Inna Sharf
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
McGill University
Canada
Biography
Ph.D. University of Toronto B.ASc. University of Toronto
Research Interest
Unmanned aerial vehicles: dynamics, navigation and control of small UAVs (quadrotors, indoor airships) Multibody systems: contact dynamics, modeling, simulation, parameter identification. Dynamics, control and motion planning of mechatronic systems: legged robots, space robotic systems. Computational mechanics: contact mechanics, finite elements analysis.
Publications
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Verscheure, D., I. Sharf, H. Bruyninckx, J. Swevers and J. De Schutter, "Identification of Contact Dynamics Parameters from Stiff Multi-point Contact Robotic Operations," International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 367-385, 2010.
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Smith, J.A., I. Poulakakis, M. Trentini and I. Sharf, "Bounding with Active Wheels and Liftoff Angle Velocity Adjustment," International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 414-427, 2010.
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Sharf, I., A. Wolf and MB Rubin, "Arithmetic and Geometric Solutions for Average Rigid-body Rotation," Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol. 45, No. 9, pp. 1239-1251, 2010.
