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Ingenuity Labs Research Institute

We are an interdisciplinary initiative at Queen’s University focused on combining Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Human Machine Interaction to create future intelligent systems and robotic machines that enhance human productivity, safety, performance, and quality of life.

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Dr. Amy Wu, Mitchell Professor, Bio-Inspired Robotics

Queen’s Engineering is reinventing our understanding of machines; from how they think, to how they move, to how they – and we – feel. As announced in January 2021, the Mitchell Professors are five engineering researchers, funded by a gift from Bruce Mitchell, Sc’68, DSc’20, to explore the frontiers of how humanity and machines coexist. …

Autonomous Mining Robot going driving into a mine.

Podcast: Robotics, Automation and the 21st Century Miner with Dr. Joshua Marshall

Dr. Joshua Marshall, Interim Director of the Ingenuity Labs Research Institute, joined Amber Mac for an episode of the This Is Mining podcast to chat about the robot revolution and why it’s already here. It’s an exciting time for robotics and autonomous vehicle technologies in the mining sector because new technologies are transforming the industry …

Photos of the 5 Mitchell Professors, Ali Etemad, Joshua Woods, Xiaodan Zhu, Matt Robertson, and Amy Wu.

Queen’s Engineering alumnus gift funds the future of human-machine collaboration research

A transformational gift from philanthropist and Queen’s alumnus Bruce Mitchell (Sc’68) has enabled the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science to expand its investment in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and human-machine collaboration research, and the Ingenuity Labs Research Institute. Announced today is the installation of five professorships across three departments in the Faculty of Engineering.Read …

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Engineering alumnus, entrepreneur and philanthropist Bruce Mitchell (Sci’68) receives honorary degree at Fall 2020 convocation

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science convocation ceremony of November 13, Queen’s Principal Patrick Deane spoke of this year’s recipient of the honorary doctorate degree in science, Bruce Mitchell (Sci’68).Read this story on the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science News page. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Dr. Mitchell on is …

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What Lies Beneath: Material Classification for Autonomous Excavators using Proprioceptive Force Sensing and Machine Learning

By Heshan Fernando, PhD Candidate, Offroad Robotics at Ingenuity Labs Brief description of research: The aim of this research is to develop a novel methodology for classifying excavation materials using only proprioceptive sensor data (e.g., forces, motions, vibrations, etc.) that are acquired from robotic excavators during digging and loading. In this preliminary work, we present …

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Chat with Student Researcher Michael Fader

Check out this video about Master’s student Michael Fader and his work at Ingenuity Labs with Autonomous Vehicles.

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Chat with Student Researcher Rohan Bhambhoria

Check out this video about PhD student Rohan Bhambhoria and his work at Ingenuity Labs in developing a legal tool using artificial intelligence. More information about the research project can be found here: https://www.queensu.ca/research/features/championing-ai-social-justice

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Thomas Sears, 2020 Vanier Scholar

Congratulations to Thomas Sears, one of six 2020 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholars at Queen’s University! Thomas is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Queen’s University, in Kingston, Canada. He is passionate about the exploration of space and connecting people with all things science and technology. He is a member …

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Dr. Il-Min Kim – Using Neural Networks as Mathematical Solvers

Check out this video about Ingenuity Labs researcher Dr. Il-Min Kim discussing the use of Neural networks as Mathematical Solvers. Dr. Kim also Director of the Wireless Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (WAI Lab).

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Dr. Sidney Givigi – Controlling Robots with your Mind

Check out this video about Ingenuity Labs researcher Sidney Givigi, and his Autonomous Robots Research Group. The project is Controlling Robots with your Mind.