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BBC coverage of our joint MIT & UofT drone project ‘Waterfly’

Latest piece on our airborne futures and the role of Waterfly, our environmental sensing drones. We have created a drone that can float on water and...

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CBC News: Prof. Angela Schoellig on why Amazon is testing drone deliveries in Canada

Angela Schoellig, a drone researcher at the University of Toronto, said she and her collaborators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology tried...

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Project Announcement: PrecisionHawk and U of Toronto partner on jammed UAV GPS solutions

@PrecisionHawk and the University of Toronto partner on jammed UAV GPS solutions...

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First announcement of our collaboration with PrecisionHawk to ‘Develop Solution for UAV Platforms in GPS-Denied Environments’

PrecisionHawk and the University of Toronto today announced a collaboration to develop a solution for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the event of GPS...

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Prof. Schoellig in the news: Drones could keep watchful eye on construction sites

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), commonly known as drones, act as sensors in the sky and could change the way inspections are carried out, providing a...

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CFI research funding for new robots

Somewhere across a massive water system, a toxic bloom of algae is polluting drinking water. But what’s the fastest way to find it? To U of T...

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We are finalists of the $1M ‘Drones For Good’ competition in Dubai with ‘Waterfly’

We are finalists of the $1M 'Drones For Good' competition in Dubai with 'Waterfly', a collaborative project with @SenseableCity. Support...

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Our ‘Flying Drum Machine’ project in the news

A research collaboration between the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) and WaveDNA resulted in a drone drum. The drum...

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UTIAS Professor Angela Schoellig selected as one of Robohub’s “25 women in robotics you need to know about”

“In celebration of Ada Lovelace Day, we’ve compiled a short list of some women in robotics that everyone should know about. There are so many...

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Our research on learning-based robust control featured on Robohub.org

Our research on learning-based robust control featured on @Robohub...

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