26 novembre 2025
Robot testing in extreme conditions at Université Laval
Université Laval's Boreal Robotics Laboratory (NorLab) is beginning research to enable autonomous robots to meet the challenges of navigating in subarctic environments.
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Professor Pomerleau emphasizes that "the boreal environment is an extreme context for robotics due, among other things, to precipitation and snow accumulation, which modify the landscape and disrupt sensors. For example, the presence of ice and snow on the ground modifies the grip between the mobile robot's tracks and the ground. This variation in traction requires recalibrating the autonomous vehicle's controller parameters each time the robot is deployed.