Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Name Area Department Start Year Stop Year Advisor
Erik K. AntonssonAutomotive, Mechanical, Robotics Robert W. Mann (grad student)
H. Harry AsadaRobotics, Biomedical Engineering, Dynamic Systems and Control, Information Technology, Design, and Manufacturing
Alexander Bahr Applied Ocean Science & Engineering2009 John Joseph Leonard (grad student)
Andrei BarbuComputer Science, Robotics Engineering, Neuroscience Biology
Wayne J. BookRobotics, automation, modeling, fluid power, and motion control1974 Daniel E. Whitney (grad student)
Michael Carsten Bosse Electrical Engineering and Computer Science2004 John Joseph Leonard (grad student)
Rodney Allen Brooks
Heinrich H. BuelthoffPsychophysics, Cognition, Computer Vision, Robotics Tomaso A. Poggio (post-doc)
Mark CampbellMechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics Engineering Aeronautic and Astronautic17861981 Edward F. Crawley (grad student)
John F. CannyHuman-Computer Interaction (HCI); Artificial Intelligence (AI); Control, Intelligent Systems, and Robotics (CIR); Graphics (GR); Security (SEC) Computer Science Tomás Lozano-Pérez (grad student)
Rohan Chitnis
Christopher I. Connollymotor planning,robotics,computer vision,basal ganglia,learning19941995 Ann M. Graybiel (post-doc), Michael I. Jordan (post-doc)
Edward F. Crawley1981 Jack L. Kerrebrock (grad student)
Luca DanielDesign, Modeling and Analysis (DMA), Embedded System Design; Design methodologies and tools; Control, Intelligent Systems, and Robotics (CIR), Hybrid systems; Design methodologies and tools; Communications & Networking (COMNET), Wireless sensor network de
Bruce R. DonaldComputer Science, Robotics Engineering Computer Science1987 Tomás Lozano-Pérez (grad student)
Steven Dubowskydynamics, design, and control of high performance machine systems, robots, and manipulators
Ryan M. EusticeMechanical Engineering, Marine and Ocean Engineering, Robotics Engineering Ocean Engineering2005 John Joseph Leonard (grad student)
Shane M. FarritorRobotics and Mechatronics1998 Steven Dubowsky (grad student)
Emilio FrazzoliElectronics and Electrical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Aerospace Engineering2001 Eric Feron (grad student), Munther Abdullah Dahleh (grad student)
Simon F. GiszterMechanisms of Motor Control, Neurorobotics & Brain Machine Interface Emilio Bizzi (post-doc)
Michael GoldfarbElectronics and Electrical Engineering, Robotics Engineering William K. Durfee (grad student)
David C Gossard
Wei Heenergy, desalination
Francois Hogan Mechanical Engineering2019 Alberto Rodriguez Garcia (grad student)
Guoquan Huang Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)20122014 John Joseph Leonard (post-doc)
Mont HubbardMechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering Mechanical Engineering1965 Jacob Pieter Den Hartog (research assistant)
Karl D. Iagnemmadesign, sensing, motion planning, and control of mobile robots in outdoor terrain2001 Steven Dubowsky (grad student), Steven Dubowsky (research assistant)
Katsushi Ikeuchi Berthold K. P. Horn (grad student)
Hordur Johannsson Applied Ocean Science and Engineering2013 John Joseph Leonard (grad student)
Charlie Kemp EECS19982005 Rodney Allen Brooks (grad student)
Benjamin J. KuipersComputer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics Seymour Papert (grad student)
Daniel D. Leemachine learning, robotics, computational neuroscience, statistical physics1995 Mehran Kardar (grad student), Sow-Hsin Chen (grad student)
John Joseph LeonardMobile Robotics, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, SLAM
Joshua A. Lessingchemically inspired robotic actuators Chemistry20052012 Andrei Tokmakoff (grad student)
