Martin Barczyk, PhD, PEng

Area of Study / Keywords

Mechanical Systems Automation And Robotics Control Systems Dynamical Systems Mechatronics Robotics UAVs Control Systems State Estimation

About

I received a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University, and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta. Following a post-doc at the Centre de Robotique (CAOR) at Ecole des Mines in Paris, France, I returned to the U of A as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering.

Research

My area of interest is Mechatronics - Mechanical systems augmented with onboard computing hardware and sensors, running software algorithms in feedback control, data fusion and state estimation - and its application to fields such as robotics, aerospace, manufacturing, and agriculture. As computing power and sensing technology continue to become cheaper, smaller and more powerful, applications of Mechatronics continue to grow, as seen in the emergence of areas such as drone delivery, self-driving vehicles, precision agriculture and autonomous search-and-rescue.

Current research projects include:

• Vision-based UAV-to-UAV pursuit
• GPS-denied autonomous robot navigation and mapping
• Control and estimation of robotic arms
• Applications of computer vision and deep learning
• Model identification of novel mechanical systems

Please check my ResearchGate profile link for publications.

Teaching

I have taught the following courses at the U of A:

• Mec E 300, Mechanical Measurements
• Mec E 301, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I
• Mec E 420, Feedback Control Design of Dynamic Systems
• Mec E 451, Vibrations and Sound
• Mec E 651, Advanced Robotics: Analysis and Control