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Career

· Adjunct Scientist, Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest
· Adjunct Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
· Associate Chair for Research, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
· BASc, University of Toronto
· Director of the Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics (IRM), University of Toronto
· PhD Student, University of Toronto
· Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto

Publications (417)

Deep Reinforcement Learning Robot for Search and Rescue Applications: Exploration in Unknown Cluttered Environments
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters · 2019
344
cited
Robotic Urban Search and Rescue: A Survey from the Control Perspective
J. Intell. Robotic Syst. · 2013
288
cited
How Robots Influence Humans: A Survey of Nonverbal Communication in Social Human–Robot Interaction
International Journal of Social Robotics · 2019
248
cited
Acceptance and Attitudes Toward a Human-like Socially Assistive Robot by Older Adults
Assistive technology · 2014
159
cited
A Multirobot Path-Planning Strategy for Autonomous Wilderness Search and Rescue
IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics · 2015
116
cited
Multirobot Cooperative Learning for Semiautonomous Control in Urban Search and Rescue Applications
J. Field Robotics · 2016
112
cited
A Survey of Autonomous Human Affect Detection Methods for Social Robots Engaged in Natural HRI
J. Intell. Robotic Syst. · 2016
111
cited
Recognizing Emotional Body Language Displayed by a Human-like Social Robot
International Journal of Social Robotics · 2014
97
cited
A Learning-Based Semi-Autonomous Controller for Robotic Exploration of Unknown Disaster Scenes While Searching for Victims
IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics · 2014
93
cited
Meal-time with a socially assistive robot and older adults at a long-term care facility
J. Hum. Robot Interact. · 2013
91
cited
Brian 2.1: A socially assistive robot for the elderly and cognitively impaired
IEEE robotics & automation magazine · 2013
88
cited
A Multimodal Emotional Human–Robot Interaction Architecture for Social Robots Engaged in Bidirectional Communication
IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics · 2020
87
cited
A Sim-to-Real Pipeline for Deep Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Robot Navigation in Cluttered Rough Terrain
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters · 2021
87
cited
Social Robots and Seniors: A Comparative Study on the Influence of Dynamic Social Features on Human–Robot Interaction
International Journal of Social Robotics · 2018
76
cited
Robot Navigation of Environments with Unknown Rough Terrain Using deep Reinforcement Learning
IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics · 2018
72
cited
The search for survivors: Cooperative human-robot interaction in search and rescue environments using semi-autonomous robots
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation · 2010
72
cited
Learning and Personalizing Socially Assistive Robot Behaviors to Aid with Activities of Daily Living
ACM Trans. Hum. Robot Interact. · 2018
70
cited
Promoting Interactions Between Humans and Robots Using Robotic Emotional Behavior
IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics · 2016
67
cited
Exoskeleton use in post-stroke gait rehabilitation: a qualitative study of the perspectives of persons post-stroke and physiotherapists
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation · 2020
52
cited
Socially Assistive Robots Helping Older Adults through the Pandemic and Life after COVID-19
Robotics · 2021
51
cited
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