Faculty
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Michael Kaess
Associate 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......
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George A. Kantor
Research Professor / Associate Director of Education
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......
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Zachary Manchester
Assistant Professor
Top Research Interests
  • Motion Planning
  • Motion Control
  • Space Robots and Systems
Statement
I’m interested in things that move. My goal is to enable robotic systems that can match or exceed the level of agility, efficiency, and robustness d......
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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......
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Wennie Tabib
Systems Scientist
Top Research Interests
  • Active Perception
  • Sensing and Estimation
  • Simultaneous Localization and Mapping
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David Wettergreen
Research Professor / Director of the PhD Program
Top Research Interests
  • Space Robots and Systems
  • Robotics for Scientific Discovery
  • Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry
Statement
I create robots to explore the Earth and space. My research develops autonomous exploration: enabling robots to make decisions based on analysis of ob......
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William (Red) L. Whittaker
Faculty Emeritus
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......
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Ji Zhang
Systems Scientist
Top Research Interests
  • Field & Service Robotics
  • Aerial Robotics
  • Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry
Post-Docs
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Varun Kasireddy
Postdoctoral Fellow
Staff
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Shubhra Aich
Research Assistant
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Timothy Angert
RI Machine Shop Manager
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Keri Baker
Program Manager
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Ralph Boirum
Project Administrator II
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Michael Clark
Software Engineer
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Connor Colombo
Research Associate I
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Raewyn Duvall
Research Associate II
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Charlotte Emig
Senior Program / Project Manager
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Yao He
Research Associate I
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Ian Higgins
Research Associate II
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Yaoyu Hu
Senior Project Scientist / Engineer
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Heather Jones
Senior Project Scientist
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John Keller
Senior Robotics Engineer
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Neil Khera
Engineer II
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Elizabeth Kysel
FIRST Robotics Lead Technical Mentor
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Siri Maley
Research Associate I
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Mukhtar Maulimov
Software Developer
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Lynnetta J. Miller
Assistant To the Director
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James R. Picard
Technician Supervisor
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Abhishek Rathod
Robotics Engineer
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Abhisesh Silwal
Senior Project Scientist
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Aaron Trowbridge
Research Associate II
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Warren Whittaker
Senior Field Robotics Specialist
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Steven Willits
Project Scientist
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Jiahe Xu
Software Engineer
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Francisco Yandun
Project Scientist
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Zelin Ye
Software Engineer
Students
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Montiel Abello
PhD Student
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Carolyn Alex
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Elena Behzadi
Teaching Assistant
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Arun Bishop
PhD Student
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Abigail Breitfeld
PhD Student
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Thomas Damiani
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Xiaofeng Guo
PhD Student
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Dominic Guri
PhD Student
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Margaret Hansen
PhD Student
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David Hershenson
Teaching Assistant
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Cherie Ho
PhD Student
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Yudan Hu
MRSD Student
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Jui-Te Huang
MSR Student
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Lihong (Leah) Jin
MSR Student
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Pujith Kachana
MSR Student
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Jay Karhade
MSR Student
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Nikhil Keetha
PhD Student
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Chung Hee Kim
PhD Student
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Seungchan Kim
PhD Student
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Kerem Korkmaz
Teaching Assistant
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Sofia Kwok
MSR Student
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Jonathan Lee
MSR Student
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Jeong Hun Lee
PhD Student
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Jixiang Li
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Tianxiang Lin
MSR Student
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Ruiji Liu
Graduate Research Assistant
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Rebecca Martin
PhD Student
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Morgan Mayborne
MSR Student
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Kayla McFarlane
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Daniel McGann
PhD Student
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Brady Moon
PhD Student
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Mohammadreza Mousaei
PhD Student
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Sidney Nimako-Boateng
MSR Student / Teaching Assistant
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Taylor Pool
MSR Student
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Easton Potokar
PhD Student
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Mohammad Nomaan Qureshi
MSR Student / MSR Student
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Aditya Rauniyar
MSR Student
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Samuel Schoedel
MSR Student / Teaching Assistant
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Aleksei Seletskiy
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Matthew Sivaprakasam
MSR Student
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Ibrahima Sory Sow
Teaching Assistant
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Nayana Suvarna
MSR Student
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Vineet Tambe
MRSD Student / Graduate Research Assistant
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Kevin Tracy
PhD Student
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Fausto Vega
PhD Student
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Srinivasan Vijayarangan
Principal Research Programmer / Analyst
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Jacob Willis
PhD Student
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Ting-Wei Wong
MRSD Student / Graduate Research Assistant
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Jinyun Xu
MRSD Student / Teaching Assistant
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Nader Zantout
MSR Student
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Haochen Zhang
MSR Student
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Ziyang Zhang
MSR Student
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Shibo Zhao
PhD Student
Visitors & Affiliates
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Maria Andrada
Visitor
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Robert Exley
Visitor
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Haonan He
Intern
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Akshay Hinduja
Courtesy Student
Statement
<b>Advised by:</b> <a href="https://www.ri.cmu.edu/ri-faculty/michael-kaess/">Michael Kaess</a>...
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Mubariz Zaffar
Visitor