Experts available to comment on driverless vehicles

The following professors from the University of Waterloo are available to discuss the news that Ontario will allow the testing of autonomous vehicles on provincial roads. All are faculty members in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering and Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research (WatCAR)

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Professor Steven Waslander

Areas of expertise include:

Aerial and Terrestrial Autonomous Vehicles, Rovers, Quadrotors and Blimps
Autonomous Perception and Navigation in Unknown Environments
Founder of WAVELab

Professor William Melek

Areas of expertise include:

Autonomous navigation and mobile manipulation
Design, modelling, and control of advanced mechatronics systems
Modular and reconfigurable robotics and automation
Leads Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Automation (LCIA)

Professor Jan Huissoon

Areas of expertise include: