Jan Huissoon
Professor
Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
University of Waterloo
Canada
Biography
Jan Huissoon is the Chair of the Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering department as well as a Professor at the University of Waterloo. He founded Canada’s first Mechatronics Engineering program. His projects include Dynamic Seam Tracking for Robotic Welding, Automatic end-of-arm and tool-centre-point calibration, Autonomous Navigation Using Artificial Neural Networks, Arc Acoustics in GMA welding, Walking Wobot Welder, Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Modeling of Human Locomotion, Integrated Robot Systems, Sensor Based Control, Modelling and Control of Arc Welding Processes, Intelligent Sensing Systems (Ultrasonic, vision), and Autonomous Vehicle Guidance & Control. In addition, Professor Huissoon is the sole holder of the patent – Method and device for robot tool frame calibration. Professor Huissoon’s research is based on mechatronic design, sensor based robot control, robotic welding, airborne sonar, and autonomous vehicle control.
Research Interest
Robotics Robotic Arc Welding Weld Process Control
Publications
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Leung KY, Clark CM, Huissoon JP. Localization in urban environments by matching ground level video images with an aerial image. InRobotics and Automation, 2008. ICRA 2008. IEEE International Conference on 2008 May 19 (pp. 551-556). IEEE.
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Yu BY, Elbuken C, Ren CL, Huissoon JP. Image processing and classification algorithm for yeast cell morphology in a microfluidic chip. Journal of biomedical optics. 2011 Jun 1;16(6):066008-.
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Huissoon JP, Wang D. On the design of a direct drive 5-bar-linkage manipulator. Robotica. 1991 Dec;9(4):441-6.
