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“Who are we, if not measured by our impact on others? That’s who we are! We’re not who we say we are, we’re not who we want to be – we are the sum of the influence and impact that we have, in our lives, on others."

- Carl Sagan

WHO ARE WE

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LAB DIRECTOR

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DR. MATTHEW ROBERTSON

Assistant Professor

Mitchell Professor of Soft and Multi-Material Robotics

Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department

Ingenuity Labs

Queen's University

Dr. Matthew Robertson is active in the fields of bioinspired, soft, and multi-material robotic systems design. His work is dedicated to redefining the boundaries of performance, morphology, and applications of robots that can operate in more complex and challenging “real world” environments by utilizing advanced manufacturing, embedded control, and holistic system design techniques. His past work has involved the use of novel and smart materials - silicone polymers, fiber-reinforced composites, shape memory alloys - as well as diverse and unique fabrication methods - laser micromachining, layer-manufacturing, heat bonding, casting - to develop and study novel robotic platforms. He has published work in several high impact scientific journals including Science Robotics, Soft Robotics, and the International Journal of Robotics Research and has presented at a number of international robotics conferences.  Dr. Robertson received his PhD from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland in the area of robotics in 2019, following a Master’s degree from the University of Michigan, and Bachelor’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Mechanical Engineering. In 2020, Dr. Robertson joined the faculty at Queen’s University in Canada as an assistant professor in the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department.

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CURRENT LAB MEMBERS
 

PHD CANDIDATES

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DIANCHENG LI

PhD

Origami inspired robots

2024-Current

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GRAZIELLA BEDENIK

PhD

Underwater robot swarms

2024-Current

​MASTER'S STUDENTS

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BASTIAAN HAGEN

MASc

Muscle-inspired actuators

2021-2023

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MIKAEL HABIB

MASc

Pulse jet valve for underwater robots

2023-Current

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EVAN RIMER

MASc (4+1)

Ferrofluid haptic actuator

2023-Current

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TRIFKO BASIC

MASc

Soft robot design and control

2021-2023

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NIA RALSTON

MASc

Soft robotic spinal simulator

Fall 2024

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS

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PHOEBE TAN

URA

FlipWalker

2021 (Alumnus)

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CAMERON ESTABROOKS

URA

CPR training manikin

Summer 2021 (Alumnus)

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SORSHA ASADY

URA

Pneumatic control board

2021-2022 (Alumnus)

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ERIC GODDEN

URA

Air-jet haptic feedback

2022-2023 (Alumnus)

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CARTER HYNDMAN

NSERC USRA

OmniCube self assembling robots

Summer 2023 (Alumnus)

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JUNIL MIN

URA

Deployable 'Baymax' torso

2023-Current (Alumnus)

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DANTE PEREIRA

URA

OmniCube self assembling robots

2023-Current

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TONY MORALES

USSRF

RoboSalp SMA pulse-jet engine

Summer 2024

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LUNA ZOU

URA

Robotic medical simulator manikin

2021-2022 (Alumnus)

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HANNAH MILLS

URA

CPR training manikin

Summer 2021 (Alumnus)

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PRISKA HORNE

URA

RoboFrog 2.0

2022-2023 (Alumnus)

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NIA RALSTON

NSERC USRA

FlipWalker mobile robot

Summer 2023 (Alumnus)

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DAVID TUCK

Research Engineer

Automated microplastic dispersal

Summer 2023 (Alumnus)

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CORBET MACKINNON

URA

OmniCube self assembling robots

2023-Current

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ALEXANDER MOHAMMADIAN

URA

Muscle-inspired actuators

2023-Current

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