Professor Dr. Martin Barczyk

Biography

Martin Barczyk is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta. He holds a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University and both an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta. He also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Centre de Robotique (CAOR) at Ecole des Mines in Paris, France. His research focuses on Mechatronics, which involves mechanical systems augmented with onboard computing hardware and sensors executing software algorithms for feedback control, data fusion, and state estimation. His applications span diverse fields such as robotics, aerospace, manufacturing, and agriculture, where he investigates how the decreasing costs and sizes of computing power and sensing technologies will drive innovation. Current projects include vision-based UAV-to-UAV pursuit, GPS-denied autonomous robot mapping, and the control and estimation of robotic arms, utilizing concepts from computer vision and deep learning. He is also involved in teaching various mechanic engineering courses, including Mechanical Measurements, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, and Advanced Robotics: Analysis and Control. He is committed to enhancing the integration of modern technology in engineering education and practice.

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