🔬 University#54 Toronto, Canada· Est. 1827
University of Toronto — Robotics Institute
Birthplace of deep learning (Geoffrey Hinton). Toronto's robotics work builds on this AI leadership for robot perception, autonomous driving, and learned manipulation.
autonomous vehiclesdeep learningperceptionmanipulationrobot learning
Notable achievements
Deep learning foundations (Hinton), autonomous driving research, robot perception, Waabi spinout (self-driving), Samsung AI Centre Toronto.
Notable work
Deep learningWaabi AVRobot perception
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
MANIPULATION
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A hierarchical approach to imitation learning for manipulation tasks requiring time varying forces
Rishabh Shukla, Adithya Santhosh, Shaili Gandhi +2 more
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing · 2026
PERCEPTION
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CalibAnyView: Beyond Single-View Camera Calibration in the Wild
Boying Li, Cheng Zhang, Weirong Chen +3 more
2026
MANIPULATION
Open access
How VLAs Fail Differently: Black-Box Action Monitoring Reveals Architecture-Specific Failure Signatures
Krishnam Gupta
2026
MANIPULATION
Open access
What Frozen VLAs Already Know About Success: A Probing Study of Value-Like Structure in Foundation Robot Policies
Jiachen Zhang, Junnan Nie, Junyi Lao +4 more
2026
OTHER
Fully Biobased, Robust, and High-Conductivity Hydrogel for High-Fidelity Electrophysiological Monitoring and Deep Learning-Assisted Stroke Rehabilitation.
Chen Z, Wen D, Liang X +2 more
ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2026
LEARNING
Open access
Adversarial Dual On-Policy Distillation from Expressive Flow-based Teacher
Zhenglin Wan, Jingxuan Wu, Xingrui Yu +5 more
2026