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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

  • Rotation learning paper wins Robotics: Science & Systems 2020 Best Student Paper Award!

    Congratulations to lab members Valentin Peretroukhin and Matthew Giamou and to our collaborators, David M. Rosen, W. Nicholas Green, and … more

  • Counting down to RSS 2020 Virtual Workshop on Power-On-and-Go Robots on July 13!

    Just a couple of days until the RSS 2020 Workshop on Power-On-and-Go Robots: ‘Out of the Box’ Systems for Real-World … more

  • New paper on SO(3) representation at RSS 2020

    We are thrilled to announce that our paper on a smooth representation of belief over SO(3) for deep rotation learning … more

  • A Successful Debates Workshop at ICRA 2020!

    Several STARS lab members helped organize the Debates on the Future of Robotics Research workshop that was held (virtually) on … more

  • Three papers to appear at ICRA 2020 – Check em’ out!

    We’re excited to have three lab papers that will be presented at this year’s (virtual) ICRA 2020 conference! Highlights and … more

  • Robotics: Science and Systems 2020 Workshop on Power-On-and-Go Robots

    We’re delighted to be co-organizing the RSS 2020 Workshop on Power-On-and-Go Robots: ‘Out of the Box’ Systems for Real-World Applications! More … more

  • Canadian Planetary Emulation Terrain Energy-Aware Rover Navigation Dataset released!

    We’re excited to announce the release of our University of Toronto Canadian Planetary Emulation Terrain Energy-Aware Rover Navigation Dataset. The … more

  • Congratulations to Dr. Valentin Peretroukhin on a successful PhD defense!

    Congratulations to Dr. Valentin Peretroukhin for successfully defending his PhD on March 6! His dissertation, “Learned Improvements to the Visual … more

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