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ARCO Lab at the Midwest Optimization Meeting

The folks at ARCO Lab were delighted to attend the 26th Midwest Optimization Meeting (MOM26) on Friday, Nov. 9th and Saturday, Nov. 10th at The University of Waterloo. As roboticists interested in applying optimization theory, we learned a great deal, including how to think about Bayesian D-optimality as a special case of a more general […]

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IV Meets Urban Workshop at IEEE ITSC 2024

I had the pleasure of giving a talk at the 2024 Workshop on IV Meets Urban: Safe and Certifiable Navigation and Control for Intelligent Vehicles in Complex Urban Scenarios at IEEE ITSC. It was an excellent opportunity to share ideas with researchers tackling state estimation and control problems relevant to intelligent transportation systems, autonomous vehicles, robotics, […]

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Kicking off Fall 2024 with a BBQ!

ARCO Lab kicked off the fall semester with a BBQ! A big thank you to summer research students Cole, Charlotte, and Andrew for their hard work—best of luck with co-op and the new school year! We also welcomed new master’s students Hussein, Aliyah, Kiran, and Alaap. Our research focus this year is primarily on applying […]

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ARCO Lab at the 2024 Undergraduate Summer Research Poster Showcase

ARCO Lab presented two posters at the Faculty of Engineering’s annual Undergraduate Summer Research Poster Showcase! Thank you to Andrew, Charlotte, and Cole for their hard work on mapping caves and creating a 2D localization simulation.

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Exploring Rattlesnake Point’s Crevice Caves

We paid a visit to Rattlesnake Point Conservation Area to collect some data! Summer student Andrew Brink led the charge with his custom helmet-mounted OAK-D Pro camera. The Niagara Escarpment is home to many crevice caves with unique characteristics and tight squeezes that make them extremely challenging to map with standard sensors and algorithms. In […]