🔬 Global Robotics Research Directory

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📍 Toronto, Canada

autonomous vehiclesdeep learningperception

Birthplace of deep learning (Geoffrey Hinton). Toronto's robotics work builds on this AI leadership for robot perception, autonomous driving, and learned manipulation.

Deep learningWaabi AVRobot perception

📍 Singapore, Singapore

soft robotsmedical robotsunderwater robots

Asia's leading soft robotics research center. NUS developed first fully soft robot gripper that matches human hand dexterity, and leads in underwater and medical soft robot research.

Soft grippersUnderwater soft robotsMedical micro-robots

📍 Haifa, Israel

medical robotsminimally invasive surgerysnake robots

World leader in snake robots for minimally invasive surgery and search & rescue. Technion's snake robots can navigate through tiny incisions and earthquake rubble, with multiple commercialization paths.

Snake surgical robotSAR snake robot

📍 Vancouver, BC, Canada

general-purpose humanoidcarbon AI systemteleoperation

Developing Phoenix humanoid with Carbon — an AI system that lets the robot learn any task from human teleoperation. Sanctuary focuses on general-purpose labor with a teleoperation-first approach.

PhoenixCarbon AI

📍 Singapore, Singapore

autonomous systemshuman-robot interactionwearable robots

Singapore's second largest robotics research center. NTU has strong programs in autonomous aerial systems, wearable rehabilitation robots, and human-robot teaming for manufacturing.

Autonomous dronesRehab exoskeleton

📍 Hong Kong, Hong Kong

aerial roboticsautonomous systemsUAV technology

The HKUST Aerial Robotics Group, led by Prof. Shaojie Shen, is part of the HKUST Cheng Kar-Shun Robotics Institute. The group develops fundamental technologies in aerial robotics with focus on autonomous systems and UAV applications.

Aerial robotics technology development

📍 Hsinchu, Taiwan

soft roboticssoft sensorssoft actuators

Lab at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) conducting fundamental and applied research on soft sensors, actuators, smart materials, and structures. Focuses on electroactive polymer actuators for soft robotics.

Smart material actuatorsElectroactive polymer systems

📍 New Delhi, India

autonomous vehiclesunderwater roboticsAI/ML

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is India's premier defense research agency under the Ministry of Defence. Its Autonomous Systems and Robotics division develops AI/ML technologies, autonomous navigation systems, and unmanned ground and underwater combat vehicles.

Autonomous navigation for HEAUVsAutonomous obstacle avoidanceCombat environment perception

📍 New Cairo, Egypt

medical micro-roboticsnano-roboticsmanipulation

Medical Micro & Nano Robotics Laboratory at the German University in Cairo, Department of Mechatronics Engineering. The lab focuses on medical applications of micro and nano robotics with specialized work on paramagnetic particle manipulation.

Tele-manipulation of paramagnetic particles in gas bubblesMedical micro-robot applications

📍 Istanbul, Turkey

field roboticsautonomous vehiclesautonomous surface vehicles

Field robotics laboratory at Istanbul Medeniyet University focusing on autonomous surface vehicles. The lab participates in international simulation competitions for autonomous vehicle research.

Autonomous surface vehicle development

📍 Launceston, Australia

underwater roboticsautonomous vehiclesmarine science

AMSL is a University of Tasmania capability co-sponsored by the Australian Maritime College and Institute for Marine and Antarctic Science. It evolved from world-leading operations of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in extreme polar environments.