PhD, P.Eng.
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Email: beno.benhabib@utoronto.ca(opens in new tab)
Tel: 416-978-3447
Office: MC417
Research Groups:
Manufacturing Instrumentation & Virtual Manufacturing (MIVM) Laboratory,
Computer Integrated Manufacturing Laboratory (CIMLab)
Research Area
Robotics
Research Interests
Design and mathematical analysis of modular and multi-arm robots; machine vision; robotic sensors; supervisory control of manufacturing systems; automatic quality control; computer aided design.
Bio
Beno Benhabib, P.Eng., joined the University of Toronto in 1986, and is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and in the Computer Science Department. His research interests are in the area of design and control of intelligent autonomous systems. His research in the past four decades was supported by over 200 Masters and Doctoral Students, Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Engineers, with an overall funding level of almost $5M. Their combined effort has resulted in over 400 international journal and conference publications, as well as several book chapters. He is also the author of the textbook Manufacturing: Design, Production, Automation, and Integration.
Professor Benhabib serves as the Editor-in-chief for the Sensors Section of the Robotics Journal. He is also a member in the Canadian Council for Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, as well as in the Mechatronics Technical Committee, the International Federation of the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms.