Robotics Seminars
The Robotics Seminar series highlights innovative research and industry developments in robotics, featuring distinguished speakers from academia, government, and industry. Seminars are typically held on Fridays at 11 a.m. in 230 Rogers Hall, with occasional special sessions throughout the term.
Upcoming Seminars
Past Events
November 2025 to present
Seminars prior to November 2025
Art at Scale: Making Big Things that Glow
Dallas Swindle
Industrial Designer & CAD Specialist
Rogers Hall 226
My name is Nathan & I think... interacting with robots is needlessly painful
Nathan Kirchner
Chief Science Officer / Co-Founder
Rogers Hall 230
Ranged Kinematics and Time of Flight Sensors for Shared Autonomy Robotic Systems
Michael Gleicher
Professor at University of Wisconsin, Madison
Rogers Hall 230
A Handful of HRI Papers
Favour Aderinto, Ramya Challa, Mark Giolando, Vivek Mallapati, Stayce Mockel
OSU Robotics Program Roboticists
Rogers Hall 230
Materials, Mechanics, and Performance of Artificial Muscles in Robotics
Sameh Tawfick
Associate Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Rogers Hall 226
We (finally) have dexterous robotic manipulation. Now what?
Matei Ciocarlie
Associate Professor at Columbia University
Rogers Hall 226
Physical and Social Assistance for Aging Society
Katherine Tsui
Manager, HRI Research
Rogers Hall 230
Robotics Town Hall
Ali Jones & Miranda Cravetz
Graduate Students & Union Representatives
Rogers Hall 230
4D Printing: 3D Printing of Shape Morphing Materials for Soft Robotics
Devin Roach
Assistant Professor
Rogers Hall 230
Safety, Adaptation and Efficient Learning in Physical Human-Robot Interaction: A Dynamical Systems Approach
Nadia Figueroa
Assistant Professor
Rogers Hall 230
Autonomy in the Human World: Developing Robots that Handle the Diversity of Human Lives
Sonia Chernova
Associate Professor
Rogers Hall 230
Preference Learning and Multi-Objective Planning for Autonomous Systems
Dr. Nils Wilde
Postdoctoral Fellow at TU Delft
Rogers 226
AI For Deception, Manipulation & Coercion: Towards a Theory and Regulation
Peter Asaro
Associate Professor at The New School
Rogers Hall 230
Evaluating Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Performance and Generalizability
Brian Flynn
Robotics Engineer at University of Massachusetts - Lowell
KEC 1001
Proposals, publications, and field work (oh my!): A year in the life of an early career, soft money research faculty
Cristina Wilson
Assistant Professor (Sr. Research)
KEEC 1001
Solving Robotics Tasks in Sensing, Model, and Privacy Challenged Environments
Dr. Leonardo Bobadilla
Associate Professor
KEC 1001
Four Talks about Robots (IROS Edition)
Scott Chow, Kyle DuFrene, Rafael Morales, and Mayoral Yanhao Yang
KEC 1001