2022 NRI PI Meeting Short Talks

All times listed in Eastern Time Zone.

Session 1: Tuesday, April 19, 11:00am - 11:45am
#Lead PIAward TitleVideoAward #
1John ZimmermanNRI: FND: Human-Robot Collaboration with Distributed and Embodied Intelligence1734456
2Junaed SattarNRI: Collaborative Research: Autonomous Quadrotors for 3D Modeling and Inspection of Outdoor Infrastructure

1637875
3Masayoshi TomizukaNRI: FND: Safe and Efficient Robot Collaboration System (SERoCS) for Next Generation Intelligent Industrial Co-Robots

1734109
6Wanliang Shan
Carmel Majidi
NRI: INT: COLLAB: Soft Active Contact Pads with Tunable Stiffness and Adhesion for Customizable Robotic Grasping

2006430
1830362
7Panagiotis TsiotrasAstroSLAM - A Robust and Reliable Visual Localization and Pose Estimation Architecture for Space Robots in Orbit

2101250
8Ajay ShardaNRI: INT: COLLAB: An autonomous insect Sense, Identify, and Manage PLatform (SIMPL) to advance crop protection strategies

USDA
9Matthew SpenkoNRI: FND: The Urban Design and Policy Implications of Ubiquitous Robots and Navigation Safety

1830642
10Marcia O'MalleyNRI: FND: COLLAB: Intuitive, Wearable Haptic Devices for Communication with Ubiquitous Robots

1830146
11Sam BurdenNRI: FND: COLLAB: Design of dynamic multibehavioral robots: new tools to consider design tradeoff and enable more capable robotic systems

1924303
12Hyun Soo ParkCollaborative Research: NRI: INT: Dense 3D Reconstruction of Dynamic Actors in Natural Environments using Multiple Flying Cameras

2022894
13Ann Majewicz FeyNRI: FND: Customizable Haptic Co-Robots For Training Emergency Surgical Procedures

2102250
14Robert GreggNRI: FND: COLLAB: Optimal Design of Robust Compliant Actuators for Ubiquitous Co-Robots

1953908
15Laszlo JeniNRI: INT: A New Paradigm for Geometric Reasoning through Structure from Category

1925281
16Wenlong ZhangNRI: FND: Scalable and Customizable Intent Inference and Motion Planning for Socially-Adept Autonomous Vehicles

1925403
17Dieter FoxCollaborative Research: NRI: FND: Graph Neural Networks for Multi-Object Manipulation

2024057
18Howard ChosetNRI: INT: MANUFACTURING USA: COLLAB: In-Situ Collaborative Robotics in Confined Spaces

1734360
1734461
20Panagiotis ArtemiadisNRI: INT: COLLAB: Anthropomorphic Robotic Ankle Prosthesis with Programmable Materials

1830256
21Nuno VasconcelosNRI: FND: Towards Scalable and Self-Aware Robotic Perception

1924937
Session 2: Tuesday, April 19, 4:30pm - 5:15pm
#Principal InvestigatorAward TitleVideoAward #
1Kris HauserNRI: INT: Customizing Semi-Autonomous Nursing Robots Using Human Expertise

2025782
2Sawyer FullerVisual Flight Control for the Very Smallest Aerial Vehicles

2054850
3Zhaozheng YinNRI: INT: COLLAB: Manufacturing USA: Intelligent Human-Robot Collaboration for Smart Factory

1954548
5Chowdhary GirishNRI:INT: Multipurpose Dexterous Soft and Continuum Arms for Compact Ag-bots

USDA 2019-67021-28989
6Robin MurphyRAPID/Collaborative Research: Data Collection for Robot-Oriented Disaster Site Modeling at Champlain Towers South Collapse

2140451
7Nicholas FeyNRI: INT: COLLAB: Muscle Ultrasound Sensing for Intuitive Control of Robotic Leg Prostheses

2054343
8Elliot HawkesCAREER: Physical Principles and Applications of Plant-Inspired Tip Growth for Robotics

1944816
9Yu ZhangEAGER: Reconciling Model Discrepancies in Human-Robot Teams

1844524
10Aaron SteinfeldNRI: FND: Mutually Aware Social Navigation

1734361
11Robert HoweNRI: FND: Robust Grasping by Integrating Machine Learning with Physical Models

