ASU Robotics

Hasti Seifi

Assistant Professor, SCAI

hseifi@asu.edu

Design of haptic sensing and feedback methods for physical interactions between humans and robots with a focus on user experience, social robotics, and autism therapy.

Touch Experience and Action Learning (TEAL)

AI-and-learning Design Human-Robot

Zhe Xu

Assistant Professor, SEMTE

xzhe1@asu.edu

Research at the intersection of control theory, formal methods, and reinforcement learning, with applications in robotics, smart buildings, power systems, etc.

Zhe Xu Lab

AI-and-learning Formal methods Controls

Hasti Seifi

Assistant Professor, SCAI

hseifi@asu.edu

Design of haptic sensing and feedback methods for physical interactions between humans and robots with a focus on user experience, social robotics, and autism therapy.

Touch Experience and Action Learning (TEAL)

AI-and-learning Design Human-Robot

Zhe Xu

Assistant Professor, SEMTE

xzhe1@asu.edu

Research at the intersection of control theory, formal methods, and reinforcement learning, with applications in robotics, smart buildings, power systems, etc.

Zhe Xu Lab

AI-and-learning Formal methods Controls

Nancy Cooke

Professor, The Polytechnic School

ncooke@asu.edu

Research on teamwork, especially human-AI teaming and human-robot teaming. Unobtrusive measurement of system performance. Director, GSI's Center for Human, AI, and Robot Teaming (CHART)

CERTT Lab & CHART Labs

Human System Measurement Human-Machine Teaming

Heejin Jeong

Assistant Professor, POLY

heejin.jeong@asu.edu

Research on supporting human decision-making in interactions with autonomous and intelligent systems.

Human-in-Mind Engineering Research (HiMER) Lab

Human-Machine Teaming Human-Robot

Pooyan Fazli

Assistant Professor, AME

pooyan@asu.edu

Research on artificial intelligence, autonomous robots, multi-robot systems, human-robot teaming, and robot learning

People and Robots Lab (PeRL)

Human-Robot Neural Vision AI-and-learning

Nakul Gopalan

Assistant Professor, SCAI

nakul.gopalan@asu.edu

Research at the intersection of robotics, human-robot interaction and natural language grounding. The goal of this research is to develop methods allowing humans to teach robots using natural language and interactions with novice humans users.

Robotics for People (R4P) Lab

Human-Robot Natural-Language Robot learning

Wenlong Zhang

Associate Professor, MSN

wenlong.zhang@asu.edu

Research on dynamic systems and control, wearable robots, soft robots, unmanned aerial vehicles, and human-robot collaboration

Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory

Human-Robot AI-and-learning Controls Mechatronics

Hamid Marvi

Associate Professor, SEMTE

hmarvi@asu.edu

Study fundamental physics behind interactions of biological systems with their surrounding solid, granular, and fluidic environments to develop bio-inspired micro/macro robotic systems.

BIRTH Lab

Medical Robotics Soft Robotics Bio-robotics Design Dynamics Mechatronics

Nakul Gopalan

Assistant Professor, SCAI

nakul.gopalan@asu.edu

Research at the intersection of robotics, human-robot interaction and natural language grounding. The goal of this research is to develop methods allowing humans to teach robots using natural language and interactions with novice humans users.

Robotics for People (R4P) Lab

Human-Robot Natural-Language Robot learning

Pooyan Fazli

Assistant Professor, AME

pooyan@asu.edu

Research on artificial intelligence, autonomous robots, multi-robot systems, human-robot teaming, and robot learning

People and Robots Lab (PeRL)

Human-Robot Neural Vision AI-and-learning

Hamid Marvi

Associate Professor, SEMTE

hmarvi@asu.edu

Study fundamental physics behind interactions of biological systems with their surrounding solid, granular, and fluidic environments to develop bio-inspired micro/macro robotic systems.

BIRTH Lab

Medical Robotics Soft Robotics Bio-robotics Design Dynamics Mechatronics

Pooyan Fazli

Assistant Professor, AME

pooyan@asu.edu

Research on artificial intelligence, autonomous robots, multi-robot systems, human-robot teaming, and robot learning

People and Robots Lab (PeRL)

Human-Robot Neural Vision AI-and-learning

Heni Ben Amor

Associate Professor, SCAI

hbenamor@asu.edu

Machine learning methods for teaching motor skills to robots with approaches such as, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, active vision, and learning for human-robot interaction; collaborative human-robot assembly.

