James Forbes

James Forbes is a Professor at McGill University in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He holds the title of William Dawson Scholar and serves as an Academic and Career Advisor. His research focuses on Dynamics and Control, with an emphasis on navigation, guidance, and control (GNC) techniques for robotic systems. His work includes nonlinear state estimation, control theory, and the application of mathematical and computational tools to robotics. Forbes teaches courses such as MECH 309, MECH 412, MECH 513, and MECH 672. His research has been published in journals such as IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters and Automatica.

James Richard Forbes is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University, specializing in robotics, control systems, navigation, nonlinear systems, and aerospace. His research focuses on spacecraft dynamics and control, data-driven control of physics-based characters, and nonlinear estimator design using vector measurements. He explores applications in quadrotor control, relative position estimation in multi-agent systems, and passivity-based control for flexible manipulators. Forbes also investigates geometric approaches to spacecraft attitude control and conic-sector-based control to address passivity violations. His work emphasizes stability, robustness, and real-time implementation of control algorithms for complex dynamic systems.