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Director

Director


Peter Stone
Peter Stone
Director of Texas Robotics
Sridevi Rao
Sridevi Rao
Managing Director of Texas Robotics
Core Faculty

Core Faculty


Farshid Alambeigi
Mechanical Engineering
Bio-Inspired Robotics and Biomechanics, Medical, Rehabilitive, and Surgical Robotics, Robot Mechanisms and Design, Long-Term Autonomy, Soft Robotics, Dynamics and Control, Grasping and Manipulation, Human-Robot Interaction
Joydeep Biswas
Computer Science
Long-Term Autonomy, Perception, Localization, Mapping, and Navigation, Artificial Intelligence, Robot Vision, Motion and Path Planning, Multi-Robot Systems, Planning, Robot Learning
Lillian Chin
Lillian Chin
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Robot Manipulation, Novel Actuators, Algorithmic Frameworks, Tactile Sensing, Human Robot Interaction
Sandeep Chinchali
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Long-Term Autonomy, Robot Learning, Robot Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Dynamics and Control, Perception
Ashish Deshpande
Mechanical Engineering
Exoskeletons and Prosthetics, Grasping and Manipulation, Medical, Rehabilitive, and Surgical Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Teleoperation, Haptics, and Wearable Robots, Bio-Inspired Robotics and Biomechanics, Brain-Machine Interface
Ann Majewicz Fey
Mechanical Engineering
Medical, Rehabilitive, and Surgical Robotics, Teleoperation, Haptics, and Wearable Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Dynamics and Control
Nick Fey
Mechanical Engineering
Human Augmentation, Overground Ambulation, Prostheses, Exosuits, Neuromuscular Biomechanics, Sonomyographic and Myoelectric Sensing, Intent Recognition and Optimal Control, Human-Robot Interaction, Military Health, Physical Medicine
 David Fridovich-Keil
Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
Dynamics and Control, Motion and Path Planning, Robot Learning
Justin Hart
Justin Hart
Computer Science
Roberto Martin-Martin
Computer Science
Grasping and Manipulation, Perception, Robot Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Planning, Dynamics and Control, Robot Vision
José del R. Millán
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Brain-Machine Interface, Exoskeletons and Prosthetics, Human-Robot Interaction, Medical, Rehabilitive, and Surgical Robotics, Robot Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Teleoperation, Haptics, and Wearable Robots
Mitch Pryor
Mechanical Engineering
Field and Service Robotics, Grasping and Manipulation, Teleoperation, Haptics, and Wearable Robots, Human-Robot Interaction, Localization, Mapping, and Navigation, Long-Term Autonomy, Motion and Path Planning, Planning, Robot Mechanisms and Design
Luis Sentis
Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
Humanoid Robots, Locomotion, Motion and Path Planning, Dynamics and Control, Exoskeletons and Prosthetics, Bio-Inspired Robotics and Biomechanics, Human-Robot Interaction, Legged Robots, Robot Mechanisms and Design
Peter Stone
Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence, Multi-Robot Systems, Robot Learning, Long-Term Autonomy, Planning, Human-Robot Interaction, Legged Robots, Localization, Mapping, and Navigation, Motion and Path Planning, Perception
Ufuk Topcu
Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
Artificial Intelligence, Formal Methods in Robotics, Planning
Yuke Zhu
Computer Science
Grasping and Manipulation, Perception, Robot Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Planning, Dynamics and Control, Robot Vision
Staff

Staff


Jaci Finch
Jaci Finch
Senior Events and Communications Coordinator
Stephanie Gamba
Stephanie Gamba
Senior Academic Program Coordinator
Nikunj Arvindbhai Parmar
Nikunj Arvindbhai Parmar
Robotics Engineer
Sridevi Rao
Sridevi Rao
Managing Director of Texas Robotics
Zarko Vukovich
Zarko Vukovich
Facilities Manager, Anna Hiss Gymnasium
Affiliated Faculty

Affiliated Faculty


Maruthi R. Akella
Maruthi R. Akella
Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
José Alvarado
Physics
precision robots, soft robots
Chandrajit Bajaj
Computer Science
Efstathios Bakolas
Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
Joseph Beaman
Mechanical Engineering
Swarat Chaudhuri
Computer Science
Dongmei “Maggie” Chen
Mechanical Engineering
Eunsol Choi
Computer Science
Christian Claudel
Civil Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Inderjit Dhillon
Computer Science
Dragan Djurdjanovic
Mechanical Engineering
Kristen Grauman
Computer Science
Jacek Gwizdka
Jacek Gwizdka
School of Information
David Harwath
Computer Science
Qixing Huang
Computer Science
Todd E. Humphreys
Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
Junfeng Jiao
School of Architecture
Adam Klivans
Computer Science
Philipp Krähenbühl
Computer Science
Matthew Lease
Matthew Lease
School of Information
Min Kyung Lee
School of Information
Raul G. Longoria
Raul G. Longoria
Mechanical Engineering
Nanshu Lu
Nanshu Lu
Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
Risto Miikkulainen
Computer Science
Aloysius Mok
Computer Science
Raymond J. Mooney
Computer Science
Zoltan Nagy
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Richard Neptune
Richard Neptune
Mechanical Engineering
Takashi Tanaka
Takashi Tanaka
Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
‪Mehran Tehrani‬
Mechanical Engineering
Etienne Vouga
Etienne Vouga
Computer Science
Atlas Wang
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Junmin Wang
Junmin Wang
Mechanical Engineering
Renato Zanetti
Renato Zanetti
Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics
Amy Zhang
Electrical and Computer Engineering

If you are a University of Texas at Austin current faculty member and you are interested in becoming a core or affiliated faculty member of Texas Robotics, please email robotics@utexas.edu. 

Scientists / Postdocs / Engineers

Alessandro Allievi
Computer Science

Brad Knox
Computer Science

Can Pehlivanturk
Mechanical Engineering

Chris Suarez
Mechanical Engineering

Corrie Van Sice
​​​​​​​Research Scientist Associate

Fabian Parra
Nuclear and Applied Robotics Group

Garrett Warnell
Computer Science

Keith Fritz
Research Scientist Associate

Robert Blake Anderson
Mechanical Engineering

Past Affiliates

  • Arrasy Rahman
  • Dana Ballard
  • Del Tesar
  • Harel Yedidion
  • James Sulzer
  • Max Svetlik
  • Reuth Mirsky
  • Rohan Chandra
  • Rudolf Lioutikov
  • Scott Niekum
  • Xuesu Xiao
  • Yoonchang Sung
  • Yuling Zhang