Interactive Robotics Laboratory

AI-and-learning Controls Human-Robot Neural Vision

Pooyan Fazli

Assistant Professor, AME

pooyan@asu.edu

Research on artificial intelligence, autonomous robots, multi-robot systems, human-robot teaming, and robot learning

People and Robots Lab (PeRL)

Human-Robot Neural Vision AI-and-learning

Lina Karam

Professor, ECEE

karam@asu.edu

Research in the areas of Signal, Image, and Video Processing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning/Deep Learning, Perceptual-based Processing, Sensing, Data Compression and Transmission, Human-Systems Integration, Automated Mobility

Image, Video, & Usability (IVU) Lab

AI-and-learning Human-Robot Neural Vision

Thurmon Lockhart

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SBHSE

thurmon.lockhart@asu.edu

Research on the identification of injury mechanisms and movement disorders associated with aging and neurological disorders on falls, biomechanical modeling, nonlinear dynamical systems, human postural control, and gait mechanics

Locomotion Research Laboratory

AI-and-learning Dynamics

Heather C. Lum

Assistant Professor, POLY

Heather.lum@asu.edu

Research on human-technology interactions with a focus on using human-animal teaming as a model for more effective human-robot teams. Also, the application of AI to help improve learning across multiple domains.

VECToR Lab

AI-and-learning Bio-robotics Human-Robot

Troy McDaniel

Assistant Professor, MSN

troy.mcdaniel@asu.edu

Develop haptic interfaces for human augmentation, sensory substitution, and multimodal integration. Application interests include assistive technology for individuals with disabilities, rehabilitation, and health and wellness.

AI-and-learning Design Human-Robot Mechatronics Vision

Theodore (Ted) Pavlic

Associate Professor, SCAI

tpavlic@asu.edu

Use of methods from optimization, control, dynamics, and behavioral ecology to understand how to build flexible, adaptive decision-making algorithms for single and multi-agent cyber-physical systems.

Science and Engineering of Autonomous Decision-making Systems (SEADS) Lab

AI-and-learning Bio-robotics Controls Dynamics Neural

Yi (Max) Ren

Assistant Professor, SEMTE

yiren@asu.edu

Modeling and integrating human knowledge and intelligence with computational search algorithms for high-dimensional optimal design and control

Design Informatics Lab

AI-and-learning Design

Siddharth Srivastava

Assistant Professor, SCAI

siddharths@asu.edu

Principles and applications of sequential decision making under uncertainty in robotics, including mobile manipulation, household robotics and robot asisstants that reason, act and learn over long time horizons to assist humans.

Autonomous Agents and Intelligent Robots (AAIR) Lab

AI-and-learning Controls Human-Robot Neural

Yezhou Yang

Associate Professor, SCAI

yz.yang@asu.edu

Cognitive Robotics, Computer Vision, and Robot Vision, especially exploring visual primitives in human action understanding, grounding them by natural language as well as AI reasoning for intelligent robots.

Active Perception Group

AI-and-learning Human-Robot Neural Vision

Sze Zheng Yong

Assistant Professor, SEMTE

szyong@asu.edu

Research on control, estimation, identification and analysis of autonomous multi-agent systems, intelligent robots and cyber-physical systems with a focus on reliability, robustness, security and safety.

Intelligent Control and Estimation of Things (ICE-T) Laboratory

AI-and-learning Controls Dynamics Human-Robot

Yu(Tony) Zhang

Assistant Professor, SCAI

yzhan442@asu.edu

Research on the intersection of AI and Robotics in order to increase the capacity of both humans and machines by bringing them seamlessly together.

Cooperative Robotic Systems (CRS) laboratory

AI-and-learning Human-Robot

Wenlong Zhang

Associate Professor, MSN

wenlong.zhang@asu.edu

Research on dynamic systems and control, wearable robots, soft robots, unmanned aerial vehicles, and human-robot collaboration

Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory

Human-Robot AI-and-learning Controls Mechatronics

Erin Chiou

Assistant Professor, POLY

erin.chiou@asu.edu

Research on human-automation interaction in cognitive tasks, complex systems, safety applications, resilience, cooperation, and trust.

ADAPT Lab

Automation Human-Robot Job-Design Safety Sociotechnical-Systems

Spring Berman

Associate Professor, SEMTE

spring.berman@asu.edu

Development of scalable control strategies, including bio-inspired controllers, for robotic swarms, distributed human-robot teams, and soft modular robots; design of autonomous robot controllers that mimic responsible human behaviors.

Autonomous Collective Systems Laboratory

Bio-robotics Controls Dynamics Human-Robot

Christopher Buneo

Associate Professor, SBHSE

cbuneo@asu.edu

Focusing on neural mechanisms of multisensory and sensorimotor integration; plasticity and recovery of function; rehabilitation robotics; brain-machine interfaces 5) neuromodulation for enhancing plasticity and sensory perception.

Visuomotor Learning Lab

Bio-robotics Neural

Hyunglae Lee

Associate Professor, SEMTE

hyunglae.lee@asu.edu

Research on human motor control, physical human-robot interaction, and robot-aided neurorehabilitation.

Neuromuscular Control and Human Robotics Laboratory (NeuroRobotics Lab)

Bio-robotics Controls Design Mechatronics Neural

Heather C. Lum

Assistant Professor, POLY

Heather.lum@asu.edu

Research on human-technology interactions with a focus on using human-animal teaming as a model for more effective human-robot teams. Also, the application of AI to help improve learning across multiple domains.

