Mechanisms and Actuation

Robotics in Hazardous Application

Robotics for Scientific Discovery

Mining Robotics

Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry

Robotics in Construction

Industrial Robotics

Space Robots and Systems

Applications

Field Robotics

Infrastructure

Disaster Cleanup

Gary K. Fedder

Adjunct Faculty, RI

Office: REH 249

Research Interests

Force and Tactile Sensors

Ralph Hollis

Professor Emeritus, RI

Office: EDSH 112

Research Interests

Dynamics

Haptics

Human Activity Forecasting

Safety for Physical Human-Robot Interaction

Motion Control

Wheeled Robots

Parallel Mechanism and Robots

Inertial Sensors, GPS, and Odometry

Aaron M. Johnson

Courtesy Faculty, MechE

Office: WEH 1309

Research Interests

Robotics in Hazardous Application

Search and Rescue Robotics

Space Robots and Systems

Biologically Inspired and Evolutionary Robotics

Roboethics

Contact Modeling and Manipulation

Motion Control

Applications

Field Robotics

Space Exploration

Surveillance & Security

Urban Search and Rescue

Carmel Majidi

Courtesy Faculty, MechE

Office: HH B210

Research Interests

Soft Robotics

Force and Tactile Sensors

Simulation

Underwater Robotics

Graphics & Creative Tools

Applications

Soft Robotics

Personal and Assistive Robotics

Melisa Orta Martinez

Melisa Orta Martinez

Assistant Professor, RI

Office: NSH 3101

Research Interests

Haptics

Robots with Flexible Elements

Robots for Education

Roboethics

Social Robots

Soft Robotics

Force and Tactile Sensors

Sensing and Estimation

Force Control

Medical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Surgery

Applications

Technology Fluency & Education

Intelligent Tutors

Soft Robotics

Companion Robotics

Physical Assistance

Community, Education and Entertainment

Personal and Assistive Robotics

Cameron Riviere

Research Professor, RI

Office: NSH 3107

Research Interests

Rehabilitation and Health Care Robotics

Visual Servoing and Visual Tracking

Biologically Inspired and Evolutionary Robotics

Applications

Medical Robotics

Robotic Surgery

Personal and Assistive Robotics

Soft Robotics

Zeynep Temel

Assistant Professor, RI

Office: NSH 4527

Research Interests

Micro/Nanorobots

Robots with Flexible Elements

Parallel Mechanism and Robots

Medical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Surgery

Kinematics

Dynamics

Sensing and Estimation

Soft Robotics

Robots for Education

Contact Modeling and Manipulation