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Melisa Orta Martinez

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Melisa Orta Martinez

Assistant Professor, RI
Office: NSH 3101

Research Interests

Haptics
Mechanisms and Actuation
Robots for Education
Roboethics
Social Robots
Robots with Flexible Elements
Soft Robotics
Force and Tactile Sensors
Human-Centered Robotics
Sensing & Perception
Manipulation & Interfaces
Sensing and Estimation
Robot Structures
Force Control
Robotics Foundations

Applications

Technology Fluency & Education
Intelligent Tutors
Soft Robotics
Companion Robotics
Physical Assistance
Community, Education and Entertainment
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