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Robotics for Scientific Discovery

George A. Kantor

George A. Kantor

Research Professor / Associate Director of Education, RI
Office: NSH 1101

Research Interests

Field & Service Robotics
Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Underwater Robotics
Mining Robotics
Robots for Education
Wheeled Robots
Dynamics
Kinematics
Motion Planning
Sensing and Estimation
Robotics Foundations
Sensing & Perception
Human-Centered Robotics
Robot Structures
Robotics for Scientific Discovery

Applications

Field Robotics
Agriculture
Transportation

Wennie Tabib

Wennie Tabib

Systems Scientist, RI
Office: NSH 1103

Research Interests

Active Perception
Sensing and Estimation
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
Aerial Robotics
Motion Planning
Multi-Robot Planning & Coordination
Human-Robot Interaction
Robotics for Scientific Discovery
Search and Rescue Robotics
Space Robots and Systems
Field & Service Robotics
Sensing & Perception
Human-Centered Robotics
Robotics Foundations

Applications

Aerial Robotics
Space Exploration
Urban Search and Rescue
Companion Robotics
Inspection and Remediation
Field Robotics
Personal and Assistive Robotics

Zeynep Temel

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Zeynep Temel

Assistant Professor, RI
Office: NSH 4527

Research Interests

Biologically Inspired and Evolutionary Robotics
Micro/Nanorobots
Robots with Flexible Elements
Parallel Mechanism and Robots
Medical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Surgery
Mechanisms and Actuation
Kinematics
Dynamics
Sensing and Estimation
Soft Robotics
Robots for Education
Manipulation & Interfaces
Contact Modeling and Manipulation
Robot Structures
Motion Control
Sensing & Perception
Robotics Foundations
Human-Centered Robotics
Field & Service Robotics
Robotics for Scientific Discovery

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

Matthew J. Travers

Senior Systems Scientist, RI
Office: NSH 3207

Research Interests

Biologically Inspired and Evolutionary Robotics
Human-Robot Interaction
Search and Rescue Robotics
Force Control
Micro/Nanorobots
Motion Control
Kinematically Redundant Manipulators
Robotic Systems Architectures and Programming
Robots with Flexible Elements
Human-Centered Robotics
Kinematics
Robotics Foundations
Human Robot Collaboration
AI Reasoning for Robotics
Field & Service Robotics
Robotics for Scientific Discovery
Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry
Robotics in Construction
Robotics in Hazardous Application
Space Robots and Systems
Underwater Robotics
Domestic Robotics
Perceptual Robotics
Manipulation & Interfaces
Behavior-based Systems
Cooperative Manipulators
Motion for Manipulation Tasks
Robot Learning for Manipulation
Robot Structures
Legged Robots
Model Identification
Parallel Mechanism and Robots
Soft Robotics
Wheeled Robots
Active Perception
AI Reasoning for Articulated Systems
Dynamics
Geometric Algorithms
Reinforcement Learning
Motion Planning
Sensing & Perception
Force and Tactile Sensors
Multisensor Data Fusion
Sensing and Estimation
Full Stack Autonomy

Applications

Agriculture
Soft Robotics
Robotic Surgery
Medical Robotics
Manufacturing
Field Robotics
Infrastructure
Personal and Assistive Robotics
Urban Search and Rescue

David Wettergreen

David Wettergreen

Research Professor / Director of the PhD Program, RI
Office: NSH 2115

Research Interests

Space Robots and Systems
Robotics for Scientific Discovery
Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry
Underwater Robotics
Learning and Classification
3-D Vision and Recognition
Multisensor Data Fusion
Active Perception
AI Reasoning for Robotics
Human-Robot Interaction
Field & Service Robotics
Motion Control
Motion Planning
Robotic Systems Architectures and Programming
Human-Centered Robotics
Sensing & Perception
Robotics Foundations

Applications

Space Exploration
Field Robotics
Agriculture
Self-Driving Cars & Vehicles
Transportation