University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba Japan Research Areas Robots
The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Robotics History Project is an ongoing project with efforts to capture the history of robotics by curating a compilation of roboticist interviews, photos and videos.
Video Highlights
Roboticist Highlights
Alan Winfield
University of Bristol, Bristol United Kingdom Research Areas Computational and Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Machine …
Brian Wilcox
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), CA United States Research Areas Computer Science, Robot Programming, Robots Biography Brian …
Kenneth Waldron
Stanford University, CA United States Research Areas Control Systems, Design Automation, Robot Programming, Robots Biography Ken …
Richard Volz
Texas A&M University, TX United States Research Areas Robots Biography Dr. Richard Volz received his BS, MS and PhD in …
Richard Volpe
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), CA United States Research Areas Control Design & Engineering, Robot Programming, Robots, Sensors…
Gianmarco Verrugio
Scuola di Robotica, Genova Italy Research Areas Robots Biography Gianmarco Veruggio is an experimental robotic scientist who is also…
Masaru Uchiyama
Tohuku University, Sendai Japan Research Areas Aerial Systems: Applications, Flexible Robots, Haptics and Haptic Interfaces, Humanoid …
Carme Torras
Spanish Scientific Research Council (CSIC), Spain United States Research Areas AI-Based Methods, Cognitive Human-Robot Interaction, …
Dawn Tilbury
University of Michigan, MI United States Research Areas Robots Biography Dawn Tilbury was born in Minnesota in 1966. Tilbury studied…
Chuck Thorpe
Carnegie Mellon University, PA United States Research Areas Automation, Robots Biography Charles E. “Chuck” Thorpe was born in …
Russ Taylor
Johns Hopkins University, MD United States Research Areas Robot Programming, Robots Biography Russ Taylor was born in Hampton, …
Gaurav Sukhatme
University of Southern California, CA United States Research Areas Computer Science, Robots Biography Gaurav Sukhatme received his …
Shigeki Sugano
Waseda University, Tokyo Japan Research Areas Computational and Artificial Intelligence, Control Design & Engineering, Human-computer …
Luc Steels
Vrije Universitiet Brussels, Brussels Belgium Research Areas Computational and Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, …
Michael Sims
NASA Ames, Mountain View, California United States Research Areas Automation, Control Design & Engineering, Machine Intelligence, …
Reid Simmons
Carnegie Mellon University, PA United States Research Areas Automation, Computer Science, Computing and Electronics, Human-computer …
Roland Siegwart
ETH Zurich, Zurich Switzerland Research Areas Automation Applications, Control Design & Engineering, Mechatronics, Robot Programming, …
Bruno Siciliano
University of Naples, Naples Italy Research Areas Control Design & Engineering, Machine Intelligence, Mechatronics, Robots …
Yoshiaki Shirai
Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo Japan Research Areas Robots Interview Synopsis In this interview, Shirai discusses his …
Bruce Shimano
Precise Automations, CA United States Research Areas Automation Applications Interview Synopsis In this interview, Bruce Shimano …
Vic Scheinman
Stanford University, CA United States Research Areas Computing and Electronics, Manufacturing & Production, Mechanics Interview …
Stefan Schaal
University of Southern California, CA United States Research Areas Control Theory, Machine Learning, Robot Programming, Robots …
Ken Salisbury
Stanford University, CA United States Research Areas Design Automation, Human-computer Interaction, Man Machine Systems, Robot …
Carl Ruoff
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), CA United States Research Areas Automation, Control Design & Engineering, Control Systems, …
Bernie Roth
Stanford University, CA United States Research Areas Computational and Artificial Intelligence, Control Design & Engineering, Design …
Lynne Parker
University of Tennessee, TN United States Research Areas Agent-Based Systems, AI-Based Methods, Autonomous Agents, Behavior-Based Systems,…
George Pappas
