Geoff Fink, Thompson Rivers University

Research

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Latest papers

DLS2: A distributed microcomponent-based robotic software architecture
Results in Engineering · 2026
MUSE: A Real-Time Multi-Sensor State Estimator for Quadruped Robots
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters · 2025
Multi-Sensor Fusion for Quadruped Robot State Estimation Using Invariant Filtering and Smoothing
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters · 2025

All 23 publications

Latest funding

Quadruped-Drone Robot Perception
CFI · 2025 · Principal investigator
$47,853

All 1 grants and awards

23 publications.

01

DLS2: A distributed microcomponent-based robotic software architecture

Douglas Wildgrube Bertol, Geoff Fink, Marco Marchitto, Ylenia Nisticò, Michele Pestarino, Claudio Semini

Results in Engineering2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.rineng.2026.112048

02

MUSE: A Real-Time Multi-Sensor State Estimator for Quadruped Robots

Ylenia Nisticò, João Carlos Virgolino Soares, Lorenzo Amatucci, Geoff Fink, Claudio Semini

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters202511 citations

DOI: 10.1109/lra.2025.3553047

03

Multi-Sensor Fusion for Quadruped Robot State Estimation Using Invariant Filtering and Smoothing

Ylenia Nisticò, Hajun Kim, João Carlos Virgolino Soares, Geoff Fink, Hae-Won Park, Claudio Semini

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters202511 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1109/lra.2025.3564711

04

Design, Implementation, and Reflections on an International Software Engineering Field School

Abril Fink, Geoff Fink

Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA)2025Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.24908/pceea.2025.19673

05

The Missing Software Engineering Course for Developing Essential Skills for Co-Op Success

Matia Landry, Sina Keshvadi, Geoff Fink

2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1109/ccece64018.2025.11364395

06

New topic horizons for drone systems and applications

Karen B. Anderson, Brandi M. Shabaga, Serge A. Wich, Geoff Fink, Martin Barczyk, Jarrod C. Hodgson, Dominique Chabot

Drone Systems and Applications20234 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1139/dsa-2023-0019

07

On Slip Detection for Quadruped Robots

Ylenia Nisticò, Shamel Fahmi, Lucia Pallottino, Claudio Semini, Geoff Fink

Sensors202216 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/s22082967 PMID: 35458952

08

On State Estimation for Legged Locomotion Over Soft Terrain

Shamel Fahmi, Geoff Fink, Claudio Semini

IEEE Sensors Letters20212 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1109/lsens.2021.3049954

09

Proprioceptive Sensor Fusion for Quadruped Robot State Estimation

Geoff Fink, Claudio Semini

202042 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1109/iros45743.2020.9341521

10

STANCE: Locomotion Adaptation Over Soft Terrain

Shamel Fahmi, Michele Focchi, Andreea Radulescu, Geoff Fink, Victor Barasuol, Claudio Semini

IEEE Transactions on Robotics2020Open Access

DOI: 10.1109/tro.2019.2954670

Quadruped-Drone Robot Perception

Principal investigatorCFI2025John R. Evans Leaders Fund: John R. Evans Leaders Fund – Funding for research infrastructure

Principal investigators: Fink, Geoff

Keywords: quadruped robots, drone, computer vision, control, visual state estimation,robotics robots, drones, quadruped robots, workstations, server

$47,853

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Geoffrey Fink

Department of Engineering

23 shared papers, latest 2026

Martin Jagersand

Computing Science

4 shared papers, latest 2017

Martin Barczyk

Mechanical Engineering Dept

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Fink, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "DLS2: A distributed microcomponent-based robotic software architecture" (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CFI-funded project "Quadruped-Drone Robot Perception" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]