David Scott LongSystem architecture, interoperability, compatibility Engineering Systems Warren Paul Seering (grad student)
Tomás Lozano-Pérezrobotics, computer vision, machine learning, medical imaging, and computational chemistry. Berthold K. P. Horn (grad student)
Alexander V. MamishevElectronics and Electrical, Robotics Electrical Engineering and Computer Science19951999 Markus Zahn (grad student)
Janille M. Maragh Mechanical Engineering2016 John Joseph Leonard (grad student)
Matthew T. MasonRobotics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering1982 Berthold K. P. Horn (grad student)
Maja MataricComputer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics Engineering Rodney Allen Brooks (grad student)
Yoky MatsuokaNeurobotics Emilio Bizzi (grad student), Rodney Allen Brooks (grad student)
Mario Milazzo Civil and Environmental Engineering2017 Markus J. Buehler (post-doc)
Andrew W. Moorerobotics19901993 Christopher G. Atkeson (post-doc)
Ferdinando A. Mussa-IvaldiMotor System, Learning, Robotics, Computational Neuroscience Emilio Bizzi (post-doc)
Gunter NiemeyerMechanical, Robotics1996 Jean-Jacques E. Slotine (grad student)
Simon A. Overduinrobotics, prosthetics20002005 Emilio Bizzi (grad student)
Evangelos G. PapadopoulosRobotics, Mechatronics, Control Systems, Dynamic Systems Modeling, Design1991 Steven Dubowsky (grad student)
Lynne E. ParkerComputer Science, Electronics and Electrical, Robotics Rodney Allen Brooks (grad student)
Anant SahaiCommunications & Networking, Information Theory, Cognitive Radio and Spectrum Sharing Control, Intelligent Systems, and Robotics, Distributed and Networked Control Signal Processing Electrical Engineering and Computer Science2001 Sanjoy K. Mitter (grad student)
J. Kenneth Salisburymedical robotics and surgical simulation, and the design for robots for interaction with and near humans
Seth R. SandersEnergy (ENE); Control, Intelligent Systems, and Robotics (CIR); Integrated Circuits (INC); Power and electronics systems Electrical Engineering and Computer Science1989 George C. Verghese (grad student)
Warren Paul Seering
Zvi ShillerRobotics, motion planning, autonomous vehicles1987 Steven Dubowsky (grad student)
Kenji ShimadaMechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering19891993 David C Gossard (grad student)
Reid SimmonsComputer Science, Robotics Engineering EECS19801988 Randall Davis (grad student)
Jeffrey M. SiskindArtificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Robotics Engineering1992 Robert C Berwick (grad student)
Jean-Jacques E. Slotinecomputation & theory, robotics Aeronautics and Astronautics1983 Wallace Earl Vander Velde (grad student), William S. Widnall (grad student), Philip K. Chapman (grad student)
Yoonchang Sung
Stefanie TellexArtificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics CSAIL CSAIL Nicholas G. Roy (post-doc), Deb Roy (grad student)
Mark VanMiddlesworth Electrical Engineering and Computer Science2011 John Joseph Leonard (grad student)
Pedro Vaz Teixeira Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering20152019 Franz S Hover (grad student), John Joseph Leonard (grad student)
Matthew R. Walter Applied Ocean Science & Engineering2008 John Joseph Leonard (grad student)
Holly A. YancoComputer Science, Robotics Engineering Rodney Allen Brooks (grad student)
Haoyong Yurobotics, medical devices, rehabilitation engineering, intelligent control2002 Steven Dubowsky (grad student)
Avideh ZakhorSignal Processing (SP) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Control, Intelligent Systems, and Robotics (CIR) Graphics (GR)1987 Alan Victor Oppenheim (grad student)
Zheng ZhangDesign, Modeling and Analysis (DMA), Computational Data Science, Uncertainty Quantification, Tensor Methods Electrical and Computer Engineering20102015 Luca Daniel (grad student)