The 2003 ARL team.

People left to right: Neil Neville, John Sheldon, Francois Deschenes, Aaron Saunders, Jacqui McCallum, Martin Buehler, James Smith, Dave McMordie, Carl Steeves, Don Campbell, Matt Smith, Ioannis Poulakakis, Enrico Sabelli, Christina Georgiades, Shane Saundersen, Chris Prahacs (Not shown: Evgeni Kiriy, Aki Sato and Gen Vinois).

Robots left to right: Research RHex, Rugged RHex, Scout II and PAW, another Research RHex (Not shown: AQUA RHex and Aki's hopper).

Ben Brown, Carnegie Mellon University, Contract Mechanical Engineer, RHex shape changing legs.

Don Campbell, Electrical Engineer, Rugged RHex.

Nadim El-Fata, Contract Software Engineer, RHex com systems.

Dave McMordie, Electrical Engineer, Rugged RHex.

Chris Prahacs, Chief Research Technician, AQUA Project.

Shane Saunderson, Undergraduate Mechanical Research Project Engineer.

Aaron Saunders, Mechanical Research Project Scientist: Rugged RHex and AQUA mechanical design. Went on to: Boston Dynamics.

Matt Smith, Mechanical Research Project Scientist: Rugged RHex mechanical design.

Genevieve Vinois, Ambulatory Robotics Lab Administrator.

Neil Wyper, Electrical Engineer, Rugged RHex.

Iyad Abdul-baki, M. Eng., E.E., Aug. 1997: A Proximity Sensor Network for Autonomous Grasping. Went on to: CAE Electronics, Montreal, then BAE Systems Canada Inc, St-Laurent, QC.

Farhad Aghili, Ph.D., M.E., Nov. 1997, (jointly supervised with John Hollerbach, U. Utah): Design and Control of Direct-Drive Systems with Applications to Robotics. Went on to: Canadian Space Agency, Montreal, QC.

Mojtaba Ahmadi, Ph. D., M.E., March 1998: Stable Control of a One-Legged Robot Exploiting Passive Dynamics. Went on to: PostDoc at Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, then Head of the Advanced Robotics and Control Group at OPAL-RT, Montreal, then Quantum, San Jose, CA. Now Assistant Professor at Carleton University, Ottawa, ON.

Robert Battaglia, M.Eng, M.E., May 1999: Design of the SCOUT II quadruped with preliminary stair climbing, (appendix). Went on to Axium Inc., Anjou, QC.

Don Campbell, M.Eng., E.E., Feb. 2004: Bounding and Stair Descent in the Hexapod RHex. Went on to: Boston Dynamics, Cambridge, MA.

Anca Cocosco, M. Eng., M.E., July 1998: Control of Walking in a Quadruped Robot with Stiff Legs. Went on to: CAE Electronics, Montreal, QC.

John Damianakis, M. Eng., M.E., July 1997: A Proximity Sensor Network for Dynamic Manipulation. Went on to: CAE Electronics, Montreal, then Andersen Consulting, Montreal, QC.

Martin de Lasa, M.Eng., E.E., July 2000: Dynamic Compliant Walking of the Scout II Quadruped. Went on to: Boston Dynamics, Cambridge, MA, then back to school in 2005 as a PhD student at U. Toronto.

Francois Deschenes, M.Eng. candidate, Mechanical Engineering.

Nadim El-Fata, M. Eng., E.E., April 1996: The TMS320C40 DSP as a General Purpose I/O Controller. Went on to: SARCOS, Salt Lake City, UT, then Northern Telecom, Montreal, QC, then Video Conferencing Applications DSP Engineer/Contractor at PictureTel, Boston, MA, then Contractor, DSP/Diagnostics Engineer, Embedded systems and Video Conferencing at Ezenia, Boston MA, then Contractor, Diagnostics Engineer, Network processors and Router at Cisco Systems, Boston, MA, then back toEzenia. Then Starent Networks, then iRobot, then private consulting as Pulse Innovation.

Christina Georgiades, M.Eng, M.E., Feb. 2005: Simulation and Control of an Underwater Hexapod Robot, co-supervised with Prof. Nahon. Went on to The MathWorks.

Pedro Gregorio, M. Eng., M.E., Aug. 1994: Design, Control and Energy Minimization Strategies for an Electrically Actuated Legged Robot. Went on to start a company, Solutions by Design, Montreal, then Head of Engineering at Haptic Technologies, Montreal, then Senior Project Manager, Mechanical Engineering, with Immersion Canada Inc., Montreal branch (after Immersion bought Haptic).

Felix Grimminger, Visiting M.Sc. Student from Germany, 2001: Design of RHex legs. Went on to Boston Dynamics, Cambridge, MA.

Geoff Hawker, M.Eng. M.E.: Design and control of an un-actuated knee-joint. Went on to: McKinsey&Company, Toronto, ON.

Evgeni Kiriy, M. Eng. E.E., Feb. 2003: A Localization System for Autonomous Golf Course Mowers. Went on to: PhD studies at McGill University.

