Chris Atkeson explores robot learning and optimization-based approaches to dynamic movement planning.
Darrin Bentivegna is interested in exploring and developing learning methods that give robots human-like learning abilities.
Jodi Forlizzi is developing design methods for assistive robots.
Martial Hebert is enabling humanoids to see and perform visually-guided movement.
Jessica Hodgins is working on human-like movement in animation and robotics. She also works on human-robot interaction and perception of human motion.
Ralph Hollis is interested in dynamically stable mobile robots, including rolling and walking machines, and also haptic interaction.
Takeo Kanade leads a wide range of efforts in humanoid perception, mobility, and quality of life. He also leads the Digital Human Research Center in Japan, which includes extensive research on humanoid robots.
Sara Kiesler is exploring human-robot interaction.
James Kuffner focuses on motion planning for humanoids and other moving systems.
Nancy Pollard is interested in understanding physical interactions with the environment, including grasping and manipulation.
Paul Rybski is exploring heterogeneous distributed autonomous systems that interact with humans.
Reid Simmons is working on human-robot social interaction.
Manuela Veloso creates intelligent robots that cooperate, observe, reason, act, and learn.
Garth Zeglin is exploring robot design, dynamic walking, and robot art.
Stuart Anderson is exploring both biological and robot bipeds.
Lillian Chang is interested in dexterous manipulation using anthropomorphic robot hands.
Rosen Diankov is pursuing learning-based planning techniques for complex activities.
Jonathan Hurst is working on robots and legged systems with mechanically adjustable series compliance.
Marek Michalowski is exploring human-robot interaction.
Philipp Michel is interested in humanoid perception.
Bilge Mutlu is also exploring human-robot interaction.
Ben Stephens is interested in humanoid control, balance, and locomotion.
Martin Stolle is exploring learning approaches to difficult dynamic tasks.
Joel Chestnutt is stepping into footstep planning for biped robots.
Jung-Yup Kim is working on bipedal locomotion.
Mike Stilman is pursuing motion planning including navigation among movable obstacles.
Footstep Planning for Biped Robots.
BiMASC: Biped with Mechanically Adjustable Series Compliance.
Roillo: A social interactive robot for playrooms
NAMO: Navigation Among Movable Obstacles
Manipulation from Demonstration
CORAL: Cooperate, Observe the world, Reason, Act, and Learn!
CMAssist : Human/Robot Interaction
anthropomorphism.org: understanding the attribution of human qualities to nonhumans.