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Howie Choset

Howie Choset Portrait

Howie Choset

Kavcic-Moura Professor of Computer Science, RI
Office: NSH 3205

Research Interests

Field & Service Robotics
Manufacturing Robotics
Medical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Surgery
Search and Rescue Robotics
Human-Centered Robotics
Biologically Inspired and Evolutionary Robotics
Manipulation & Interfaces
Multi-Robot Planning & Coordination
Robotics Foundations
Motion Planning
Human Robot Collaboration
Full Stack Autonomy

Applications

Manufacturing
Modular Manufacturing
Medical Robotics
Robotic Surgery

Aaron M. Johnson

Aaron M. Johnson

Courtesy Faculty, MechE
Office: WEH 1309

Research Interests

Field & Service Robotics
Robotics in Hazardous Application
Search and Rescue Robotics
Space Robots and Systems
Human-Centered Robotics
Biologically Inspired and Evolutionary Robotics
Roboethics
Manipulation & Interfaces
Contact Modeling and Manipulation
Robot Structures
Legged Robots
Robotics Foundations
Dynamics
Force Control
Mechanisms and Actuation
Motion Control

Applications

Field Robotics
Space Exploration
Surveillance & Security
Urban Search and Rescue

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

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

Ji Zhang

Ji Zhang

Systems Scientist, RI
Office: NSH 2111

Research Interests

Field & Service Robotics
Aerial Robotics
Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry
Search and Rescue Robotics
Robotics Foundations
Computer Vision
Motion Planning
Multi-Robot Planning & Coordination
Sensing & Perception
3-D Vision and Recognition
Multisensor Data Fusion
Sensing and Estimation
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping

Applications

Field Robotics
Aerial Robotics
Agriculture
Disaster Cleanup
Infrastructure
Inspection and Remediation
Surveillance & Security
Urban Search and Rescue
Transportation
Off-Road& All-Terrain Mobility Systems
Self-Driving Cars & Vehicles
Urban Air Mobility