New journal paper on optimization algorithms for Atlas

June 30, 2015

Our paper entitled Optimization-based locomotion planning, estimation, and control design for Atlas has been accepted to Autonomous Robots.

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Mark Petersen selected for an NDSEG Fellowship

March 29, 2019

Congrats, Mark!

Research highlight: Ten Robotics Technologies of 2018

January 20, 2019

Our collaborative work on exosuit control optimization was highlighted as one of the Ten Robotics Technologies of the year by Science Robotics. Read more about Research highlight: Ten Robotics Technologies of 2018

Two WAFR papers accepted

September 18, 2018

...on parallel differential dynamic programming on a GPU and nonlinear state estimation with... Read more about Two WAFR papers accepted

Congratulations on recent faculty hires from our lab!

May 30, 2018

Both of our current postdocs have accepted tenure-track faculty positions:

Ye Zhao has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech starting January 2019
Myunghee Kim has accepted a position of Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago starting July 2018

Congratulations!

RSS 2018 paper accepted

May 20, 2018

Check out our RSS 2018 paper entitled "Contact-Implicit Optimization of Locomotion Trajectories for a Quadrupedal Microrobot."

There's also a video summary here.

Open postdoc position related to manipulation

April 7, 2018

We invite applications for a postdoctoral fellow position focused on developing algorithms for dynamic manipulation. This project will afford the candidate a great deal of intellectual flexibility to explore combinations of model-based control with machine learning to enable fast and precise manipulation. More details here! Read more about Open postdoc position related to manipulation

Brian Plancher wins NSF GSRP Fellowship

April 3, 2018

Congratulations, Brian!

Harvard Gazette article

January 24, 2018

Check out this article in today's Harvard Gazette highlighting the diverse and exciting robotics research happening at SEAS! Read more about Harvard Gazette article