Robin Chhabra
Tier II Canada Research Chair, Associate Professor
Dr. Robin Chhabra is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario and the founding Director of the Autonomous Space Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory (ASRoM-Lab). He has 15 years of combined academic and industry experience in the fields of space robotics, geometric mechanics and control and artificial intelligence. The focus of his research is developing geometric models and long-term, intelligent Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) technologies for interactive and collaborative space robotic systems, typically mobile, underactuated and soft with complex topologies and base/end-effector constraints. Dr. Chhabra is a researcher on the successful AACeSS lab CFI-JELF led by Dr. Boyle. His proven track-record of interdisciplinary problem-solving provides technical expertise in solving design and construction challenges. His deep theoretical knowledge of robotics complimented by hands-on expertise with robotic forces and motion applied in space research will allow the team to determine forces on each of the axes of rotation of the robots, and then to find ways to maintain precision in movements and placement of material in construction processes. Additionally, Dr. Chhabra’s root understanding of force control and the interaction of two robots with each other in co-assemblies will provide the foundation for our pair of robots to act in unison in building tasks.
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