Concordia University's Aerospace Robotics Lab

Concordia University's Aerospace Robotics Lab

Concordia University

Dr. Krzysztof Skonieczny

Concordia University’s Aerospace Robotics Laboratory (CUARL) is led by Dr. Krzysztof (Chris) Skonieczny, a professor at the Concordia Institute of Aerospace Design & Innovation (CIADI). His research interests include space robotics, planetary rovers, robot mobility, robot autonomy, vehicle-terrain interactions, advanced 3D printing techniques, robotics excavation & construction, reduced gravity experimentation, computer vision and machine learning for robotics applications. The Aerospace Robotics Laboratory currently supports projects which study and develops robotics for space, especially for applications where a robot interacts with granular terrains in low-gravity environments. Examples include roving on Mars, digging and constructing on the Moon, or sampling and anchoring on comets and asteroids.

Projects

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All Robotics Rover Design Robotics for space Machine Learning
Accurate & efficient machine-soil modeling
Accurate & efficient machine-soil modeling
AI for rover terrain traversability
AI for rover terrain traversability
Articulated wheel-leg robot
Articulated wheel-leg robot
Energy-efficient skid-steer rover control
Energy-efficient skid-steer rover control
Grouser and wheel design for planetary rovers
Grouser and wheel design for planetary rovers
Reduced-gravity terramechanics
Reduced-gravity terramechanics
Space-grade regolith composite material 3D printing
Space-grade regolith composite material 3D printing
Terramechanics (machine-soil interactions)
Terramechanics (machine-soil interactions)

Picture galleries

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All Field tests Facilities Misc
Example Gallery
An example of gallery using the in-built project page.
Example Gallery
FAST NRC 2023 Flights tests
A gallery of pictures of our low-gravity flight field test in May 2023.
FAST NRC 2023 Flights tests
FAST NRC 2023 Flights tests
A gallery of pictures of our low-gravity flight field test in May 2023.
FAST NRC 2023 Flights tests

Recent Posts

Featured Publications

Recent Publications

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See also Dr. Skonieczny’s Google Scholar page.
Adriana Daca, Dominique Tremblay, Krzysztof Skonieczny (2023). Expansion and experimental evaluation of scaling relations for the prediction of wheel performance in reduced gravity. Microgravity Science and Technology.

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Meysam Effati, Krzysztof Skonieczny (2023). Systematic solution for optimally energy-efficient turning radius for wheeled skid-steer rovers. Robotics and Autonomous Systems.

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Meysam Effati, Krzysztof Skonieczny, Tim Freiman, Devin J Balkcom (2022). An Equivalent Time-Optimal Problem to find Energy-Optimal Paths for Skid-Steer Rovers.

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Jean-Sebastien Fiset, Meysam Effati, Krzysztof Skonieczny (2022). Power and energy consumption of skid-steer rovers turning on loose soil. Journal of Field Robotics.

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Adriana Daca, Krzysztof Skonieczny (2022). Evaluating 1-g testing methods for predicting planetary rover mobility in re-duced gravity.

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Amin Haeri, Krzysztof Skonieczny (2022). Three-dimensionsal granular flow continuum modeling via material point method with hyperelastic nonlocal granular fluidity. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

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Amin Haeri, Krzysztof Skonieczny (2022). Gravity sensitivity of continuum numerical solvers for granular flow modeling. Granular Matter.

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Adriana Daca, Amir Ali Forough Nassiraei, Dominique Tremblay, Krzysztof Skonieczny (2022). Comparison of wheel load application methods in single-wheel testbeds. Journal of Terramechanics.

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Adriana Daca, Dominique Tremblay, Krzysztof Skonieczny (2022). Experimental evaluation of cone index gradient as a metric for the prediction of wheel performance in reduced gravity. Journal of Terramechanics.

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Braden W Stefanuk, Melissa Battler, Kaizad V Raimalwala, Adam Deslauriers, Michele Faragalli, Krzysztof Skonieczny, Evan Smal, Ewan Reid (2021). Lunar analogue dataset for traversability assessment and novelty detection.

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Recent & Upcoming Talks

Past and present team members

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Present Past All PhD MASc BEng RA
Adriana Daca
Completed their PhD degree. Thesis title: Predicting planetary rover mobility in reduced gravity using 1-g experiments https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/991773/ LinkedIn Page
Alexander Demishkevich
Working on their MASc degree. Project title: Rover wheel traction evaluation in slopes LinkedIn Page
Amin Haeri
Completed their PhD degree. Thesis title: Accurate and Real-Time Granular Flow Modeling of Robot-Terrain Interactions https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/988924/ LinkedIn Page
Amir Ali Forough Nassiraei
LinkedIn Page
Braden Stefanuk
Completed their MASc degree. Thesis title: Image-based Novelty Detection for Lunar Exploration https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/988786/ LinkedIn Page
Chantelle Gabrielle Dubois
Working on their MASc degree. Project title: Rover image analysis using machine learning LinkedIn Page
Dhara Kamleshkumar Shukla
Completed their MASc degree. Thesis title: Autonomous Soil Assessment System for Planetary Rovers https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/983376/ LinkedIn Page
Dominique Tremblay
LinkedIn Page
Fauzi Ameen
Working on their MASc degree. Project title: Contruction and testing of a rover with 4 planar 3 DoF articulated wheeled arms LinkedIn Page
Georges Butt
Working on their MASc degree. Project title: Experimental validation of rover wheel performance evaluation using Granular Scaling Laws LinkedIn Page
Jean-Sébastien Fiset
Completed their MASc degree. Thesis title: Effects of Turning Radius on Skid-Steered Wheeled Robot Power Consumption on Loose Soil https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/985917/ LinkedIn Page
Jinbo Li
Completed their MASc degree. Thesis title: Simultaneous Localization And Modelling: SLAM for Mobile 3D Printing https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/984408/ LinkedIn Page
Joshua Glazer
LinkedIn Page
Krzysztof Skonieczny
Managing the Aerospace Robotics Laboratory with an iron fist in a velvet glove. LinkedIn Page
Lucien Gatien
LinkedIn Page
Meysam Effati
Completed their PhD degree. Thesis title: Energy-Efficient Trajectory Planning for Skid-Steer Rovers https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/987110/ LinkedIn Page
Mohammad Azami
Working on their PhD degree. Project title: PEEK-Regolith composite for Lunar in-situ manufacturing LinkedIn Page
Mohammad Jasim Usmani
Completed their MASc degree. Thesis title: Accelerating Graph Networks for Real-Time Physics Simulations LinkedIn Page
Momtaz Abadir
Working on their PhD degree. Project title: Full body kinematics of a rover with 4 planar 3 DoF articulated wheeled arms LinkedIn Page
Parna Niksirat
Completed their PhD degree. Thesis title: The Effects of Reduced-Gravity on Planetary Rover Mobility https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/993106/ LinkedIn Page
Pierre-Lucas Aubin-Fournier
Currently working as a RA. Completed their MASc degree. Thesis title: Vibration-based wheel-terrain slip detection for skid-steer rovers https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/992150/ LinkedIn Page
Shawn Bulger
Shawn McGrory
Completed their MASc degree. Thesis title: Characterizing Image Classification Difficulties through Reduced-Dimension Class Convex Hull Analysis https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/988120/ LinkedIn Page
Tim Freiman
LinkedIn Page
Tyson Boher

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