Faculty
Atkins, Ella
Aerospace Engineering
Autonomous Aerospace Systems (A2Sys) Lab Website
Prof. Atkins on YouTube
Fault-tolerant sensing, reasoning, and acting to support safe, autonomous flight. Director of the Autonomous Aerospace Systems Lab, focusing on software-enabled autonomous flight with platforms including Flying Fish, Solar Sight, and flapping and fixed-wing craft endowed with comprehensive embedded aerodynamic sensing.
Awtar, Shorya
Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Awtar on YouTube
Precision engineering; mechatronics; flexure mechanisms; high-precision high-bandwidth motion systems for applications in nanometrology and nanomanufacturing; MEMS sensors and actuators; minimally invasive surgery.
Barton, Kira
Mechanical Engineering
Barton Research Group Website
Learning, precision coordination and motion control for multi agent systems with applications for manufacturing and autonomous robots, cooperative and vision-based control for autonomous robotic systems.
Baveja, Satinder Singh
Computer Science and Engineering
Prof. Baveja’s Website
Prof. Baveja on YouTube
Reinforcement learning and planning approaches to building artificial agents that can learn from experience to act autonomously in complex, stochastic, and partially-known environments.
Chestek, Cynthia
Biomedical Engineering
Cortical Neural Prosthetics Lab
Implantable brain machine interfaces, neural control of prosthetic limbs and other assistive technology.
Corso, Jason
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Prof. Corso’s Website
Computer vision and robot perception with applications in mobile robotics, mapping and navigation, human-robot interaction and language acquisition.
Cutler, James
Aerospace Engineering
Prof. Cutler’s MXL Research Lab
Robotic exploration of space with emphasis on design optimization, sensor systems, communication networks, and novel nanosatellite missions.
Deng, Jia
Computer Science and Engineering
Prof. Deng’s Website
Computer vision, machine learning, human computation, image and video understanding, big visual data.
Durfee, Ed
Computer Science and Engineering
Distributed Intelligent Agents Group Website
Prof. Durfee on YouTube
Intelligent coordination among multiple autonomous and semi-autonomous systems. Director of the Robotics and Autonomous Vehicles (RAV) M. Eng. Degree program at Integrative Systems + Design Division (ISD).
Ersal, Tulga
Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Ersal’s website
Mathematical modeling, model reduction, multibody dynamics, networked hardware-in-the-loop simulation, system identification, and advanced control techniques with applications to energy systems (e.g., batteries, vehicle powertrains, microgrids), vehicle systems (e.g., autonomous vehicles, teleoperated vehicles, vehicle dynamics, powertrain management, driver distraction), and biomechanics (e.g. human balance).
Eustice, Ryan
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Perceptual Robotics Laboratory Website
Prof. Eustice on YouTube
Simultaneous localization and mapping for mobile robotics using visual perception, underwater image registration and processing, underwater vehicle navigation, and autonomous underwater vehicles and Director of PeRL.
Ferris, Daniel
Kinesiology
Human Neuromechanics Laboratory Website
Prof. Ferris on YouTube
Rehabilitation robotics, lower limb exoskeletons, bionic prostheses, and physiological controllers for robotic devices.
Gillespie, Brent
Mechanical Engineering
Haptix Laboratory Website
Prof. Gillespie on YouTube
Haptic human-machine interfaces, with applications to robotics, ergonomics, musical instruments and rehabilitation.
Girard, Anouck
Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace, Robotics, and Controls (ARC) Laboratory Website
Nonlinear control and systems engineering with applications to unmanned vehicle systems, and Director of the Michigan/AFRL Collaborative Center in Control Sciences.
Grizzle, Jessy
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Prof. Grizzle’s Website
Control Systems Laboratory Website
Nonlinear control, hybrid electric vehicles and bipedal robot locomotion. Inventor of the feedback control algorithms that give the bipedal robots MABEL and MARLO their amazing agility
Jenkins, Chad
Computer Science and Engineering
Prof. Jenkins’ Website
Computational reasoning, perception, and learning for collaborative mobile manipulation robots, with a focus on robot programming from demonstration and human-robot interaction.
Jin, Judy
Industrial and Operations Engineering
Data Fusion Laboratory (PDF)
Prof. Jin on YouTube
Statistical methods for quality and reliability engineering with the focus on distributed sensing, dynamic system modeling, online monitoring and diagnosis, and optimal decision-making for improving system design, operations, and maintenance strategies.
Johnson-Roberson, Matthew
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
DROP Laboratory Website
Prof. Johnson-Roberson on YouTube
Leads the DROP (Deep Robot Optical Perception) Lab that researches 3D reconstruction, segmentation, data mining, and visualization for massive datasets gathered with robotic systems.
Kamat, Vineet
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Laboratory for Interactive Visualization in Engineering (LIVE) Website
Prof. Kamat on YouTube
Autonomous robotics for construction engineering applications, real-time visualization for robotic tele-operation, visual simulation of robotic systems, ubiquitous localization for mobile robots in unstructured environments. Director of LIVE.
Koren, Yoram
Mechanical Engineering
NSF Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Website
Prof. Koren on YouTube
Control of manufacturing systems and machines, reconfigurable manufacturing systems, mobile robotics.
Kuo, Art
Mechanical Engineering
Human Biomechanics and Control Laboratory Website
Prof. Kuo on YouTube
Application of human biomechanics and motor control to assistive and rehabilitative devices. Development of intelligent robotic prosthetic and orthotic systems to aid human locomotion and neurorehabilitation. Director of multi-site research program on prosthetics.
