Robotics Research Areas

The Minnesota Robotics Institute encompasses several disciplines in departments across the University of Minnesota. The best way to learn about robotics and sensing is being able to work with multiple disciplines and in many mediums. Our core research areas include:

Agriculture and Environmental Monitoring

• Faculty Experts: Volkan Isler, Peter Marchetto, Yuxin Miao, David Mulla, Ce Yang

Computer Vision and Cognition

• Faculty Experts: Changyun Choi, Volkan Isler, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos, Hyun Soo Park, Catherine Qi Zhao, Karthik Desingh

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

• Faculty Experts: Arindam Banerjee, Changyun Choi, Catherine Qi Zhao, Karthik Desingh

Novel Robots

• Faculty Experts: Juliana Abel, Maria Gini, Brad Holschuh, Timothy Kowalewski, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos, Junaed Sattar, Karthik Desingh

Estimation and Automated Monitoring

• Faculty Experts: Demoz Gebre-Egziabher, Volkan Isler, Rajesh Rajamani, Stergios Roumeliotis

Medical Robotics and Devices

• Faculty Experts: Will Durfee, Suhasa Kodandaramiah, Tim Kowalewski

Intelligent Transportation Systems

• Faculty Experts:  Max Donath, Demoz Gebre-Egzhiaber, Maziar Hemati, Rajesh Rajamani

Manufacturing (Micro and Nano Manufacturing and 3D-printing)

• Faculty Experts: Michael McAlpine, Sang-Hyun Oh, Sarah Swisher, Zhi Yang