Robotics @ UMass Amherst
Robotics @UMass Amherst provides a unique collaborative research environment to nurture future robotics engineers with innovative ideas, broad and systematic perspectives, and a collaborative research attitude. The cluster is supported by the College of Information and Computer Science and the College of Engineering to strengthen the University’s research and teaching portfolio in this important discipline.
Research areas
Featured faculty
Frank Sup
Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Co-Director, Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation
Co-Director, Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation
Developing human-centered mechatronic technologies for augmenting human performance and exploring design and control space for physical human-robot interfaces.
Meghan Huber
Focused on understanding how humans and robots can learn from the physical interactions of one another.
Gina Olson
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Soft robots; soft and compliant structures; mechanics of soft structures.
