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Space and Terrestrial Autonomous Robotic Systems Lab at the University of Toronto

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Welcome to the STARS Laboratory!

We envision a future in which robotic systems are pervasive, persistent, and perceptive. We carry out research at the nexus of sensing, planning, and control, with a focus on the study of fundamental problems related to perception, representation, and understanding of the world. Our goal is to build reliable, power-on-and-go machines that can operate safely over long periods of time and in challenging, dynamic environments, for example, in homes and offices, on road networks, underground, underwater, in space, and on remote planetary surfaces. Read more about our research, follow our Twitter feed for updates about the lab, or consider joining us!

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STARS News

  • Four papers to appear at ICRA 2022 in Philadelphia!

    We’re just a week away from ICRA 2022! Our laboratory will present four papers at this year’s ICRA conference in … more

  • STARS Laboratory receives RTX A6000 GPUs from NVIDIA!

    We are grateful to NVIDIA for providing two brand new RTX A6000 GPUs through their Hardware Grant Program to support … more

  • Prof. Kelly joins Schwartz Reisman Institute as Faculty Affiliate

    Robotics and AI hold tremendous potential to transform society for the better. But, with great power comes great responsibility, to … more

  • Temporal calibration paper wins MFI 2021 Best Paper Runner Up Award!

    We were delighted to receive the Best Paper 1st Runner Up Award at the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Multisensor … more

  • Prof. Kelly to serve on IEEE Transactions on Robotics Editorial Board

    Starting August 1, 2021, Prof. Kelly will serve as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society’s Transactions … more

  • How do rovers drive safely on Mars? Online livestream talk May 12, 2021 as part of NSERC Science Odyssey

    We’re delighted to announce that STARS Laboratory student Olivier Lamarre will present a public talk on May 12, 2021 as … more

  • Two papers on learning and calibration for navigation to appear at ICRA 2021

    We’re excited to be present two new papers at ICRA 2021 in Xi’an, China! Our first paper describes a learning-based … more

  • PhD alumnus Valentin Peretroukhin receives G. N. Patterson Award for top dissertation!

    Congratulations to our alum Valentin Peretroukhin, who received the 2020 Gordon N. Patterson Award for the top PhD dissertation at … more

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