Dr. Andrew Goldenberg has been invited to serve on the editorial board of the Robotics Journal.
Engineering Services Inc. contributes to, is featured in prominent robotics articles
New Applications for Mobile Robots
by Bennett Brumson , Contributing Editor
Robotic Industries Association
Mobile robots can access areas dangerous to humans, says, Andrew Goldenberg, President of Engineering Services Inc. (ESI, Toronto, Ontario, Canada). “Mobile robots are used to reach inaccessible areas such as nuclear power plants. Mobile robotics are very useful in nuclear environments with high levels of radiation, particularly during a disaster or threat of a disaster.”
Goldenberg goes on to say, “Some companies are using robotics underwater while others want to develop robotics for military applications, shoreline exploration of mines, and for repairing a ship’s structure.” ESI is involved with mobile robots for space exploration, such as rovers remotely moving on Mars. Read the complete article here.
How Robots Create Jobs
by Adil Shafi
President, ADVENOVATION, Inc.
In 2011, the International Federation of Robotics commissioned a report on how robots create jobs. http://www.ifr.org/robots-create-jobs/. The findings report that, “One million industrial robots currently in operation have been directly responsible for the creation of close to three million jobs… A growth in robot use over the next five years will result in the creation of one million high quality jobs around the world.” Read the complete article here.
Dr. Goldenberg contributes opening chapter to significant new robotic systems reference book
Dr. Andrew Goldenberg's incisive examination of Prototyping Robotic Systems: Methodology and Case Studies has been published as part of the new reference book Prototyping of Robotic Systems: Applications of Design and Implementation. Learn more and read Dr. Goldenberg's and other contributed chapters to this important new work here.
Dr. Goldenberg elected as fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
As mentioned late last year, Dr. Andrew Goldenberg has been awarded another prestigious fellowship, this time from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dr. Goldenberg's achievement was featured in this recent Engineering Dimensions article. (PDF, ~700K).
Dr. Andrew Goldenberg will serve as an Advisory Council Honorary Chair for the 2013 International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA 2013), Takamatsu, Japan (Aug. 4 – 7, 2013).
Book Chapter
Goldenberg, Andrew. "Prototyping Robotic Systems: Methodology and Case Studies." In Prototyping of Robotic Systems: Applications of Design and Implementation, ed. Tarek Sobh and Xingguo Xiong, 1-50 (2012).
Dr. Andrew Goldenberg has been appointed a member of the International Program Committee for the 2012 International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry (CARPI 2012).
Welcome to new RAL graduate student:
Welcome to Faezeh Heydari Khabbaz, Ph.D. student.
Papers published:
Qiao, J. and Goldenberg, A. A., "Development of Inchworm In-pipe Robot Based on Self-lock Mechanism", accepted for publication in the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH), January 2012.
Matharoo, I., Peshko, I., and Goldenberg, A.A., "Robotic reconnaissance platform. I. Spectroscopic instruments with rangefinders", accepted for publication in Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 82, Issue 11, 113107 (2011); doi:10.1063/1.3661126 (15 pages), November 2011.
Dr. Andrew Goldenberg receives another prestigious fellowship
Dr. Goldenberg has been elected to the grade of Fellow by The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his "contributions to the robotics field by way of sustaining a leading academic career in parallel with founding and leading an innovative robotics and automation commercial enterprise (Engineering Services Inc.)".
Congratulations to new RAL graduates:
Inderdeep Matharoo, M.A.Sc., (Synergistically-Reliable Photonic Multi-Gas Sensor)
Soorena Merat, M.Eng., (High Speed Wireless Data Link for Robotic Applications)
Welcome to new RAL graduate student:
Welcome to Wendong Wang from the School of Mechatronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, P. R. China.
Dr. Goldenberg interviewed on CBC's The National
Rise of The Robots aired on CBC's The National on December 16, 2011. The show asked the question ... Just how far have robotics advanced? You may be surprised ... even rattled by the answer. Dr. Goldenberg was interviewed by host Kim Brunhuber. Click here to view the entire segment.