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States Research Areas Control Systems, Control Theory, Robot …
Allison Okamura
Stanford University, CA United States Research Areas Computing and Electronics, Human-computer Interaction, Robot Programming, Robots …
Illah Nourbakhsh
Carnegie Mellon University, PA United States Research Areas Human-computer Interaction, Robots Biography Illah Nourbakhsh was born …
Nils Nilsson
Stanford University, CA United States Research Areas Computational and Artificial Intelligence, Computing and Electronics, Human-computer …
Brad Nelson
ETH Zurich, Zurich Switzerland Research Areas Bioengineering, Robots Interview Synopsis In this interview, Brad Nelson discusses his…
Radhika Nagpal
Harvard University, MA United States Research Areas Behavior-Based Systems, Biologically Inspired Robots, Education Robotics, Education …
Richard Murray
California Institute of Technology, CA United States Research Areas Automation Applications, Control Design & Engineering, Control …
Francesco Mondada
EPFL Lausanne & K-Team, Lausanne Switzerland Research Areas Mechanics, Mechatronics Biography Francesco Mondada was born on …
Bob McGhee
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CA United States Research Areas Automation, Computational and Artificial Intelligence, Computer …
John McCarthy
Stanford University, CA United States Research Areas Computational and Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Computing and …
Larry Matthies
Senior Research Scientist Jet Propulsion Laborary/California Institute of Technology, CA United States Research Areas Aerial Systems: …
Daniel Lee
University of Pennsylvania, PA United States Biography Daniel Lee was born near San Francisco, California. He received a B.A. in Physics …
Vijay Kumar
Ohio State University, OH United States Research Areas Kinematics, Robots Biography Vijay Kumar was born in Patna, India in 1962. …
Danica Kragic
Royal Institute of Technology - KTH, Stockholm Sweden Research Areas Assembly, Deep Learning in Robotics and Automation, Dexterous …
Kazuhiro Kosuge
Tohoku University, Sendai Japan Research Areas Robots Biography Kazuhiro Kosuge is a professor in the department of Robotics at …
Jana Kosecka
George Mason University, VA United States Research Areas Robots Biography Jana Kosecka was born in modern day Slovakia, and received…
Petar Kokotovic
University of California, CA United States Research Areas Computing and Electronics Biography Petar Kokotovic was born in Belgrade, …
Richard Klafter
Temple University, PA United States Research Areas Education Robotics, Optimization and Optimal Control, Robots Biography Richard D.…
Sara Kiesler
Carnegie Mellon University, PA United States Research Areas Human-computer Interaction, Robot Programming, Robots Biography Sara …
Pradeep Khosla
Carnegie Mellon University, PA United States Research Areas Control Design & Engineering, Robot Programming, Robots Biography …
Lydia Kavraki
Rice University, Texas United States Research Areas Automation, Computing and Electronics, Robots Biography Lydia Kavraki is the …
Frederic Kaplan
EPFL Lausanne Switzerland Frederic Kaplan EPFL Lausanne Switzerland Research Areas Computational and Artificial …
Makoto Kaneko
Osaka University, Osaka Japan Research Areas Mechatronics, Robot Programming, Robots, Sensors, Sensors systems and applications …
Ray Jarvis
Monash University, Melbourne Australia Research Areas Computational and Artificial Intelligence, Computing and Electronics, Human-computer…
Hiroshi Ishiguro
University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan Research Areas Human-computer Interaction, Image Processing, Robot Programming, Robots, Sensors …
Hirochika Inoue
University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan Research Areas AI-Based Methods, Assembly, Compliance and Impedance Control, Compliant Assembly, …
Seth Hutchinson
Georgia Tech Atlanta (GA), USA United States Research Areas Computer Science, Localization, Mapping, Path Planning for Multiple Mobile …
Ayanna Howard
Ohio State University, OH United States Research Areas AI-Based Methods, Autonomous Agents, Behavior-Based Systems, Biomedical Equipment, …
Ralph Hollis