1924984
12Mohammad Khalid JawedNRI: FND: Physics-based training of robots for manipulation of ropes and clothes

1925360
13Daniel AukesCAREER: Dynamic Modeling and Fabrication of Compliant Material Systems for On-Demand Specialist Robots

1944789
15Naomi FitterAssistive Child-Robot Interventions for Infants with Motor Disabilities

2024950
16Eric FrewCollaborative Research: NRI: Dispersed Autonomy for Marsupial Aerial Robot Teams

2133141
17Evgueni FilipovOrigami for Dexterity in Miniature Manipulation and Testing

2054148
18David CappelleriNRI: Mobile Microrobots for Precision Medicine

NIH
19Raymond MooneyNRI: FND: Improving Robot Learning from Feedback  and Demonstration using Natural Language

1925082
20Ye ZhaoNRI: FND: Robust and Scalable Planning for Agile and Collaborative Robot Teammates in Complex Environments

1924978
21Karydis KonstantinosNRI: Integrated Soft Wearable Robotics Technology to Assist Arm Movement of Infants with Physical Impairments

2133084
Session 3: Wednesday, April 20, 11:00am - 11:45am
#Principal InvestigatorAward TitleVideoAward #
1Reza EhsaniNRI: INT: COLLAB: Distributed co-Robots for Strawberry Harvesting

1924662
2Alberto Quattrini LiCollaborative Research: NRI: INT: Cooperative Underwater Structure Inspection and Mapping

2024541
3Yogesh GirdharNRI: An Ecologically Curious Robot for Monitoring Coral Reef Biodiversity

2133029
5Deepak PathakCollaborative Research: NRI: INT: Scalable, Customizable, Robot Learning with Humans

2024594
6Nina MahmoudianNRI: Co-Robots to Enhance Motivation and Self-efficacy in Formal STEM Education

2133028
7Wenzhen YuanNRI: FND: Collaborative Research: DeepSoRo: High-dimensional Proprioceptive and Tactile Sensing and Modeling for Soft Grippers

2024646
8Alan KuntzNRI: Liquid-Solid Metal for Embodied Intelligence in Semi-Soft, Human-Collaborative Robots

2133027
9Tomonari FurukawaCollaborative Research: NRI: Ocean-Powered Robots for Autonomous Offshore Aquaculture

USDA
10Jana KoseckaNRI: FND: Self-supervised Object Discovery, Detection and Visual Object Search

1925231
11Paula Bylaska-DaviesCollaborative Research: NRI: INT: Transparent and intuitive teleoperation interfaces for the future nursing robots and workers

2024689
12Abdeslam BoulariasNRI: Robust and Efficient Physics-based Learning and Reasoning in Degraded Environments

2132972
13Robert WoodNRI: FND: COLLAB: A Foundational Approach to Muscle Actuators that Lowers Barriers to Muscle-Powered Robotics Research

1830291
14Elaine ShortNRI: Mutually Assistive Robotics

2132887
15Mark YimCollaborative Research: NRI: FND: Flying Swarm for Safe Human Interaction in Unstructured Environments

2024692
16Matthew TraversNRI: INT: Self-Assembly of Modular Robots Constructed using DNA: Modeling and Manufacturing Nanostructures with Graph Neural Networks and DNA Origami

2132886
17Efstathios BakolasNRI: FND: Efficient algorithms for safety guiding mobile robots through spaces populated by humans and mobile intelligent machines and robots

1924790
18Satyandra GuptaNRI: FND: Human-Guided Robot Teams for Manipulating Large Flexible Sheets in Manufacturing Applications

1925084
19Tapomayukh BhattacharjeeNRI/Collaborative Research: Robot-Assisted Feeding: Towards Efficient, Safe, and Personalized Caregiving Robots

2132846
20Woon-Hong YeoCollaborative Research: NRI: INT: Customizable Lower-Limb Wearable Robot using Soft-Wearable Sensor to Assist Occupational Workers