Kuipers, Benjamin
Computer Science and Engineering
The Intelligent Robotics Laboratory Website
Prof. Kuipers on YouTube
Representation of commonsense and expert knowledge, with particular emphasis on the effective use of incomplete knowledge for intelligent robotics.
Laird, John
Computer Science and Engineering
Prof. Laird’s Website
Cognitive architecture, including the integration of cognition, perception, action, and learning. Developer of Soar, a general cognitive architecture.
Lee, Honglak
Computer Science and Engineering
Prof. Lee’s Website
Artificial intelligence; signal and image processing; robotics and computer vision.
McGee, Wes
Architecture and Material Performance
Prof. McGee’s Website matterdesign website
Robotic applications in architecture and construction, large-scale digital fabrication, offline simulation tool development, online control and sensing, algorithmic and parametric design workflows.
Moldwin, Mark
Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering
Prof. Moldwin’s website
Magnetometer and integrated sensor development for localization and navigation, with applications for indoor, underground, underwater and other GPS denied environments.
Mower Provost, Emily
Computer Science and Engineering
Prof. Mower Provost’s Website
Computational Human-Centered Analysis and Integration Laboratory Website
Audio-visual modeling of human behavior focusing on emotion. Focus on assistive speech-based technologies.
Ojeda, Lauro
Mechanical Engineering
Lauro Ojeda’s Website
Research interests include mobile robotics, position estimation, sensor fusion, simulation , adaptive systems, control systems and digital signal processing. This research enables projects in the fields of accurate localization and tracking systems for mobile robots and humans.
Oldham, Kenn
Mechanical Engineering
Vibration and Acoustics Laboratory: Microsystems (Website)
Micro-mechatronic systems and micro-robotics
Design, fabrication, dynamic modeling and control of complex micro-scale systems, including millimeter-to-centimeter-scale robots.
Olson, Edwin
Computer Science and Engineering
APRIL Robotics Laboratory Website
Prof. Olson on YouTube
Machine perception, clustering and classification, tracking, navigation, planning, and map building. Director of APRIL and leader of Team Michigan which recently won the 2010 MAGIC competition.
Orosz, Gabor
Mechanical Engineering
Collective motion of networked vehicles and on nonlinear and time-delay control.
Ozay, Necmiye
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Prof. Ozay’s Website
Control, optimization and formal methods with applications in cyber-physical system design, system identification, verification & validation, autonomy and vision.
Panagou, Dimitra
Aerospace Engineering
www-personal.umich.edu/~dpanagou
Nonlinear systems and control, motion and path planning, multi-agent systems, decentralized distributed systems and control, switched and hybrid systems, multi-objective control problems and set-theoretic methods span in control, with applications in Robotic Networks and Autonomous Multi-Vehicle Systems (ground, marine, aerial, space).
Peng, Huei
Mechanical Engineering
U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center Website
Prof. Peng on YouTube
Adaptive and optimal control, particularly for energy systems, including hybrid vehicles and small robots.
Reed, Matthew
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute
Biosciences Group Website
Human motion tracking and simulation; grasp modeling; computational modeling of perception, cognition, and motor action; driving monitoring and simulation.
Remy, C. David
Mechanical Engineering
Robotics and Motion Laboratory Website
The Robotics and Motion Laboratory studies the design, optimization, and control of legged robots, rehabilitation devices, and other systems that exhibit natural dynamic motions.
Revzen, Shai
Electrical and Computer Engineering
BIRDS Laboratory Website
Prof. Revzen on YouTube
Study of bio-inspired robotics and new methods and mechanisms for control. Scientific study of animal and human locomotion based on nonlinear dynamical systems, and application to design of legged robotic vehicles and other devices.
Robertson, Jennifer
Anthropology and History of Art (LSA)
Prof. Robertson Website
Human-robot coexistence and interaction, especially as visualized and
practiced in Japan (and East Asia more generally); robot rights vs. human
rights; robot ethics; robot design; gendering robots and robot gender
(especially humanoids); robot therapy and robot caregivers.
Sarter, Nadine
Industrial and Operations Engineering
The Human-Automation Interaction and Cognition Laboratory Website
Prof. Sarter on YouTube
Design and evaluation of multimodal (including touch) displays, human error and error management, attention/interruption management, and the design of decision support systems. Wide range of application domains, including aerospace operations, military operations, medicine, and car cockpits.
Stein, Jeffrey
Mechanical Engineering
Automotive Research Center Website
Systems and control including machine design, control, monitoring, and diagnostics; physical system modeling; automated modeling; bond graph theory; proper modeling of active suspensions; proper vehicle handling and ride models; high efficiency dynamic formulations for vehicle dynamics;
Tilbury, Dawn
Mechanical Engineering
Robotics Group Website
Prof. Tilbury on YouTube
Control systems theory and applications, logic control, networked systems, and reconfigurable control of autonomous robots.
Ulsoy, Galip
Mechanical Engineering
Automotive Research Center Website
Prof. Ulsoy on YouTube
Modeling, analysis and control of mechanical systems, including vehicle and robot control.
Vasudevan, Ram
Mechanical Engineering
Optimization, modeling, design and control of nonlinear and hybrid dynamical systems especially as related to human and robot interaction with one another and the environment; specific applications include the locomotion of legged robots, driver modeling for retraining and semiautonomous vehicle active safety systems, and the development of techniques to automate diagnostic and rehabilitative tasks.