VECToR Lab

AI-and-learning Bio-robotics Human-Robot

Hamid Marvi

Associate Professor, SEMTE

hmarvi@asu.edu

Study fundamental physics behind interactions of biological systems with their surrounding solid, granular, and fluidic environments to develop bio-inspired micro/macro robotic systems.

BIRTH Lab

Medical Robotics Soft Robotics Bio-robotics Design Dynamics Mechatronics

Theodore (Ted) Pavlic

Associate Professor, SCAI

tpavlic@asu.edu

Use of methods from optimization, control, dynamics, and behavioral ecology to understand how to build flexible, adaptive decision-making algorithms for single and multi-agent cyber-physical systems.

Science and Engineering of Autonomous Decision-making Systems (SEADS) Lab

AI-and-learning Bio-robotics Controls Dynamics Neural

Sangram Redkar

Associate Professor, MSN

sredkar@asu.edu

Lifelong learner

Human Machine Integration Laboratory

Bio-robotics Controls Design Mechatronics

Thomas Sugar

Professor, MSN

thomas.sugar@asu.edu

Develop wearable robotic systems that include prosthetics, orthoses, and exoskeletons. The systems are used in applications for industry, healthcare, and the military.

Human Machine Integration Laboratory

Bio-robotics Controls Design Mechatronics

Heni Ben Amor

Associate Professor, SCAI

hbenamor@asu.edu

Machine learning methods for teaching motor skills to robots with approaches such as, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, active vision, and learning for human-robot interaction; collaborative human-robot assembly.

Interactive Robotics Laboratory

AI-and-learning Controls Human-Robot Neural Vision

Spring Berman

Associate Professor, SEMTE

spring.berman@asu.edu

Development of scalable control strategies, including bio-inspired controllers, for robotic swarms, distributed human-robot teams, and soft modular robots; design of autonomous robot controllers that mimic responsible human behaviors.

Autonomous Collective Systems Laboratory

Bio-robotics Controls Dynamics Human-Robot

Yinong Chen

Teaching Professor, SCAI

yinong@asu.edu

Develop Robot as a Service (RaaS) concepts and implementations, visual IoT/Robotics Programming Language Environment (VIPLE) that can be used to program EV3 robots and any open-architecture robots. VIPLE can also be used for teaching computational thinking, workflow, paralell computing, and big data processing.

IoT and Robotics Education Lab

Controls Design

Hyunglae Lee

Associate Professor, SEMTE

hyunglae.lee@asu.edu

Research on human motor control, physical human-robot interaction, and robot-aided neurorehabilitation.

Neuromuscular Control and Human Robotics Laboratory (NeuroRobotics Lab)

Bio-robotics Controls Design Mechatronics Neural

Ayan Malik

Assistant Professor, POLY

ayan.mallik@asu.edu

 Working on the design, modelling, control and optimization of power electronic converters, characterizations and applications of wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors, highly efficient & high-power density solutions for power conversions in the applications of more-electric-aircrafts, electric vehicles, wireless charging and data centers.

Controls Design

Theodore (Ted) Pavlic

Associate Professor, SCAI

tpavlic@asu.edu

Use of methods from optimization, control, dynamics, and behavioral ecology to understand how to build flexible, adaptive decision-making algorithms for single and multi-agent cyber-physical systems.

Science and Engineering of Autonomous Decision-making Systems (SEADS) Lab

AI-and-learning Bio-robotics Controls Dynamics Neural

Sangram Redkar

Associate Professor, MSN

sredkar@asu.edu

Lifelong learner

Human Machine Integration Laboratory

Bio-robotics Controls Design Mechatronics

Siddharth Srivastava

Assistant Professor, SCAI

siddharths@asu.edu

Principles and applications of sequential decision making under uncertainty in robotics, including mobile manipulation, household robotics and robot asisstants that reason, act and learn over long time horizons to assist humans.

Autonomous Agents and Intelligent Robots (AAIR) Lab

AI-and-learning Controls Human-Robot Neural

Thomas Sugar

Professor, MSN

thomas.sugar@asu.edu

Develop wearable robotic systems that include prosthetics, orthoses, and exoskeletons. The systems are used in applications for industry, healthcare, and the military.

Human Machine Integration Laboratory

Bio-robotics Controls Design Mechatronics

Zhe Xu

Assistant Professor, SEMTE

xzhe1@asu.edu

Research at the intersection of control theory, formal methods, and reinforcement learning, with applications in robotics, smart buildings, power systems, etc.

Zhe Xu Lab

AI-and-learning Formal methods Controls

Sze Zheng Yong

Assistant Professor, SEMTE

szyong@asu.edu

Research on control, estimation, identification and analysis of autonomous multi-agent systems, intelligent robots and cyber-physical systems with a focus on reliability, robustness, security and safety.

