ROBOTICS

Advanced robotic technologies integrating sensing, actuation, and control Affiliated Faculty
	NAME	RESEARCH INTERESTS
	Balakumar Balachandran Department Chair Minta Martin Professor of Engineering	Nonlinear dynamics and control; Simultaneous localization and mapping
	Sarah Bergbreiter Assistant Professor	Microrobotics; Soft robotics; Bio-inspired robotics; Robot locomotion; Control of robots with limited sensing; Computation and communication
	Hugh Bruck Professor & Associate Chair, Academic Affairs Director, Graduate Studies	Multifunctional skins for robots; Mechanics of co-robotic interactions; Characterization and modeling of compliant multifunctional robotic structures
	Nikhil Chopra Associate Professor	Control design of robotic systems; Networked robotic systems; Human-robot systems, Teleoperation systems, Semi-autonomous robotic systems.
	Don DeVoe Professor & Associate Chair, Director, Maryland MEMS and Microfluidics Lab	Microsensors and microactuators for small-scale robotics
	Axel Krieger Assistant Professor
	Elisabeth Smela Professor Leader, Mechanics and Materials Division
	Miao Yu Associate Professor	Robotic sound source localization and tracking; Bio-inspired sensors and actuators; Compliant sensor skin for co-robotics