People

Profile type for all non-machine entities involved with the RoboHub.

James Tung

Assistant Professor

Professor James Tung focuses on the advancement of human movement research methods and development of assistive technology for independent mobility and rehabilitation.

Kerstin Dautenhahn

Professor and Canada 150 Research Chair

Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn is the Canada 150 Research Chair in Intelligent Robotics and has pioneered research in social robotics, human-robot interaction and assistive robotics.

Brandon J. DeHart

Adjunct Assistant Professor and RoboHub Manager

Professor Brandon DeHart is the RoboHub Manager. He has been working with mobile and legged robots for almost 20 years, with a research focus on balance and gait for bipedal robots.

Steven Waslander

Adjunct Associate Professor

Professor Steven Waslander is a leading authority on autonomous aerial and ground vehicles, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), and multi-vehicle systems.

Stephen L. Smith

Professor and Canada Research Chair

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. 

Chris Nielsen

Professor and Associate Chair, Grad Studies (ECE)

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

Dana Kulic

Adjunct Associate Professor

Professor Dana Kulić is the Director of the Robotics research group at Monash University and is an expert in humanoid robotics, human-robot interaction and intelligent systems.

William Melek

Professor, University Research Chair, and RoboHub Director

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.