From control of individual manipulators, such as in robotic surgery, to autonomous robotic vehicles and their networks and swarms.
Nikolay Atanasov
Electrical Engineering
natanasov@ucsd.edu
Robotics, Machine Learning, Control Theory, Optimization, and Computer Vision
Nicholas Gravish
Mechanical Engineering
ngravish@eng.ucsd.edu
Robotics, robotic and biological systems, biomechanics, locomotion, manufacturing
Sylvia Herbert
Mechanical Engineering
sherbert@ucsd.edu
New techniques for safety and efficiency in autonomous systems
Jorge Cortes
Mechanical Engineering
cortes@ucsd.edu
Systems and control, sensor networks, game theory, adversarial networks, cooperative robotics, and geometric mechanics
Sonia Martinez
Mechanical Engineering
soniamd@ucsd.edu
Distributed motion coordination, distributed estimation, optimal control for robotic locomotion, motion planning for underactuated systems
Michael Yip
Electrical Engineering
yip@ucsd.edu
Reinforcement Learning for Robots; Computationally Efficient Robot Planning; Robot Manipulation in Dynamic Environments; Autonomous Robotic Surgery; Mechanical Design of Surgical Robots; Continuum and Snake-like Robots; Artificial Muscles
Michael Tolley
Mechanical Engineering
tolley@ucsd.edu
Bioinspired and soft robotic systems, printable and origami-inspired robotics, self-assembly and self-folding, microfabrication, microassembly, microfluidics, simulation and assembly planning.
Tania Morimoto
Mechanical Engineering
tkmorimoto@eng.ucsd.edu
Design and control of flexible continuum robots for increased dexterity and accessibility in uncertain environments, particularly for minimally invasive surgical interventions.
Jorge I. Poveda
Electrical Engineering
poveda@ucsd.edu
Hybrid control, nonlinear control, optimization, adaptive systems, learning-based control