Research Projects

Robotics

	Intelligent navigation, communication and cooperation of multi-robot systems
	Intelligent mobile manipulation robotic system for greenhouse vegetable harvesting
	Intelligent sensing, navigation and teleoperation of mobile robotic systems
	Prototype of a network-enabled intelligent autonomous mobile robot for industrial applications
	Internet based network communication and teleoperation of robotic systems
	Human-robot interaction through natural language understanding and virtual reality
	Robot vision and image/signal processing in robotic systems
	Prototype of behaviours-based mobile robots for industrial applications
	Real-time map building/updating, path planning, tracking and control of mobile robots in dynamic environments
	Real-time motion control of robotic systems with unknown robot dynamics
	Real-time multi-sensor fusion and reactive navigation of mobile robotic systems

Intelligent Systems

	e-safety: A framework for management of organizational safety using autonomous mobile robots in a self-configurable wWireless sensor network
	Remote monitoring and analyzing pork farm odour using wireless sensors and an odour dispersion models
	Prototype of robotic electronic noses for odours and integrated modeling of odour emissions in pork production systems
	Modeling and analysis of risk factors for enteric pathogen infection
	Neural network model of temperature impact on West Nile activities
	Microbial food safety – integrated modeling techniques for “farm to fork” risk assessment
	Modeling and analysis of supercritical fluid extraction of bioactive components from biomaterials
	Sensory motor control of wing beat in insects such as a locust and a fly
	Sensory perception and visual motion information processing in vertebrate retina

Acknowledgement: Our research projects are funded by

	Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
	Health Canada
	Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
	Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
	Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE)
	Ontario Pork
	University of Guelph
	And several industrial partners

Last update: Aug. 28, 2009.