PhD student @queensu 🤖 Mobile robots for Earth and space 🚀 Also: bikes, the environment, and plants (he/him)
Kingston, Ontario
Joined February 2011
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Kingston's police board silent on deputy chief's suspension thewhig.com/news/kingstons-p…
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35 years ago, these 14 young women were murdered at the École Polytechnique de Montréal — because they were women.
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We will not forget their names.
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This video is for @fordnation, @PrabSarkaria and all others saying bike lanes "stop emerg. vehicles from getting to their destination". They *allow* emergency vehicles to get to their destination, as seen here on Adelaide. They were designed with emergency services in mind.
We are back with another great robot video. It's filled with fun robot and @queensu student cameos, and the entire two hour video was done in one take.
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Us engineering students make weird art, but weird art still counts as art I think!
@queensgradstudy @queensjournal @queensuGazette
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#Breaking: Ford government to ban lawsuits against province if cyclists are hurt or killed on streets where bike lanes were removed trib.al/Wr39Had
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The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers reacts to the government's bike lane ban law. Shorter: they're not big fans! ospe.on.ca/advocacy/response…
ALT This proposed legislation risks reinforcing a car-centric approach to urban planning that prioritizes vehicles over pedestrians and cyclists. Limiting bike lane installation and removing environmental assessment processes for major highway projects does nothing to reduce gridlock. In fact, it actively ignores the growing demand for more sustainable, safe, and diverse transportation options.
I had the chance to talk robots, boats, and waves with @InDro_Robotics. It was a lot of fun to discuss why I think robo-boats (or ro-boats?) should be studied in Canada where we have so much water to protect and what I am doing in my PhD research.
You might not be aware, but InDro Robotics has also done research and development in the marine robotics sector. In fact, we’re still quite proud of the Talos Uncrewed Surface Vehicle we built and deployed years ago.
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Learn more about marine robotics:
 indrorobotics.ca/indro-explo…
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You might not be aware, but InDro Robotics has also done research and development in the marine robotics sector. In fact, we’re still quite proud of the Talos Uncrewed Surface Vehicle we built and deployed years ago.
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Learn more about marine robotics:
 indrorobotics.ca/indro-explo…
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If you're seeing the Northern Lights tonight, here's an explainer of how the different colors can appear! We are currently seeing a vivid display of pinks and greens here at the office!
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We unflinchingly stand handlebar to handlebar with @CycleToronto & all other riders, advocacy groups & community members against attacks on safe protected infrastructure in Ontario. Sign the petition: I Love Bike Lanes cycleto.ca/ilovebikelanes?re…
Ever wonder what robots REALLY get up to when left alone on Halloween?
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/8NdBNtQmzZg?si=w9E_…
#Robots #Halloween2023 – at Kingston, Ontario
Movie cast:
@BostonDynamics Spot as a Witch
@UnitreeRobotics Go1 as a Fairy Princess
@clearpathrobots Husky as Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde
@MaritimRobotics Otter as a Pumpkin Patch
@DJIGlobal M600 as a UFO – at Kingston, Ontario
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At #UNGA, I called on Ghanaian Reggae artiste Rocky Dawuni's music and asked, "How many roads we had to walk, just to make it to the door only to be told we were too late?"
Time is short. Yes we've made progress. But we must act now to ensure we aren't too late to save tomorrow.
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POLICE BRUTALITY: Animal Justice has filed a complaint against @OPP for striking an injured deer with the blunt end of an axe & leaving her to slowly die in agony 🦌💔
It’s illegal to cause animals unnecessary pain & suffering, & police are NOT above the law.
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"What our work says is even in the worst case scenarios, the environmental footprint of not only vegan diets but low meat diets are much, much better than high meat consuming diets," said Peter Scarborough, an Oxford professor who led the study. nyti.ms/3Y4Ms9h
ALT A headline reads: "People who eat a plant-based diet account for 75% less greenhouse gas emissions than those who eat meat." A sentence reads: "A vegan diet also results in much less harm to land, water and biodiversity, according to new research from 
the University of Oxford."