Dr. Steven Waslander

Biography

Steven Waslander is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies and an Adjunct Professor in the Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering department at the University of Waterloo. He serves as the Director of the Waterloo Autonomous Vehicles Laboratory (WAVELab). His research interests encompass areas such as autonomous aerial and ground vehicles, simultaneous localization and mapping, nonlinear estimation and control, and multi-vehicle systems. Dr. Waslander has a long history of industrial collaboration with partners such as Aeryon Labs, Clearpath Robotics, and Renesas Electronics America, and he is a member of the NSERC Canadian Field Robotics Network. He has also acted as an academic advisor for the University of Waterloo Robotics Team, which competes in various competitions including the NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge, Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, and International Autonomous Robot Racing competition. His work has contributed significantly to the fields of robotics and autonomous systems.

Research Interests