Robot Structures

Robotics in Hazardous Application

Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry

Mining Robotics

Robotics in Construction

Industrial Robotics

Applications

Field Robotics

Infrastructure

Disaster Cleanup

Chris Atkeson

Professor, RI/HCII

Office: NSH A527

Research Interests

Robot Programming by Demonstration

Humanoids

Applications

Soft Robotics

Exoskeletons

Personal Agents

Medical Robotics

Personal and Assistive Robotics

Rehabilitation Robotics

John M. Dolan

Principal Systems Scientist, RI

Office: NSH 3109

Research Interests

Intelligent Transportation Systems

Manufacturing Robotics

Multi-Robot Planning & Coordination

Behavior-based Systems

Applications

Manufacturing

Transportation

Gary K. Fedder

Adjunct Faculty, RI

Office: REH 249

Research Interests

Hartmut Geyer

Associate Professor, RI

Office: NSH 4517

Research Interests

Rehabilitation and Health Care Robotics

Humanoids

Graphics & Creative Tools

Legged Robots

Applications

Medical Robotics

Rehabilitation Robotics

Personal and Assistive Robotics

Jessica K. Hodgins

Allen Newell University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics

Office: NSH 4207

Research Interests

Human-Robot Interaction

Computer-Aided Fabrication

Augmented Reality

Applications

CGI for Movies and Simulation

Community, Education and Entertainment

Ralph Hollis

Professor Emeritus, RI

Office: EDSH 112

Research Interests

Dynamics

Haptics

Human Activity Forecasting

Safety for Physical Human-Robot Interaction

Wheeled Robots

Parallel Mechanism and Robots

Inertial Sensors, GPS, and Odometry

3-D Vision and Recognition

Laszlo Attila Jeni

Systems Scientist, RI

Office: EDSH 219

Research Interests

Human Activity Forecasting

Active Perception

Graphics & Creative Tools

Geometric Algorithms

Learning and Classification

Multisensor Data Fusion

Aaron M. Johnson

Courtesy Faculty, MechE

Office: WEH 1309

Research Interests

Robotics in Hazardous Application

Search and Rescue Robotics

Roboethics

Applications

Field Robotics

Space Exploration

Surveillance & Security

Urban Search and Rescue

George A. Kantor

Research Professor / Associate Director of Education, RI

Office: NSH 1101

Research Interests

Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry

Intelligent Transportation Systems

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping

Applications

Field Robotics

Agriculture

Transportation

Alonzo Kelly

Professor, RI

Office: NSH 2204A

Research Interests

Human-Robot Interaction

Visual Servoing and Visual Tracking

Robots for Education

Machine Learning Embedded in Systems

Applications

Field Robotics

Maxim Likhachev

Associate Professor, RI

Office: NSH 3211

Research Interests

Motion Planning

AI Reasoning for Robotics

AI Reasoning for Articulated Systems

Motion for Manipulation Tasks

Humanoids

Robot Programming by Demonstration

Aerial Robotics

Industrial Robotics

Legged Robots

Applications

Manufacturing

Robots in the Home

Field Robotics

Personal and Assistive Robotics

Carmel Majidi

Courtesy Faculty, MechE

Office: HH B210

Research Interests

Simulation

Underwater Robotics

Graphics & Creative Tools

Applications

Soft Robotics

Personal and Assistive Robotics

Zachary Manchester

Assistant Professor, RI

Office: 1723 Murray Ave

Research Interests

Motion Planning

Applications

Field Robotics

Space Exploration

Transportation

Self-Driving Cars & Vehicles

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

Force Control

Applications

Technology Fluency & Education

Intelligent Tutors

Soft Robotics

Companion Robotics

Physical Assistance

Community, Education and Entertainment

Personal and Assistive Robotics

Deepak Pathak

Assistant Professor

Office: EDSH 218

Research Interests

Deep Learning

Computer Vision

Reinforcement Learning

3-D Vision and Recognition

AI Reasoning for Robotics

Applications

Personal and Assistive Robotics

Robots in the Home

Companion Robotics

Manufacturing

Nancy Pollard

Professor

Office: EDSH 227

Research Interests

Grasping

Motion for Manipulation Tasks

Robot Hands

Medical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Surgery

Cameron Riviere

Research Professor, RI

Office: NSH 3107

Research Interests

Rehabilitation and Health Care Robotics

Visual Servoing and Visual Tracking

Applications

Medical Robotics

Robotic Surgery

Personal and Assistive Robotics

Soft Robotics

Zeynep Temel

Assistant Professor, RI

Office: NSH 4527

Research Interests

Robots with Flexible Elements

Micro/Nanorobots

Parallel Mechanism and Robots

Medical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Surgery

Kinematics

Dynamics

Robots for Education

Applications

Medical Robotics

Robotic Surgery

Computer-Aided Fabrication

Community, Education and Entertainment

Modular Manufacturing

Field Robotics

Agriculture

Inspection and Remediation

Urban Search and Rescue

Manufacturing

Rehabilitation Robotics

Matthew J. Travers

Senior Systems Scientist, RI

Office: NSH 3207

Research Interests

Search and Rescue Robotics

Human-Robot Interaction

Force Control

Micro/Nanorobots

Kinematically Redundant Manipulators

Robotic Systems Architectures and Programming

Robots with Flexible Elements

Kinematics

Human Robot Collaboration

AI Reasoning for Robotics

Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry

Robotics in Construction

Robotics in Hazardous Application

Underwater Robotics

Domestic Robotics

Perceptual Robotics

Motion for Manipulation Tasks

Behavior-based Systems

Cooperative Manipulators

Parallel Mechanism and Robots

Legged Robots

Model Identification

AI Reasoning for Articulated Systems

Wheeled Robots

Active Perception

Dynamics

Geometric Algorithms

Reinforcement Learning

Motion Planning

Multisensor Data Fusion

Full Stack Autonomy

Applications

Agriculture

Soft Robotics

Robotic Surgery

Medical Robotics

Manufacturing

Field Robotics

Infrastructure

Personal and Assistive Robotics

Urban Search and Rescue

Wenzhen Yuan

Assistant Professor

Office: NSH 4117

Research Interests