Carnegie Mellon University, PA United States Research Areas Automation, Mechatronics, Robots Biography Ralph Hollis was born in 1941…
John Hollerbach
University of Utah, UT United States Research Areas Machine Vision, Robot Programming, Robots, Sensors Biography John Hollerbach was…
Shigeo Hirose
CEO, CTO HiBot Corp. Professor Emeritus of Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan Research Areas Automation, Biomimetics, Cellular and …
Norihiro Hagita
Norihiro Hagita ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communicatuon Laboratories Japan Research Areas Humanoid Robots, Robots Biography …
Brian Gerkey
Open Robotics United States Research Areas Multi Robot systems, Robots, Simulation and Animation, Software, Middleware and Programming …
Jodi Forlizzi
Carnegie Mellon University, PA United States Research Areas Robots Biography Jodi Forlizzi was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She…
Terry Fong
NASA Ames Research Center, CA United States Research Areas Agent-Based Systems, Autonomous Agents, Cognitive Human-Robot Interaction, …
Ruedigger Dillman
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany Research Areas Autonomous Vehicle Navigation, Computer Science, Computer Vision for Medical …
Paolo Dario
University of Pisa & SSSA, Pisa Italy Research Areas Bioengineering, Human-computer Interaction, Robot Programming, Robots, Sensors …
Peter Corke
Queensland University, Brisbane Australia Research Areas Computing and Electronics, Control Systems, Machine Vision, Robot Programming, …
Howie Choset
Carnegie Mellon University, PA United States Research Areas Robots Biography Howie Choset was born in New York and grew up on Long …
Alicia Casals
Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona Spain Research Areas Robots Biography Alicia Casals was born in Barcelona, Spain and …
Brian Carlisle
Vicarm United States Research Areas Robots Biography Brian Carlisle was born and raised in San Francisco. He studied mechanical and …
Norm Caplan
National Science Foundation (NSF), VA United States Research Areas Automation, Bioengineering, Communications, Computing and Electronics, …
Joel Burdick
California Institute of Technology (CalTech),NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) United States Research Areas Computing and Electronics, …
Herman Bruyninckx
KU Leuven, Leuven Belgium Research Areas Computing and Electronics, Control Systems, Mechanics, Robot Programming, Robots Biography …
Gary Bradsky
CEO, Founder OpenCV.org & OpenCV.ai United States Research Areas Agricultural Automation, Autonomous Vehicle Navigation, Calibration …
Bob Bolles
SRI international, CA United States Research Areas AI-Based Methods, Robots Biography Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Bob C. Bolles was…
Jim Bobrow
University of California (Irvine), CA United States Research Areas Algorithm Anaylsis, Biomedical Electronics, Computer Science, Computing…
George Bekey
University of Southern California, CA United States Research Areas Automation, Robots Biography George Bekey was born in Slovakia …
Ruzena Bajscy
University of California (Berkeley), CA United States Ruzena Bajscy University of California (Berkeley), CA United States Watch…
Chris Atkeson
Carnegie Mellon University, PA United States Research Areas Humanoid Robots Biography Chris Atkeson was born in 1959 in Washington …
Minoru Asada
Osaka University, Osaka Japan Research Areas Automation, Computational and Artificial Intelligence, Image Processing, Machine …
Ronald Arkin
Georgia Institute of Technology, GA United States Research Areas Computing and Electronics, Engineering and Society, Ethics and Morals …
Michael Arbib
University of Southern California, CA United States Research Areas Computer Science, Man Machine Systems, Robot Programming, Robots …
Tatsuo Arai
Osaka University, Osaka Japan Research Areas Robots Biography Tatsuo Arai was born in 1952 in Tokyo, Japan. He received a B.S., …
Robert Ambrose
NASA Johnson Space Center, TX United States Research Areas Computer Science, Mechanics Biography Robert Ambrose was born in Boston, …
Richard Alami
LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse France Research Areas Automation, Computing and Electronics, Control Design & Engineering, Man Machine Systems, Robot…