Core research team | RoboHub | University of Waterloo

RoboHub's core research team consists of Engineering professors who are actively engaged in all sectors of the robotics industry.

For details on any of the core research team's specific research interests and backgrounds, check out their profiles below.

These researchers work closely with both the extended research team here at Waterloo, as well as our on- and off-campus collaborators, to find solutions to problems that span the RoboHub's foundational research themes: control, planning, perception, and interaction.

Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn is the Canada Research Chair in Socially Intelligent Robotics, and has pioneered research in social robotics, human-robot interaction, and assistive robotics.

Professor Moojan Ghafurian is an expert on human-computer interaction and how it relates to assistive technology used in the care of older adults.

Professor Behrad Khamesee has pioneered research in microrobotics and magnetic levitation which has received international attention.

Professor William Melek is the RoboHub Director, a University Research Chair, and leads the Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Automation. He is an expert on robotics, artificial intelligence, sensing, and state estimation.

Professor Chris Nielsen is a leading authority on nonlinear control systems and the mathematical design of feedback control laws.

Professor Stephen L. Smith is the Canada Research Chair in Autonomous Systems and an expert in both robotic motion planning and the distributed control of autonomous systems.