2024742
21Sebastian ElbaumNRI: INT: COLLAB: Raining Drones: Mid-Air Release & Recovery of Atmospheric Sensing Systems

1924777
Session 4: Wednesday, April 20, 4:30pm - 5:15pm
#Principal InvestigatorAward TitleVideoAward #
1Sehoon HaNRI: INT: Collaborative Research: Buoyancy-assisted Collaborative Robots That are Cheap, Safe, and Never Fall Down

2024768
2Xiaolin HuAutonomy and Safety for Teamed Human-Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Fast Evolving Wildfire Management

USDA
3Mrinal KumarCollaborative Research: NRI: Integration of Autonomous UAS in Wildland Fire Management

2132799
4Alexander Leonessa
Jing Du
NRI: INT: Collaborative Research: ForceBot: Customizable Robotic Platform for Body-Scale Physical Interaction Simulation in Virtual Reality

2024784
5Prashant DoshiNRI: FND: Robust Inverse Learning for Human-Robot Collaboration

1830421
7Beiwen LiNRI/Collaborative Research: Robotic Disassembly of High-Precision Electronic Devices

2132773
8Laurel RiekTAILORED: Training for Independent Living through Observant Robots and Design

1915734
9Hao SuNRI: FND: Soft Wearable Robots for Injury Prevention and Performance Augmentation

1830613
10Shuran SongNRI: Hierarchical Representation Learning for Robot Assistants

2132519
11Anirban MazumdarNRI: FND: Rapid Operator Awareness via Mobile Robotics (ROAMR), Customizable Human Safety using Mobile and Wearable Co-Robots

1830498
12Winslow BurlesonEAGER: Cyberlearning with Co-Robotic Teachable Agents

2030441
13Dongming GanDiscrete Variable Stiffness Actuators with Fast Stiffness Switch for Safe Human-Robot Interaction

2131711
14Lydia KavrakiNRI: FND: Robotic Collaboration through Scalable Reactive Synthesis

1830549
16Kirstin PetersenCAREER: Environmentally-Mediated Coordination in Natural and Robot Swarms

2042411
17MinJun KimCollaborative Research: Magnetically-Controlled Modules with Reconfigurable Self-Assembly and Disassembly

2130775
18Mac SchwagerNRI: FND: COLLAB: Distributed Semantically-Aware Tracking and Planning for Fleets of Robots

1830402
19Anirudha MajumdarCAREER: Generalization and Safety Guarantees for Learning-Based Control of Robots

2044149
20Eleonora BottaModeling, Design and Operation of Robotic Tether-Net Systems for Reliable Capture of Targets

2128578
21Ouyang BingHybrid Aerial/Underwater Robotic System (HAUCS) for Scalable, Adaptable Maintenance of Aquaculture Fish Farms

USDA
Session 5: Thursday, April 21, 11:00am - 11:45am
#Principal InvestigatorAward TitleVideoAward #
1Victoria Webster-WoodCAREER: Adaptive Actuation and Control in Embodied Biohybrid Robots

2044785
2Pranav BhounsuleAsymmetric Gait Generation for Legged Locomotion in Complex Environments via Off-Line Model Reduction and Real-Time Optimal Control

2128568
3Mark CampbellNRI: FND: Probabilistic Hypothesis-Driven Adaptive Human-Robot Teams

1830497
4Elin BjorlingNRI: INT: Design and Development of a Social Robot for Gathering Ecological Momentary Stress Data from Teens

 1734100
5Dezhen SongNRI: FND: Optoacoustic Material and Structure Pretouch Sensing at Robot Fingertip

1925037
6Jianguo ZhaoCollaborative Research: Adaptive, Rapid, and Multifunctional Soft Robots (ARM SoRo) with Reconfigurable Shapes and Motions Enabled by Tunable Elastic Instabilities

2126039
7Nikolay AtanasovCAREER: Active Bayesian Inference for Collaborative Robot Mapping

2045945
8Maja MataricNRI: FND: Communicate, Share, Adapt: A Mixed Reality Framework for Facilitating Robot Integration and Customization

1925083
9John WhitneyNRI: FND: Controllable Compliance: A New Robotic Arm for Contact-Rich Manipulation

