{"id":643,"date":"2016-07-19T11:28:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T15:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?post_type=cu-people&#038;p=643"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:37:04","slug":"mark-lanthier","status":"publish","type":"cu-people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/people\/mark-lanthier\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Lanthier"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Research Interests<\/h3>\n<p>Robotics<\/p>\n<h3>Specific Research Interests<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Simulation and Coordination of Multiple Robots<\/li>\n<li>Multi-robot Path Planning using Computational Geometry Techniques<\/li>\n<li>Coordinated Mapping, Searching &amp; Task Partitioning<\/li>\n<li>Controlling Robots with External Sensing<\/li>\n<li>3D imaging with Practical Applications to Robotics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Current Research<\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Lanthier\u2019s research interests focus on robotics, artificial life and computational geometry.\u00a0 He has worked with numerous students on research projects involving robotic simulation and coordination, robotic path planning and robotic sensing and design.<\/p>\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\n<p>Dr. Lanthier has long history at 杏吧原创 University. Receiving first his undergraduate degree from the School of Computer Science,\u00a0 he then continued on at the University to receive his master\u2019s degree in 1993 and his Ph.D. in 1999. 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