Systems in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering since 2024 and is the principal investigator of the Robotic Interaction, Perception and Learning Lab. Previously, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Edinburgh, UK working on proprioceptive perception for robotic manipulation of articulated objects and efficient task learning from demonstration. He received his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) from the University of Oxford in 2024 from his work on haptic localization and deep inertial odometry for legged robots.
Research Interests
- Robot Perception
- State Estimation
- Legged Robots
- Deep Learning
- Mobile Robots
- Computer Vision
Education
- 2024, DPhil, Engineering Science, University of Oxford, UK
- 2018, MSc, Robotics, Systems and Control, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 2016, BEng, Electrical Engineering, McGill University, Canada
Graduate studies
- Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.