Overview
The University of Toronto Robotics Institute describes itself as the headquarters of the largest and most diversified robotics program in Canada, with research highlights in field robotics, healthcare robotics and advanced manufacturing; Steve Waslander became its director in 2026. University of Toronto researchers, some also affiliated with the Vector Institute, developed SeededGrasp, a language-guided grasping framework for multiple robot embodiments.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Connections
Focus
Language-guided grasping
Self-driving laboratory robotics
Data & sources
Web sources
3
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company University of Toronto Robotics Institute has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Next Generation Manufacturing Canada1× joint
- 2NGen Canada1× joint
- 3Toyota Research Institute1× joint
Most recent
University of Toronto Robotics Institute on the deployment map
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Relationships
Safety record
No incidents on record for University of Toronto Robotics Institute.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
University of Toronto Robotics Institute in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Mentioned on (8)
Registry pages whose text names University of Toronto Robotics Institute.
Companies (1)
Robots and products (1)
Deployments (1)
People (5)
Ajay Agrawal, Christian Weedbrook, Jamie Rosenblatt, Ameet Shah, Raquel Urtasun
Partnerships
3 total · 3 operating
Every company University of Toronto Robotics Institute has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Next Generation Manufacturing Canada1× joint
- 2NGen Canada1× joint
- 3Toyota Research Institute1× joint
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- utoronto-robotics x NGen CanadawithNGen Canadadevelopment—operating
- University of Toronto Robotics Institute x NGen CanadawithNext Generation Manufacturing Canadadevelopment—operating
- utoronto-robotics x Toyota Research InstitutewithToyota Research Institutedevelopment—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 9, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 3
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- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for University of Toronto Robotics Institute.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning University of Toronto Robotics Institute from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Snowshoe-inspired foot pad lets one-legged hopping robot cross sand and slippery ice
University of Toronto engineers have given a one-legged hopping robot a flexible foot pad that...
Waymo’s driverless cars involved in 68% fewer crashes than human drivers, U.S. study finds
Canada’s soft robotics research is moving from laboratory novelty to business tool
‘Read widely, build things, break them and figure out why they broke’: Meet Professor Nick Rhinehart
University of Toronto researchers developing advanced autonomy algorithms for cargo transportation on the moon
Toyota Research Institute partners with U of T researchers to advance vision-language models for robot manipulation
Robotic nano-surgery shown effective at treating aggressive brain cancer in mice
The Future is Robotic: U of T Groundbreakers EP3
Open entirely new frontiers with robotics
Professor Tim Barfoot elected an IEEE Fellow
Robotics Institute to strengthen multidisciplinary research at U of T Engineering
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/utoronto-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/utoronto-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/fb7e6c39-45a5-4926-bb6e-d1a900ec05e5
- Revision history: /companies/utoronto-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Heat Index
Serious56/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
University of Toronto Robotics Institute draws attention at the 32nd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 7, 2026