Autonomous Space Robotics Lab

Rehman Merali

PhD Candidate (Toronto)
BASc (Mechatronics Eng, Waterloo), EIT

Contact Info

Institute for Aerospace Studies
University of Toronto
4925 Dufferin Street, Room 150B
Toronto, ON M3H 5T6 Canada
rehman.merali [at] utoronto.ca
+1 416-667-7730 (office)
+1 416-667-7799 (fax)

Research

3D Mapping and Viewpoint Planning for Autonomous Robots

Focus:

• Planetary worksite mapping
• Exploration to maximize information gain
• High accuracy occupancy grid mapping
• Efficient 3D map representation

Education

Ph.D. Candidate, Aerospace Engineering, University of Toronto (2008 - present)

B.A.Sc., Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2008

Teaching

Supervisor of the University of Toronto Robotics Association (2008 - present)
TATP Teaching Fundamentals Certificate (November 2009)

Courses

AER407: Space Systems Design - Teaching Assistant (Fall 2010)
AER201: Engineering Design - Teaching Assistant (Winter 2009, Winter 2010)

Presentations

Merali R S and Barfoot T D. Occupancy Grid Mapping for Information Gain Calculations. Space Vision and Advanced Robotics (SVAR). MDA Space Missions, Ontario, Canada, June 8, 2011.

Merali R S and Barfoot T D. Grid Mapping and Planning for Autonomous Mobile Robots. Space Vision and Advanced Robotics (SVAR). MDA Space Missions, Ontario, Canada, June 9, 2010.

Merali S Y and Merali R S. Telemedicine: The Canada - Sri Lanka Connection. 9th Wonca Rural Health World Conference. Crete, Greece, June 12-14, 2009.

Merali R S, Tong C and Barfoot T D. Autonomous 3D Worksite Mapping. Space Vision and Advanced Robotics (SVAR). MDA Space Missions, Ontario, Canada, June 3, 2009.

Publications

Conference Papers

Full-Paper-Refereed

Merali R S and Long D. Actuated Responsive Truss. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Modular Robotics: State of the Art, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 3, 2010.

Other

Scholarly Reports Prepared for Industry/Government

Tong C, Merali R S, Barfoot T D, and D’Eleuterio G M T. TRACTEUR: Worksite Localization and Mapping Study. Technical report, UTIAS – Prepared for MDA Space Missions (under subcontract to the Canadian Space Agency, Exploration Study), May 2008.