Intelligent Control and Estimation of Things (ICE-T) Laboratory

AI-and-learning Controls Dynamics Human-Robot

Wenlong Zhang

Associate Professor, MSN

wenlong.zhang@asu.edu

Research on dynamic systems and control, wearable robots, soft robots, unmanned aerial vehicles, and human-robot collaboration

Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory

Human-Robot AI-and-learning Controls Mechatronics

Yinong Chen

Teaching Professor, SCAI

yinong@asu.edu

Develop Robot as a Service (RaaS) concepts and implementations, visual IoT/Robotics Programming Language Environment (VIPLE) that can be used to program EV3 robots and any open-architecture robots. VIPLE can also be used for teaching computational thinking, workflow, paralell computing, and big data processing.

IoT and Robotics Education Lab

Controls Design

Pauline Davies

Professor of Practice, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

pauline.davies@asu.edu

Studies on human/robot interaction and the implications for human/human communication in a world where robots are work colleagues, bosses, teachers, friends and even lovers!

Design Human-Robot

Hyunglae Lee

Associate Professor, SEMTE

hyunglae.lee@asu.edu

Research on human motor control, physical human-robot interaction, and robot-aided neurorehabilitation.

Neuromuscular Control and Human Robotics Laboratory (NeuroRobotics Lab)

Bio-robotics Controls Design Mechatronics Neural

Ayan Malik

Assistant Professor, POLY

ayan.mallik@asu.edu

 Working on the design, modelling, control and optimization of power electronic converters, characterizations and applications of wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors, highly efficient & high-power density solutions for power conversions in the applications of more-electric-aircrafts, electric vehicles, wireless charging and data centers.

Controls Design

Hamid Marvi

Associate Professor, SEMTE

hmarvi@asu.edu

Study fundamental physics behind interactions of biological systems with their surrounding solid, granular, and fluidic environments to develop bio-inspired micro/macro robotic systems.

BIRTH Lab

Medical Robotics Soft Robotics Bio-robotics Design Dynamics Mechatronics

Troy McDaniel

Assistant Professor, MSN

troy.mcdaniel@asu.edu

Develop haptic interfaces for human augmentation, sensory substitution, and multimodal integration. Application interests include assistive technology for individuals with disabilities, rehabilitation, and health and wellness.

AI-and-learning Design Human-Robot Mechatronics Vision

Sangram Redkar

Associate Professor, MSN

sredkar@asu.edu

Lifelong learner

Human Machine Integration Laboratory

Bio-robotics Controls Design Mechatronics

Yi (Max) Ren

Assistant Professor, SEMTE

yiren@asu.edu

Modeling and integrating human knowledge and intelligence with computational search algorithms for high-dimensional optimal design and control

Design Informatics Lab

AI-and-learning Design

Thomas Sugar

Professor, MSN

thomas.sugar@asu.edu

Develop wearable robotic systems that include prosthetics, orthoses, and exoskeletons. The systems are used in applications for industry, healthcare, and the military.

Human Machine Integration Laboratory

Bio-robotics Controls Design Mechatronics

Spring Berman

Associate Professor, SEMTE

spring.berman@asu.edu

Development of scalable control strategies, including bio-inspired controllers, for robotic swarms, distributed human-robot teams, and soft modular robots; design of autonomous robot controllers that mimic responsible human behaviors.

Autonomous Collective Systems Laboratory

Bio-robotics Controls Dynamics Human-Robot

Thurmon Lockhart

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SBHSE

thurmon.lockhart@asu.edu

Research on the identification of injury mechanisms and movement disorders associated with aging and neurological disorders on falls, biomechanical modeling, nonlinear dynamical systems, human postural control, and gait mechanics

Locomotion Research Laboratory

AI-and-learning Dynamics

Hamid Marvi

Associate Professor, SEMTE

hmarvi@asu.edu

Study fundamental physics behind interactions of biological systems with their surrounding solid, granular, and fluidic environments to develop bio-inspired micro/macro robotic systems.

BIRTH Lab

Medical Robotics Soft Robotics Bio-robotics Design Dynamics Mechatronics

Theodore (Ted) Pavlic

Associate Professor, SCAI

tpavlic@asu.edu

Use of methods from optimization, control, dynamics, and behavioral ecology to understand how to build flexible, adaptive decision-making algorithms for single and multi-agent cyber-physical systems.

Science and Engineering of Autonomous Decision-making Systems (SEADS) Lab

AI-and-learning Bio-robotics Controls Dynamics Neural

Sze Zheng Yong

Assistant Professor, SEMTE

szyong@asu.edu

Research on control, estimation, identification and analysis of autonomous multi-agent systems, intelligent robots and cyber-physical systems with a focus on reliability, robustness, security and safety.

Intelligent Control and Estimation of Things (ICE-T) Laboratory

AI-and-learning Controls Dynamics Human-Robot

Nancy Cooke

Professor, The Polytechnic School

ncooke@asu.edu

Research on teamwork, especially human-AI teaming and human-robot teaming. Unobtrusive measurement of system performance. Director, GSI's Center for Human, AI, and Robot Teaming (CHART)

CERTT Lab & CHART Labs

Human System Measurement Human-Machine Teaming

Heni Ben Amor

Associate Professor, SCAI

hbenamor@asu.edu

Machine learning methods for teaching motor skills to robots with approaches such as, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, active vision, and learning for human-robot interaction; collaborative human-robot assembly.