Speaking engagement for Dr. Goldenberg
Dr. Andrew Goldenberg gave an invited talk on "Robotics: Research, Business and Foresight” to the Council for Access to the Profession of Engineering (CAPE) as part of their 5th Annual Conference on Engineering Knowledge: Nano to Mega: Engineering Convergence 2020, November 26, 2011, Ramada Plaza, Toronto.
Engineering Services Inc. featured in prominent security/military robotics article
Robotics in Security and Military Applications
by Bennett Brumson , Contributing Editor
Robotic Industries Association
Robotics have been a staple of advanced manufacturing for over half a century. As robots and their peripheral equipment become more sophisticated, reliable and miniaturized, these systems are increasingly being utilized for military and law enforcement purposes. Read the complete article here.
Canadarm milestone comes at pivotal moment for robotics
Canada's first robotic spacearm deployed 30 years ago
The iconic Canadarm is marking its 30th anniversary on Sunday, even though it has been retired.
It was on Nov. 13, 1981 that Canada's first robotic spacearm was deployed on the U.S. space shuttle Columbia.
The robotic arm with its Canada workmark retired last July after making its final voyage into space on board Atlantis, the last of its 90 shuttle missions and voyages totalling over 624 million kilometres. That trip also marked the end of the American shuttle program. Read the complete article here.
Papers published:
Matharoo, I., Peshko, I., and Goldenberg, A.A., "Robotic reconnaissance platform: I. Spectroscopic instruments with rangefinders", accepted for publication in Review of Scientific Instruments, October 2011.
Liu, G., Liu, Y. and Goldenberg, A. A., "Design, Analysis and Control of a Spring-Assisted Modular and Reconfigurable Robot", IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 695-706, August 2011.
Book chapter accepted for publication:
Goldenberg, A.A., "Prototyping of Robotic Systems: Methodology and Case Studies" chapter for the forthcoming IGI book Prototyping of Robotic Systems: Applications of Design and Implementation
Welcome to new RAL visiting scholar:
Welcome to Dr. Haiwei Dong (Department of Computational Science, School of System Informatics, Kobe University).
Dr. Goldenberg interviewed for CBC TV News
Dr. Andrew Goldenberg was interviewed by CBC News on July 26, 2011 for a reaction to the strength of the Canadian dollar and turmoil with the US economy, and their effect on Canadian businesses such as Engineering Services Inc. Click here to view the segment, which starts at the 7:54 mark.
Dr. Goldenberg interviewed for CBC Radio's Spark on Why We Make Robots Human
For an upcoming episode of CBC Radio's Spark, host Nora Young spoke to Dr. Andrew Goldenberg, an engineering professor spearheading the Robotics and Automation Lab at the University of Toronto. Dr. Goldenberg sheds some light on why researchers are obsessed with replicating the human form. At this link, you can listen to the full, uncut interview or download it in mp3 format.
Dr. Goldenberg will be a guest speaker at the workshop on mechanisms for surgical robotics (for the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2011, Shanghai, China, May 9–13, 2011).
Welcome to new RAL visiting scholar:
Welcome to Dr. Heng Chen, our newest Visiting Scholar at RAL. Dr. Chen is visiting with us during the period February 2011 to January 2012 and during this time, he will focus his efforts primarily on Robotics and Automation.
Dr. Goldenberg part of National Engineering Month feature Dr. Goldenberg was featured in "Engineering: A world of exciting opportunities" in the National Engineering Month supplement (pdf).
Speaking engagement for Dr. Goldenberg
Dr. Goldenberg will be a guest speaker at the 2011 Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Space Commerce Association on Friday, March 18, 2011. The theme is: The Next Breakthrough Space Technologies for Canada. Click here for details on the event.
New patents filed:
- Mobile Robot, US Patent Application No. 13/007,298 (J. Lin and A. A. Goldenberg)
- Mobile Robot, PCT Patent Application No. PCT/CA2011/050018 (J. Lin and A. A. Goldenberg)