Offroad Robotics is a multi-disciplinary Smith Engineering research group at Queen’s University that focuses on data-driven systems control and navigation as applied to field and mobile robotics.
Our Expertise
We are a collaborative team of researchers from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, and The Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining at Smith Engineering. Prior to moving to Queen’s, we were the Robotic Vehicles Group at Carleton University's Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (to 2010) and subsequently the Mining Systems Laboratory at Queen’s (renamed in 2018).
Directory of current membersEmployers
Our Alumni have been hired by noteworthy companies, including IBM watsonx, MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates (MDA), Barrick Gold, Amazon Web Services, Clearpath Robotics (by Rockwell Automation), Quanergy Systems, MacLean Engineering, General Dynamics Land Systems, Cameco, Shell Canada, Neptec Technologies (now MDA), Epson Canada, SMS Equipment, Motion Metrics International, Golder Associates, Grantek Systems Integration, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), European Space Agency (ESA), NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), InDro Robotics, Ross Video, and Avidbots, among others.
Explore our research partnersRecruitment
If you are an exceptional student and interested in research, you are welcome to send inquiries to Dr. Joshua Marshall and complete this form, although you will not receive a response unless you are under consideration for a position. If you are a prospective graduate student then you are also strongly encouraged to apply (early) for scholarship funding through NSERC, OGS, and others.
If you are an international student (i.e., you are not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant in Canada): Due to the large number of applications that we receive, we kindly ask that you first apply online to the Queen’s School of Graduate Studies before we consider your application to join our research group. This allows us to more easily understand your qualifications.
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Gallery & Alumni
Team photo gallery and browse our alumni researchers, and find out where they are now.
Projects
Our researchers participate in industry and agency-funded projects.
Joshua Marshall
Professor
he/him, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, PEng, SMIEEE
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Queen's University
Smith Engineering
Joshua Marshall is a full Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Smith Engineering, Instructor in the Mechatronics & Robotics Engineering Program, a Faculty Member at the Ingenuity Labs Research Institute, and Director of the Offroad Robotics research group at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Thomas Sears
Postdoctoral Fellow
he/him, BEng, MASc, PhD, PEng
Smith Engineering
Mitchell Hall, Room 245
Thomas Sears is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Ingenuity Labs Research Institute under the supervision of Prof. Joshua Marshall.
Sina Qahremani
PhD Candidate
MSc
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Sina Qahremani is a PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Joshua Marshall and Prof. Keyvan Hashtrudi-Zaad.
Kai Wang
PhD Student
MASc
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Jackson Hall, Room 113
Kai Wang is a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Sidney Givigi and Prof. Joshua Marshall.
Daniel Jenkins
PhD Student
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Jackson Hall, Room 113
Daniel Jenkins is a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Joshua Marshall.
Nicholas Mertin
PhD Student
MASc
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Jackson Hall, Room 113
Nick Mertin is a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Joshua Marshall and Dr. Sean Kauffman.
Sophie Villemure
MASc Student
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Jackson Hall, Room 113
Sophie Villemure is an MASc student under the supervision of Prof. Joshua Marshall.
Yusen Qiu
MASc Student
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Mitchell Hall, Room 245
Yusen Qiu is an MASc student under the supervision of Prof. Joshua Marshall, Prof. Josh Woods (Civil), and Prof. Neil Hoult (Civil).
Luke Parna-Gile
MASc Student
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Jackson Hall, Room 113
Luke Parna-Gile is an MASc student under the supervision of Prof. Joshua Marshall and Prof. Keyvan Hashtrudi-Zaad.
Caileigh Bates
MSc Student (McGill)
McGill University
Faculty of Engineering
Caileigh Bates is a Master's student at McGill University under the supervision of Prof. James Forbes and co-supervised by Prof. Joshua Marshall at Queen's.
Liam Jeffs-Savage
MASc Student
Ingenuity Labs Research Institute
Smith Engineering
Jackson Hall, Room 113
Liam Jeffs-Savage is a Master's student under the supervision of Prof. Joshua Marshall.