Interactive Robotics Laboratory

AI-and-learning Controls Human-Robot Neural Vision

Spring Berman

Associate Professor, SEMTE

spring.berman@asu.edu

Development of scalable control strategies, including bio-inspired controllers, for robotic swarms, distributed human-robot teams, and soft modular robots; design of autonomous robot controllers that mimic responsible human behaviors.

Autonomous Collective Systems Laboratory

Bio-robotics Controls Dynamics Human-Robot

Erin Chiou

Assistant Professor, POLY

erin.chiou@asu.edu

Research on human-automation interaction in cognitive tasks, complex systems, safety applications, resilience, cooperation, and trust.

ADAPT Lab

Automation Human-Robot Job-Design Safety Sociotechnical-Systems

Pauline Davies

Professor of Practice, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

pauline.davies@asu.edu

Studies on human/robot interaction and the implications for human/human communication in a world where robots are work colleagues, bosses, teachers, friends and even lovers!

Design Human-Robot

Heejin Jeong

Assistant Professor, POLY

heejin.jeong@asu.edu

Research on supporting human decision-making in interactions with autonomous and intelligent systems.

Human-in-Mind Engineering Research (HiMER) Lab

Human-Machine Teaming Human-Robot

Lina Karam

Professor, ECEE

karam@asu.edu

Research in the areas of Signal, Image, and Video Processing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning/Deep Learning, Perceptual-based Processing, Sensing, Data Compression and Transmission, Human-Systems Integration, Automated Mobility

Image, Video, & Usability (IVU) Lab

AI-and-learning Human-Robot Neural Vision

Heather C. Lum

Assistant Professor, POLY

Heather.lum@asu.edu

Research on human-technology interactions with a focus on using human-animal teaming as a model for more effective human-robot teams. Also, the application of AI to help improve learning across multiple domains.

VECToR Lab

AI-and-learning Bio-robotics Human-Robot

Troy McDaniel

Assistant Professor, MSN

troy.mcdaniel@asu.edu

Develop haptic interfaces for human augmentation, sensory substitution, and multimodal integration. Application interests include assistive technology for individuals with disabilities, rehabilitation, and health and wellness.

AI-and-learning Design Human-Robot Mechatronics Vision

Hasti Seifi

Assistant Professor, SCAI

hseifi@asu.edu

Design of haptic sensing and feedback methods for physical interactions between humans and robots with a focus on user experience, social robotics, and autism therapy.

Touch Experience and Action Learning (TEAL)

AI-and-learning Design Human-Robot

Siddharth Srivastava

Assistant Professor, SCAI

siddharths@asu.edu

Principles and applications of sequential decision making under uncertainty in robotics, including mobile manipulation, household robotics and robot asisstants that reason, act and learn over long time horizons to assist humans.

Autonomous Agents and Intelligent Robots (AAIR) Lab

AI-and-learning Controls Human-Robot Neural

Yezhou Yang

Associate Professor, SCAI

yz.yang@asu.edu

Cognitive Robotics, Computer Vision, and Robot Vision, especially exploring visual primitives in human action understanding, grounding them by natural language as well as AI reasoning for intelligent robots.

Active Perception Group

AI-and-learning Human-Robot Neural Vision

Sze Zheng Yong

Assistant Professor, SEMTE

szyong@asu.edu

Research on control, estimation, identification and analysis of autonomous multi-agent systems, intelligent robots and cyber-physical systems with a focus on reliability, robustness, security and safety.

Intelligent Control and Estimation of Things (ICE-T) Laboratory

AI-and-learning Controls Dynamics Human-Robot

Yu(Tony) Zhang

Assistant Professor, SCAI

yzhan442@asu.edu

Research on the intersection of AI and Robotics in order to increase the capacity of both humans and machines by bringing them seamlessly together.

Cooperative Robotic Systems (CRS) laboratory

AI-and-learning Human-Robot

Erin Chiou

Assistant Professor, POLY

erin.chiou@asu.edu

Research on human-automation interaction in cognitive tasks, complex systems, safety applications, resilience, cooperation, and trust.

ADAPT Lab

Automation Human-Robot Job-Design Safety Sociotechnical-Systems

Hyunglae Lee

Associate Professor, SEMTE

hyunglae.lee@asu.edu

Research on human motor control, physical human-robot interaction, and robot-aided neurorehabilitation.

Neuromuscular Control and Human Robotics Laboratory (NeuroRobotics Lab)

Bio-robotics Controls Design Mechatronics Neural

Hamid Marvi

Associate Professor, SEMTE

hmarvi@asu.edu

Study fundamental physics behind interactions of biological systems with their surrounding solid, granular, and fluidic environments to develop bio-inspired micro/macro robotic systems.

