Kourosh Darvish

University of Toronto,

6 King's College Road,

M5S 3H5, Toronto, ON, Canada

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Computer Science and Robotics Institute of University of Toronto and a member of the Vector Institute. I am doing research at People, AI, & Robots (PAIR) lab directed by Animesh Garg and Robot Vision and Learning (RVL) lab directed by Florian Shkurti.

My research interests lie at the intersection of robotics, control theory, planning, and machine learning. In particular, I am interested in the algorithmic development of shared autonomy, where robots interact with humans.

I received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from K.N. Toosi University of Technology and Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Later, I earned PhD in Bioengineering & Robotics from the University of Genoa, Italy, where I developed novel techniques for human-robot collaboration. From Nov 2018- May 2022, I was a post-doctoral researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in the Artificial and Mechanical Intelligence lab. During this period, I have collaborated on AnDy and SoftManBot H2020 European projects, Italian National ergoCub project, and international ANA Avatar XPRIZE $10M competition. At IIT, I have worked on human motion perception and prediction, humanoid robot teleoperation, and safety and ergonomics enhancement in human-robot collaboration.

news

Aug 15, 2022	We are presenting a poster at the Accelerate Conference. We are showing how we can use robots to do chemical experiments autonomously.
Jun 1, 2022	I am joining RVL and PAIR labs, at the University of Toronto as a postdoctoral researcher. In collaboration with the matter lab, we are aiming at accelerating material discovery in chemistry labs using autonomous robots.
May 25, 2022	Our Team, iCub, has been accepted for the Finals of ANA Avatar XPRIZE. Finals will be on November 4-5, 2022 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA.

selected publications

TRO

A Hierarchical Architecture for Human–Robot Cooperation Processes

Kourosh Darvish, Enrico Simetti, Fulvio Mastrogiovanni, and 1 more author

IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2021

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@article{9257394,
  author = {Darvish, Kourosh and Simetti, Enrico and Mastrogiovanni, Fulvio and Casalino, Giuseppe},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Robotics,},
  title = {A Hierarchical Architecture for Human–Robot Cooperation Processes},
  year = {2021},
  volume = {37},
  number = {2},
  pages = {567-586},
  doi = {10.1109/TRO.2020.3033715},
}

Mechatronics

Flexible human-robot cooperation models for assisted shop-floor tasks

Kourosh Darvish, Francesco Wanderlingh, Barbara Bruno, and 3 more authors

Mechatronics, 2018

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@article{darvish2018flexible,
  title = {Flexible human-robot cooperation models for assisted shop-floor tasks},
  author = {Darvish, Kourosh and Wanderlingh, Francesco and Bruno, Barbara and Simetti, Enrico and Mastrogiovanni, Fulvio and Casalino, Giuseppe},
  journal = {Mechatronics,},
  volume = {51},
  pages = {97--114},
  year = {2018},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
}