Jessica Burgner-Kahrs

VIEW to the U: An eye on UTM academic community

Plugged into robotics research Jessica Burgner-Kahrs is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Mathematical and Computational Sciences at U of T Mississauga and in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at UofT, and the Director of the Continuum Robotics Laboratory at UTM, a newly established lab. Over the course of this interview Jessica talks about being at the forefront of continuum robotics, what inspires and influences her work in the lab, her global collaborations, and how she got into this field. Her research focuses on continuum robotics and in particular on their design, modeling, planning and control, as well as human-robot interaction. Her fundamental robotics research is driven by applications in minimally invasive surgery and maintenance, repair, and operations. A full transcript of the interview is available: https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/vp-research/sites/files/vp-research/shared/JBK-interview%2Ctranscribed%2CNov.2019.pdf. _________ Resources Photograph by Maeve Doyle, http://maevedoyle.ca/. Visit Professor Burgner-Kahrs's website for more information on her work: https://mcs.utm.utoronto.ca/crl/.