BIRTH Lab

Medical Robotics Soft Robotics Bio-robotics Design Dynamics Mechatronics

Troy McDaniel

Assistant Professor, MSN

troy.mcdaniel@asu.edu

Develop haptic interfaces for human augmentation, sensory substitution, and multimodal integration. Application interests include assistive technology for individuals with disabilities, rehabilitation, and health and wellness.

AI-and-learning Design Human-Robot Mechatronics Vision

Sangram Redkar

Associate Professor, MSN

sredkar@asu.edu

Lifelong learner

Human Machine Integration Laboratory

Bio-robotics Controls Design Mechatronics

Thomas Sugar

Professor, MSN

thomas.sugar@asu.edu

Develop wearable robotic systems that include prosthetics, orthoses, and exoskeletons. The systems are used in applications for industry, healthcare, and the military.

Human Machine Integration Laboratory

Bio-robotics Controls Design Mechatronics

Wenlong Zhang

Associate Professor, MSN

wenlong.zhang@asu.edu

Research on dynamic systems and control, wearable robots, soft robots, unmanned aerial vehicles, and human-robot collaboration

Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory

Human-Robot AI-and-learning Controls Mechatronics

Heni Ben Amor

Associate Professor, SCAI

hbenamor@asu.edu

Machine learning methods for teaching motor skills to robots with approaches such as, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, active vision, and learning for human-robot interaction; collaborative human-robot assembly.

Interactive Robotics Laboratory

AI-and-learning Controls Human-Robot Neural Vision

Christopher Buneo

Associate Professor, SBHSE

cbuneo@asu.edu

Focusing on neural mechanisms of multisensory and sensorimotor integration; plasticity and recovery of function; rehabilitation robotics; brain-machine interfaces 5) neuromodulation for enhancing plasticity and sensory perception.

Visuomotor Learning Lab

Bio-robotics Neural

Lina Karam

Professor, ECEE

karam@asu.edu

Research in the areas of Signal, Image, and Video Processing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning/Deep Learning, Perceptual-based Processing, Sensing, Data Compression and Transmission, Human-Systems Integration, Automated Mobility

Image, Video, & Usability (IVU) Lab

AI-and-learning Human-Robot Neural Vision

Hyunglae Lee

Associate Professor, SEMTE

hyunglae.lee@asu.edu

Research on human motor control, physical human-robot interaction, and robot-aided neurorehabilitation.

Neuromuscular Control and Human Robotics Laboratory (NeuroRobotics Lab)

Bio-robotics Controls Design Mechatronics Neural

Theodore (Ted) Pavlic

Associate Professor, SCAI

tpavlic@asu.edu

Use of methods from optimization, control, dynamics, and behavioral ecology to understand how to build flexible, adaptive decision-making algorithms for single and multi-agent cyber-physical systems.

Science and Engineering of Autonomous Decision-making Systems (SEADS) Lab

AI-and-learning Bio-robotics Controls Dynamics Neural

Siddharth Srivastava

Assistant Professor, SCAI

siddharths@asu.edu

Principles and applications of sequential decision making under uncertainty in robotics, including mobile manipulation, household robotics and robot asisstants that reason, act and learn over long time horizons to assist humans.

Autonomous Agents and Intelligent Robots (AAIR) Lab

AI-and-learning Controls Human-Robot Neural

Yezhou Yang

Associate Professor, SCAI

yz.yang@asu.edu

Cognitive Robotics, Computer Vision, and Robot Vision, especially exploring visual primitives in human action understanding, grounding them by natural language as well as AI reasoning for intelligent robots.

Active Perception Group

AI-and-learning Human-Robot Neural Vision

Nakul Gopalan

Assistant Professor, SCAI

nakul.gopalan@asu.edu

Research at the intersection of robotics, human-robot interaction and natural language grounding. The goal of this research is to develop methods allowing humans to teach robots using natural language and interactions with novice humans users.

Robotics for People (R4P) Lab

Human-Robot Natural-Language Robot learning

Erin Chiou

Assistant Professor, POLY

erin.chiou@asu.edu

Research on human-automation interaction in cognitive tasks, complex systems, safety applications, resilience, cooperation, and trust.

ADAPT Lab

Automation Human-Robot Job-Design Safety Sociotechnical-Systems

Erin Chiou

Assistant Professor, POLY

erin.chiou@asu.edu

Research on human-automation interaction in cognitive tasks, complex systems, safety applications, resilience, cooperation, and trust.

ADAPT Lab

Automation Human-Robot Job-Design Safety Sociotechnical-Systems

Heni Ben Amor

Associate Professor, SCAI

hbenamor@asu.edu

Machine learning methods for teaching motor skills to robots with approaches such as, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, active vision, and learning for human-robot interaction; collaborative human-robot assembly.

Interactive Robotics Laboratory

AI-and-learning Controls Human-Robot Neural Vision

Lina Karam

Professor, ECEE

karam@asu.edu

Research in the areas of Signal, Image, and Video Processing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning/Deep Learning, Perceptual-based Processing, Sensing, Data Compression and Transmission, Human-Systems Integration, Automated Mobility

Image, Video, & Usability (IVU) Lab

AI-and-learning Human-Robot Neural Vision

Troy McDaniel

Assistant Professor, MSN

troy.mcdaniel@asu.edu

Develop haptic interfaces for human augmentation, sensory substitution, and multimodal integration. Application interests include assistive technology for individuals with disabilities, rehabilitation, and health and wellness.

