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Faculty

Michael Kaess

Associate Research Professor

Top Research Interests

Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
Computer Vision
Sensing and Estimation

Statement

Perception is a fundamental challenge for mobile robots navigating through and interacting with their environment. My research focuses on 3D mapping a......

George A. Kantor

Senior Systems Scientist

Top Research Interests

Field & Service Robotics
Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry
Intelligent Transportation Systems

Statement

The control of dynamical systems becomes increasingly important as the era of robotics research dominated by quasi-static machines rapidly comes to a......

Nathan Michael

Associate Research Professor

Top Research Interests

Field & Service Robotics
Aerial Robotics
Robotics for Scientific Discovery and Exploration

Sebastian Scherer

Associate Research Professor

Top Research Interests

Aerial Robotics
Motion Planning
AI Reasoning for Robotics

Statement

The availability and advantages of distributed electric propulsion have led to a new design space for flying vehicles. The rise of small multi-copter......

Sanjiv Singh

Consulting Professor

Top Research Interests

Aerial Robotics
Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry
Mining Robotics

Statement

Autonomous Navigation. This theme is developing motion planning, state estimation and real-time control for ground and air vehicles at various scales.......

David Wettergreen

Research Professor;
Associate Director for Education
and Director of the Ph.D. Program

Top Research Interests

Space Robots and Systems
Robotics for Scientific Discovery
Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry

Statement

I am a research professor at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. My research focuses on robotic exploration: underwater, on the s......

William (Red) L. Whittaker

Fredkin University Research Professor

Top Research Interests

Field & Service Robotics
Industrial Robotics
Robotics for Scientific Discovery

Statement

My research interests center on mobile robots in unpredictable environments, such as natural terrain and outdoor worksites, including computer archite......

Post-Docs