Robotics, Mechatronics, and Human Machine Interface

Research in these domains is conducted primarily by faculty in Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Computer Science. Topics span traditional robotics (Dollar, Kramer-Bottiglio, Rakita, Scassellati, and Vazquez), Biomechanics (Dollar and Venkadesan), Cognitive Science (Scassellati and Vazquez), Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (Dollar, Rakita, Scassellati, and Vazquez), and Materials Science (Dollar, Kramer-Bottiglio, and Venkadesan).

Research topics include Dexterous Manipulation (Dollar, Kramer-Bottiglio, Scassellati, and Venkadesan), Soft Robotics (Dollar, Kramer-Bottiglio, and Venkadesan), Social Robotics/Human-Robot Interaction (Rakita, Scassellati and Vazquez), Locomotion/Navigation (Dollar, Kramer-Bottiglio, Vazquez, and Venkadesan), Prosthetics/Rehabilitation/Wearable Robotics (Dollar, Kramer-Bottiglio, and Venkadesan), Motion Planning and Optimization (Rakita), Additive Manufacturing (Dollar and Kramer-Bottiglio), and Environmental/Ecological/Evolutionary Science Applications (Dollar and Venkadesan).