Affiliated Labs

Lead Researcher: Mahdi Tavakoli
We specialize in developing robots and robotic systems for various medical/biomedical applications including surgery, therapy, rehabilitation, telehealth, and telemedicine. Our group has three laboratories: CREATE Lab focusing on Collaborative, REhabilitation, and AssisTivE Robotics research; HANDS Lab focusing on Haptics AND Surgery research; SIMULAT-OR Lab as a SIMULATed Operating Room featuring a da Vinci Surgical System.

Lead Researcher: Martin Jagersand.
Our research group performs research in several areas of computer vision , robotics and medical imaging. Our lab is under the supervision of the Department of Computing Science.

Lead Researcher: Alan Lynch.
ANCL researches theory and application of nonlinear control. This field studies the analysis, prediction, and influence of systems described by nonlinear mathematical models. These models capture complex behavior for a broad range of applications. ANCL balances the derivation of nonlinear control theory with its application on test stands for experimental validation.

Lead Researcher: Rafiq Ahmad.
Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing, Design and Automation (LIMDA) is an excellence center for “Design and Manufacturing” which bridges the gap between fundamental research and their advanced applications to industry, led & founded by Rafiq Ahmad. The aim of the research group is, “Hybrid and Smart systems design and development to enable Industry 4.0”. The three major research orientations include Hybrid Manufacturing and Remanufacturing, Design of systems and Industrial Automation.

Lead Researcher: Michael Lipsett.
Our research team develops remote automated methods to diagnose faults in energy systems and related industries to reduce the risk of failures and their environmental and economic impacts. We do this by developing and deploying novel instruments, embedded sensors, & robotic delivery systems for predictive maintenance based on reliability models.

Lead Researcher: Ahmed Qureshi.
Advancing engineering design and manufacturing process productivity and efficiency through discovery, research, and development of next generation processes, systems, and materials for the industries of future.

Lead Researcher: Hossein Rouhani.
Our research is centered on human mobility and performance, with the overall goal of enhancing the quality of life of aging individuals and those affected by movement impairments. Our team aims to positively impact prevention and rehabilitation by: gaining a better understanding of the neuromusculoskeletal mechanisms of human movement; developing novel systems and outcome measures for movement and performance assessment; and designing and evaluating advanced assistive technologies.

Lead Researcher: Matthew Taylor.
Our lab focuses on reinforcement learning, human-AI teaching, and AI in the real world. Our robotics work focuses on reinforcement learning in virtual robots, human-robot interaction, and multi-robot systems.

Lead Researchers: Jacqueline Hebert, and Patrick Pilarsky.
The BLINC Lab brings together a diverse group of inter-disciplinary researchers to improve sensory motor control and integration of advanced prosthetic and robotic systems. In addition to advancing prosthetic and robotic care, we are intensely interested in the measurement of human systems behavior that allows us to investigate the impacts of technological interventions on clinical outcomes.