Robotics

Timothy W. Bretl

Prof. Bretl develops tools for motion analysis, planning, and control. These tools include geometric search algorithms, methods of model reduction, and convex optimization routines that take advantage of problem structure.
Naira Hovakimyan

Naira Hovakimyan's current research interests are in the theory of robust adaptive control and estimation with an emphasis on aerospace applications, control in the presence of limited information, networks of autonomous systems, and game theory. Her research work is being supported by AFOSR, ARO, AFRL, ONR, NASA, and The Boeing Co.
Seth Hutchinson

Seth Hutchinson's research interests are in vision-based control of robotic manipulators, robot motion planning, and computer vision.
Steven M. LaValle

Prof. LaValle is interested primarily in the design of planning algorithms. His focus is mainly on problems that involve continuous spaces, complicated geometric constraints, differential constraints, and/or sensing uncertainties.
Mark W. Spong

Mark Spong was the founding Director of the CAESAR Center for Autonomous Engineering Systems and Robotics in ITI. He is now the Lars Magnus Ericsson Chair in Electrical Engineering and Dean of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Dusan M. Stipanovic

Professor Stipanovic's research is in the broad area of control and optimization of complex dynamic systems. He is also interested in problems of cooperation and control of multiple independent agents.
Real-Time Path Planning in Changing Environments

funded by the National Science Foundation
Reliable and Robust Control of Formations of Unmanned Vehicles

funded by Boeing