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The Aerospace Mechatronics Laboratory is where new design ideologies meet innovative research practices, in order to tackle today’s most challenging space endeavors.

Current Research Topics

As part of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), we collaborate with a number of groups in industry, governmental organizations, and universities; both domestically and internationally.

Fractionated Manipulation

Underactuated trajectory planning and control for formation of CubeSats.

Near-Earth Asteroid Surveillance and Rendezvous

Detection, orbit determination, rendezvous with rare NEAs, mission planning and systems engineering.

Space Debris

Mission planning and design for active debris removal.

Lunar Robotics

Robot design and validation for lunar construction utilizing lunar regolith.

Hardware-in-the-loop Simulations

Developing state-of-the-art simulation platforms for testing close-range rendezvous scenarios.

Model-based Health Monitoring

Using models to predict gearbox failure.

Lab Updates

“Defy Gravity.”