AI-and-learning Design Human-Robot Mechatronics Vision

Yezhou Yang

Associate Professor, SCAI

yz.yang@asu.edu

Cognitive Robotics, Computer Vision, and Robot Vision, especially exploring visual primitives in human action understanding, grounding them by natural language as well as AI reasoning for intelligent robots.

Active Perception Group

AI-and-learning Human-Robot Neural Vision

Pooyan Fazli

Assistant Professor, AME

pooyan@asu.edu

Research on artificial intelligence, autonomous robots, multi-robot systems, human-robot teaming, and robot learning

People and Robots Lab (PeRL)

Human-Robot Neural Vision AI-and-learning

Lina Karam

Professor, ECEE

karam@asu.edu

Research in the areas of Signal, Image, and Video Processing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning/Deep Learning, Perceptual-based Processing, Sensing, Data Compression and Transmission, Human-Systems Integration, Automated Mobility

Image, Video, & Usability (IVU) Lab

AI-and-learning Human-Robot Neural Vision

Pauline Davies

Professor of Practice, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

pauline.davies@asu.edu

Studies on human/robot interaction and the implications for human/human communication in a world where robots are work colleagues, bosses, teachers, friends and even lovers!

Design Human-Robot

Troy McDaniel

Assistant Professor, MSN

troy.mcdaniel@asu.edu

Develop haptic interfaces for human augmentation, sensory substitution, and multimodal integration. Application interests include assistive technology for individuals with disabilities, rehabilitation, and health and wellness.

AI-and-learning Design Human-Robot Mechatronics Vision

Sangram Redkar

Associate Professor, MSN

sredkar@asu.edu

Lifelong learner

Human Machine Integration Laboratory

Bio-robotics Controls Design Mechatronics

Thomas Sugar

Professor, MSN

thomas.sugar@asu.edu

Develop wearable robotic systems that include prosthetics, orthoses, and exoskeletons. The systems are used in applications for industry, healthcare, and the military.

Human Machine Integration Laboratory

Bio-robotics Controls Design Mechatronics

Wenlong Zhang

Associate Professor, MSN

wenlong.zhang@asu.edu

Research on dynamic systems and control, wearable robots, soft robots, unmanned aerial vehicles, and human-robot collaboration

Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory

Human-Robot AI-and-learning Controls Mechatronics

Erin Chiou

Assistant Professor, POLY

erin.chiou@asu.edu

Research on human-automation interaction in cognitive tasks, complex systems, safety applications, resilience, cooperation, and trust.

ADAPT Lab

Automation Human-Robot Job-Design Safety Sociotechnical-Systems

Heejin Jeong

Assistant Professor, POLY

heejin.jeong@asu.edu

Research on supporting human decision-making in interactions with autonomous and intelligent systems.

Human-in-Mind Engineering Research (HiMER) Lab

Human-Machine Teaming Human-Robot

Heather C. Lum

Assistant Professor, POLY

Heather.lum@asu.edu

Research on human-technology interactions with a focus on using human-animal teaming as a model for more effective human-robot teams. Also, the application of AI to help improve learning across multiple domains.

VECToR Lab

AI-and-learning Bio-robotics Human-Robot

Ayan Malik

Assistant Professor, POLY

ayan.mallik@asu.edu

 Working on the design, modelling, control and optimization of power electronic converters, characterizations and applications of wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors, highly efficient & high-power density solutions for power conversions in the applications of more-electric-aircrafts, electric vehicles, wireless charging and data centers.

Controls Design

Christopher Buneo

Associate Professor, SBHSE

cbuneo@asu.edu

Focusing on neural mechanisms of multisensory and sensorimotor integration; plasticity and recovery of function; rehabilitation robotics; brain-machine interfaces 5) neuromodulation for enhancing plasticity and sensory perception.

Visuomotor Learning Lab

Bio-robotics Neural

Thurmon Lockhart

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SBHSE

thurmon.lockhart@asu.edu

Research on the identification of injury mechanisms and movement disorders associated with aging and neurological disorders on falls, biomechanical modeling, nonlinear dynamical systems, human postural control, and gait mechanics

Locomotion Research Laboratory

AI-and-learning Dynamics

Heni Ben Amor

Associate Professor, SCAI

hbenamor@asu.edu

Machine learning methods for teaching motor skills to robots with approaches such as, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, active vision, and learning for human-robot interaction; collaborative human-robot assembly.

Interactive Robotics Laboratory

AI-and-learning Controls Human-Robot Neural Vision

Yinong Chen

Teaching Professor, SCAI

yinong@asu.edu

Develop Robot as a Service (RaaS) concepts and implementations, visual IoT/Robotics Programming Language Environment (VIPLE) that can be used to program EV3 robots and any open-architecture robots. VIPLE can also be used for teaching computational thinking, workflow, paralell computing, and big data processing.

IoT and Robotics Education Lab

Controls Design

Nakul Gopalan

Assistant Professor, SCAI

nakul.gopalan@asu.edu

Research at the intersection of robotics, human-robot interaction and natural language grounding. The goal of this research is to develop methods allowing humans to teach robots using natural language and interactions with novice humans users.

Robotics for People (R4P) Lab

Human-Robot Natural-Language Robot learning

Subbarao Kambhampati

Professor, SCAI

rao@asu.edu

Planning, decision-making and collaboration in human-aware AI systems, and human-robot teams.

AI Lab (Yochan)

Theodore (Ted) Pavlic

Associate Professor, SCAI

tpavlic@asu.edu

Use of methods from optimization, control, dynamics, and behavioral ecology to understand how to build flexible, adaptive decision-making algorithms for single and multi-agent cyber-physical systems.

Science and Engineering of Autonomous Decision-making Systems (SEADS) Lab

AI-and-learning Bio-robotics Controls Dynamics Neural

Hasti Seifi

Assistant Professor, SCAI

hseifi@asu.edu

Design of haptic sensing and feedback methods for physical interactions between humans and robots with a focus on user experience, social robotics, and autism therapy.

Touch Experience and Action Learning (TEAL)

AI-and-learning Design Human-Robot

Aviral Shrivastava

Associate Professor, SCAI

Aviral.Shrivastava@asu.edu

Timing in robotic systems: Time-sensitive programming, timing specifications of robotic systems, time predictable architectures, compilers, and operating systems for robotic systems.

Compiler-Microarchitecture Lab(CML)

Siddharth Srivastava

Assistant Professor, SCAI

siddharths@asu.edu

Principles and applications of sequential decision making under uncertainty in robotics, including mobile manipulation, household robotics and robot asisstants that reason, act and learn over long time horizons to assist humans.

Autonomous Agents and Intelligent Robots (AAIR) Lab

AI-and-learning Controls Human-Robot Neural

Yezhou Yang

Associate Professor, SCAI

yz.yang@asu.edu

Cognitive Robotics, Computer Vision, and Robot Vision, especially exploring visual primitives in human action understanding, grounding them by natural language as well as AI reasoning for intelligent robots.

Active Perception Group

AI-and-learning Human-Robot Neural Vision

Yu(Tony) Zhang

Assistant Professor, SCAI

yzhan442@asu.edu

Research on the intersection of AI and Robotics in order to increase the capacity of both humans and machines by bringing them seamlessly together.

Cooperative Robotic Systems (CRS) laboratory

AI-and-learning Human-Robot

Spring Berman

Associate Professor, SEMTE

spring.berman@asu.edu

Development of scalable control strategies, including bio-inspired controllers, for robotic swarms, distributed human-robot teams, and soft modular robots; design of autonomous robot controllers that mimic responsible human behaviors.

Autonomous Collective Systems Laboratory

Bio-robotics Controls Dynamics Human-Robot

Hyunglae Lee

Associate Professor, SEMTE

hyunglae.lee@asu.edu

Research on human motor control, physical human-robot interaction, and robot-aided neurorehabilitation.

Neuromuscular Control and Human Robotics Laboratory (NeuroRobotics Lab)

Bio-robotics Controls Design Mechatronics Neural

Hamid Marvi

Associate Professor, SEMTE

hmarvi@asu.edu

Study fundamental physics behind interactions of biological systems with their surrounding solid, granular, and fluidic environments to develop bio-inspired micro/macro robotic systems.

BIRTH Lab

Medical Robotics Soft Robotics Bio-robotics Design Dynamics Mechatronics

Yi (Max) Ren

Assistant Professor, SEMTE

yiren@asu.edu

Modeling and integrating human knowledge and intelligence with computational search algorithms for high-dimensional optimal design and control

Design Informatics Lab

AI-and-learning Design

Zhe Xu

Assistant Professor, SEMTE

xzhe1@asu.edu

Research at the intersection of control theory, formal methods, and reinforcement learning, with applications in robotics, smart buildings, power systems, etc.

Zhe Xu Lab

AI-and-learning Formal methods Controls

Sze Zheng Yong

Assistant Professor, SEMTE

szyong@asu.edu

Research on control, estimation, identification and analysis of autonomous multi-agent systems, intelligent robots and cyber-physical systems with a focus on reliability, robustness, security and safety.

Intelligent Control and Estimation of Things (ICE-T) Laboratory

AI-and-learning Controls Dynamics Human-Robot

Nancy Cooke

Professor, The Polytechnic School

ncooke@asu.edu

Research on teamwork, especially human-AI teaming and human-robot teaming. Unobtrusive measurement of system performance. Director, GSI's Center for Human, AI, and Robot Teaming (CHART)

CERTT Lab & CHART Labs

Human System Measurement Human-Machine Teaming