1830425
10Richard Camilli
Matt Walter
NRI: INT: COLLAB: Shared Autonomy for Unstructured Underwater Environments through Vision and Language

1830500
1830660
11Konstantinos KarydisCAREER: Morphological Computation for Resilient Dynamic Locomotion of Compliant Legged Robots with Application to Precision Agriculture

2046270
12Jessy GrizzleLearning-Aided Integrated Control and Semantic Perception Architecture for Legged Robot Locomotion and Navigation in the Wild

2118818
13Andre MazzoleniMAARCO – Multi-terrain Amphibious ARCtic ExplOrer

2116216
14Tommaso LenziCAREER: Bio-inspired Multi-joint Design and Control for Efficient and Lightweight Wearable Robots

2046287
15Pratik ChaudhariNRI: Robotics, Science and Technology for Forestry

USDA
16Thomas ShipleyNRI: INT: COLLAB: Co-Robotic Systems for GeoSciences Field Research

1734365
17Minghui ZhengCAREER: Facilitating Autonomy of Robots Through Learning-Based Control

2046481
18Ludovic RighettiNRI: FND: Action-perception loops over 5G millimeter wave wireless for cooperative manipulation

1925079
19Momotaz BegumNRI: FND: Robust Learning of Sequential Motion from Human Demonstrations to Enable Robot-Guided Exercise Training

1830597
20David HeldCAREER: Self-supervised Representation Learning for Deformable Object Manipulation

2046491
21Wenzhuo WuNRI: INT: FIngers See Things Differently (FIST-D): A Robotic Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) based on Augmented Tactile Imaging

1925194
Session 6: Thursday, April 21, 3:45pm - 4:30pm
#Principal InvestigatorAward TitleVideoAward #
1Yan GuCAREER: A Hybrid Filtering and Robust Control Framework for Legged Robot Locomotion on Dynamic Rigid Surfaces

2046562
2Elliott RouseNRI: FND: COLLAB: An Open-Source Robotic Leg Platform that Lowers the Barrier for Advanced Prosthetics Research

1734586
3Ryan WilliamsCAREER: Robots that Plan Interactions, Come and Go, and Build Trust

2046770
4Guoquan HuangNRI: FND: Consistent distributed visual-inertial estimation and perception for cooperative unmanned aerial vehicles

1924897
5Joydeep BiswasCAREER: Robust Perception and Customization for Long-Term Autonomous Mobile Service Robots

2046955
6Michael GleicherNRI: FND: Communicating Physical Interactions

1830242
7Lantao LiuCAREER: Autonomous Live Sketching of Dynamic Environments by Exploiting Spatiotemporal Variations

2047169
8Shashank PriyaNRI: INT: COLLAB: Rumen Understanding through Millipede-Engineered Navigation and Sensing (RUMENS)

USDA
9Gil WeinbergNRI: FND: Creating Trust Between Groups of Humans and Robots Using a Novel Music Driven Robotic Emotion Generator

1925178
10Young-Hui ChangNRI: INT: COLLAB: Accelerating Large-Scale Adoption of Robotic Lower-Limb Prostheses through Personalized Prosthesis Controller Adaptation

1734416
11Shiqi ZhangNRI: FND: Knowledge-based Robot Sequential Decision Making under Uncertainty

1925044
12James SchmiedelerNRI: FND: Using Template Models to Identify Exoskeleton User Intent

1734532
13Ioannis KaramouzasCAREER: Human-Inspired Multi-Robot Navigation

2047632
14Carl VondrickNRI: FND: Learning Visual Dynamics from Interaction

1925157
16Christopher AmatoNRI: FND: Coordinating and Incorporating Trust in Teams of Humans and Robots with Multi-Robot Reinforcement Learning

2024790
17Isuru GodageCAREER: Transformable and Reconfigurable Soft Robots

2048142
18Kiju LeeNRI: CASS: Configurable, Adaptive, and Scalable Swarm of Ground and Aerial Robots for Collaborative Smart Agriculture

USDA
19Stefanie TellexEAGER: A Gateway Drone for High School Students

1940970
21Guy HoffmanNRI: FND: Collaborative Control for Wearable Robots

1734399