Research Projects

Perceptive Humanoid Locomotion and Autonomous Navigation

Perceptive Humanoid Locomotion and Autonomous Navigation

Perception-aware footstep planning and navigation for humanoid robots.

Hybrid Locomotion Control for Industrial Full Body Exoskeletons

Hybrid Locomotion Control for Industrial Full Body Exoskeletons

Hybrid dynamics and walking control for coupled human–robot systems.

Safety Testing of Legged Robots

Safety Testing of Legged Robots

Repeatable disturbance-rejection testing and comparison of legged robot controllers.

Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning (HRL) for Safe Dynamic Legged Locomotion

Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning (HRL) for Safe Dynamic Legged Locomotion

Model-informed learning methods for dynamic bipedal locomotion.

Safe Task Space Controller for Underactuated Robotic Systems

Safe Task Space Controller for Underactuated Robotic Systems

Task-space control with dynamic, contact, and safety constraints for humanoid robots.

Dynamic Locomotion Control for Self-Balancing Lower-Limb Exoskeletons

Dynamic Locomotion Control for Self-Balancing Lower-Limb Exoskeletons

Dynamic walking control for self-balancing powered lower-limb exoskeletons.

Fast Robot Optimization and Simulation Toolkit (FROST)

Fast Robot Optimization and Simulation Toolkit (FROST)

Open-source modeling, trajectory optimization, and simulation for hybrid robot dynamics.