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Cooperative grasping

Funded by the NSF, a dual arm WAM Barrett robot is used to study grasping and manipulation.

Variable resolution search

Our algorithms for variable resolution search have been validated in field experiments run at Camp Roberts.

WiFi localization

Our recently developed WiFi localization algorithms provide indoor localization and can be run on mobile devices.

Balancing risk and performance

Funded by ARL via the MAST CTA, we are developing rapid deployment algorithms for large robot teams.

Swarmathon Team

UC Merced undergrads participate in the 2017 NASA Swarmathon competition

Research experiences for undergrads

Each summer undergraduate students intern in the robotics lab at UC Merced.
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Recent News Items

Apr 05 Article on IEEE "The Institute"

Jan 12 Four papers to be presented at ICRA 2018

Nov 07 New Paper Accepted on the IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Oct 31 PhD Awarded

Welcome to Robotics at UC Merced.

The robotics lab at UC Merced was established in 2007 by Prof. Stefano Carpin. The group investigates topics related to multi-robot systems and robot algorithms. Examples of past and ongoing research include:

  • cooperative multi-robot systems for urban search and rescue;
  • pursuit-evasion games, intruder detection, and search;
  • robot performance evaluation and benchmarking;
  • motion planning;
  • map merging;
  • grasp planning.

Check our publications page for details. 

The robotics lab is part of CAIS -- the Center for Autonomous and Interactive Systems.

I am looking for one/two new PhD students to join my group in Fall 2018. Please submit your application and make sure you read this.

NRT-DESE in Intelligent Autonomous Systems

UC Merced has been awarded a $3M grant from the National Science Foundation for a new NRT-DESE (Data Enabled Science and Engineering) program in Intelligent Autonomous Sytems. