The focus of our robotics area is the design, modeling and control of systems that observe, move within, interact with, and act upon their environment. Such systems include mobile robots, micro-aerial vehicles and large active sensor networks. The application domains within this research cluster include bipedal and hexapedal robot locomotion, winged and rotor-based micro-aerial vehicle control, robot navigation, multi-robot coordination and distributed sensor network optimization.
Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems Institute
In 2017, the College of Engineering established the CoRIS (Collaborative Robotics and Intelligent Systems) Institute. The mission of this interdisciplinary institute is to study the theory, design, development and deployment of robots and intelligent systems in both the physical world and virtual environments. Learn more about CoRIS.
Research Areas
- Autonomous robots
- Growing robots
- Human–robot interactions
- Integrated robotic systems
- Learning and communication in multiagent systems
- Legged locomotion
- Micro air vehicle control and coordination
- Mobile robots
- Modeling/optimization for energy conversion and use
- Multi-robot coordination
- Prosthetics
- Snake robots and full-body locomotion
- Soft robotics
- Spiders and spider webs
Faculty
Cindy Grimm
Professor
Additional Positions
Robotics Graduate Program Director
Research Groups
Computer Graphics and Visualization | Robotics
Kagan Tumer
Professor
Additional Positions
CoRIS Institute Director
Research Groups
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Robotics
Houssam Abbas
Assistant Professor
Research Groups
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Cybersecurity | Communications and Signal Processing | Networking and Computer Systems | Theoretical Computer Science
Julie A. Adams
Professor College of Engineering Dean's Professor
Additional Positions
CoRIS Associate Director for Research
Research Groups
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Software Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction
Ravi Balasubramanian
Associate Professor
ravi.balasubramanian@oregonstate.edu
Research Groups
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Robotics
Alan Fern
Professor
Research Groups
Data Science and Engineering | Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Geoff Hollinger
Professor
geoff.hollinger@oregonstate.edu
Research Groups
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Robotics
Jonathan Hurst
Professor
jonathan.hurst@oregonstate.edu
Research Groups
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Robotics
Matthew Johnston
Professor
matthew.johnston@oregonstate.edu
Research Groups
Electronic Materials and Devices | Integrated Electronics | Health Engineering
David Kaber
College of Engineering Dean's Professor
Additional Positions
Associate Head of Research Programs
Research Groups
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Stefan Lee
Associate Professor Brent and Elaine Leback Endowed Engineering Professorship Fund
Research Groups
Data Science and Engineering | Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Fuxin Li
Associate Professor
Research Groups
Data Science and Engineering | Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
V John Mathews
Professor
Research Groups
Data Science and Engineering | Communications and Signal Processing | Health Engineering
Sandhya Saisubramanian
Assistant Professor
Research Groups
Data Science and Engineering | Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Burak Sencer
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Research Groups
Advanced Manufacturing
Bill Smart
Professor
Additional Positions
CoRIS Associate Director for Academics
Research Groups
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Robotics
Cristina G. Wilson
Assistant Professor-Senior Researcher
Research Groups
Robotics