Research Focus Areas
Tireless Research Pursuits Yield Groundbreaking Discoveries
Because Robotics Engineering comprises multiple related and complementary disciplines, the research focus areas of this department are similarly varied and diverse. This captivating and revealing research is conducted at our state-of-the-art facilities, where at any time the next major advance may be awaiting discovery.
Learn more about these fascinating research efforts and the world-class faculty members involved with each subject.
Human-Robot Interaction
(Professors Chernova, Rich, Sidner, Lindeman, and D.C. Brown)
- Human-Computer interaction & interface design (Brown)
- Artificial intelligence; autonomous systems; robot learning (Chernova)
- Human-robot interaction for teleoperation (Lindeman)
- Artificial intelligence (Chernova, Rich, Sidner); intelligent user interfaces (Rich, Sidner)
- Natural language processing (Sidner)
- Collaborative dialogue (Rich, Sidner)
Medical Robots
(Professors Ault, Fischer, Granquist-Fraser, Hoffman, and Popovic)
- Biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering (Ault)
- Biomechanics, rehabilitation engineering, medical robotics, MRI-compatible mechatronics (Fischer)
- Biomorphically inspired vision (Granquist-Fraser)
- Biomechanics, biomaterials, biomedical engineering, rehabilitation engineering, biofluids (Hoffman)
Kinematics, Dynamics, Controls
(Professors Ault, C.A. Brown, Cobb, Cyganski, Demetriou, Fofana, Granquist-Fraser, Nestinger, Padir, Popovic)
Sensors and Manipulation
(Professors Fischer, Furlong, Gennert, Granquist-Fraser, Looft, Popovic, Rong, Torres-Jara)
Autonomy and Navigation
(Professors Chernova, Ciaraldi, Duckworth, Gennert, Looft, Michalson, Nestinger, Padir, Rich, Torres-Jara)
- Artificial intelligence and cognition (Chernova, Rich)
- Robot planning, reasoning and modeling (Chernova)
- Multi-agent coordination, collaboration, and cooperation (Chernova, Nestinger, Padir)
- Recognition, sensor fusion, localization, and SLAM (Duckworth, Gennert, Michalson, Padir, Torres-Jara)
- Swarm intelligence and emergent behaviors (Nestinger)
