AI, autonomy, and robotics
From human-robot interactions and intelligent sensing platforms to unmanned vehicles and AI-enabled cybersecurity threat response—our faculty is conducting research at the cutting-edge of this transformative field.
We design and develop human-centered robotic systems that safely and effectively operate to assist humans in everyday tasks. We have expertise in soft robotics, physical human-robot interaction, prosthetic and exoskeleton design and control, new sensing platforms, and mechatronic system architecture design. And we are engaged in the cross-cutting, campus level Robotics@UMass lab.
Our expertise within artificial intelligence includes machine learning, safety in autonomous systems, computer vision, natural language processing, multi-agent systems, and systems management such as in wireless communications and cyber-physical systems. UMassAir is a lab engages in unoccupied aerial systems research.
Faculty-led labs include:
- Human Robot Systems Lab
- Compliant Robots and Structures Lab
- Mechatronics and Robotics Research Lab
- Hardware and Machine Learning Security Laboratory
- Nanodevices and Integrated Systems Laboratory
Featured organizations
Robotics @ UMass Amherst
Robotics @UMass Amherst nurtures future robotics engineers who have innovative ideas, broad & systematic perspectives, and a collaborative attitude.
Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory
Specializes in the conception, design, and implementation of advanced microwave and millimeter-wave systems for remote sensing of the geophysical environment
Cybersecurity Institute
A multidisciplinary focal point for security research and education at UMass that specializes in advancing Security for the Common Good
Related faculty
Frank Sup
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.
Marco Duarte
Signal and image processing, compressive sensing, dimensionality reduction, machine learning, computational imaging, distributed sensing, sensor networks.
Hossein Pishro-Nik
Information Theory, Privacy and Security, Statistical Learning and Decision Making, Wireless Networks, Vehicular Communications and Networking.
Wayne Burleson
I develop integrated circuit hardware and software solutions for secure applications, including medical devices, transportation, payments and defense.