Marc J. LeBlanc, M. Eng. candidate, M.E. until Sept. 1997: Sensor Fusion for Dynamic Object Localization. Went on to: Northern Telecom, Ottawa, ON.

Hun-Ok Lim, Ph.D. candidate, M.E., until Feb. 1996: Learning Robot Locomotion. Went on to: Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, MITI, Japan, then Professor at the Department of System Design Engineering, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan.

Jacqui McCallum, Stair descent on RHex.

Dave McMordie, M.Eng. E.E., July 2002: Towards Pronking with a Hexapod Robot. Went on to Boston Dynamics, Cambridge, MA, then AutoVu, Montreal, QC, then Viion Systems.

Giuseppe "Joey" Mennitto, M.Eng., M.E., Feb. 1995: Compliant Articulated Robot Leg with Antagonistic LADD Actuation. Went on to: EMS Technologies (formerly known as SPAR Aerospace), Montreal, QC.

Majid M. Moghaddam, M. Eng., M.E., April 1993: A Planar Virtual Motion System for Legged Robots. Went on to: PhD studies at U. of Toronto, then Assistant Professor, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.

Edward "Ned" Moore, M. Eng., M.E., Jan. 2002: Leg Design and Stair Climbing Control for the RHex Robotic Hexapod. Went on to: Fuel Cell Energy, Danbury, CT.

Neil Neville, M.Eng., M.E., June 2005 (after 2003 co-superved with Prof. Inna Sharf): Bipedal Running with one Actuator per Leg. Went on to: CAE Electronics, Montreal, QC, then, Boston Dynamics, Waltham, MA.

Phillipe O'Reilly, M. Eng., M.E., Aug. 1997 (co-supervised with Michel Pelletier, IREQ): Planning Robotic Tasks for Impedance Controllers in Oscillating and Uncertain Environments. Went on to: IREQ.

Sami Obaid, M.Eng., M.E., Aug. 1999: Sensing for Dynamic Locomotion. Went on to GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI.

Alan Ouellet, M. Eng., M.E., July '96 (jointly supervised with Prof. V. Hayward, McGill): Control of an Instrumented Haptic Interface. Went on to: Canadian Space Agency, Montreal, QC.

Didier Papadopoulos, M.Eng., M.E., April 2000: Stable Running for a Quadruped Robot with Compliant Legs. Went on to CAE Electronics, Montreal, QC.

Gregory A. Petryk, M. Eng., M.E., Aug. 1996: Dynamic Object Localization via a Proximity Sensor Network. Went on to: CAE Electronics, Montreal, then Softsysteme, Montreal, QC.

Ioannis Poulakakis, M.Eng., M.E, July 2002: On the Passive Dynamics of Quadrupedal Running. Ph.D. candidate until August 2004 (co-supervised with Prof. E. Papadopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece). Went on to continue PhD studies with J. Grizzle at U. Michigan.

Joseph Sarkis, M.Eng., M.E., Jan. 1999: Control of running in a quadruped robot with actuation only at the hips. Went on to: Johnson&Johnson, Montreal, QC.

Akihiro "Aki" Sato, M.Eng., M.E., May 2005: A Planar Hopping Robot with One Actuator. Went on to OPAL-RT, Montreal, QC.

Sonya Sauvé, M. Eng. candidate, M.E., until Sept. 1996: Control of Virtual Reality Motion Platforms.

James Andrew Smith, Ph.D. (after 2003 co-supervision with Prof. Inna Sharf), M.E., Nov. 2006: Galloping, Bounding and Wheeled-Leg Modes of Locomotion on Underactuated Quadrupedal Robots. Went on to Post-Doc with Andre Seyfarth at U. Jena, Germany.

Charles Steeves, M. Eng., M.E., Nov. 2002: Design and Behavioural Control of a Dynamic Quadruped with Active Wheels.

Said Sukkarieh, M. Eng., M.E., June 1996: Implementation of an Inverse Kinematics Algorithm on a SARCOS Dextrous Arm. Went on to: CAE Electronics, Montreal, then Honeywell in Phoenix.

Hamidreza Dokht Taghirad, M. Eng., M.E., April 1993: Analysis, Design, and Control of a Hopping Robot. Went on to: PhD studies at McGill University, then Assistant Professor, Khajeh Nasir Technical University, Tehran, Iran.

Shervin Talebi, M.Eng., E.E., Nov. 2000: Compliant Running and Step Climbing of the Scout II Platform (co-supervised with Prof. E. Papadopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece). Went on to: Boston Dynamics, Cambridge, MA.

Neil Wyper, M.Eng. candidate, E.E., until Apr. 2003: Rugged RHex project.

Ken Yamazaki, M.Eng., M.E., Feb. 1999: The Design and Control of SCOUT I. Went on to Merck Frosst, Montreal, QC, then Integrative Proteomics Inc., Toronto, ON.

Mei Zhang, M. Eng., M.E., May 1995: Sensor-Based Autonomous Control of Dynamic Robotic Manipulation. Went on to: CAE Electronics, Montreal, QC, then Digital Microwave Corporation, San Jose, CA, then Wind River Systems, San Jose, CA.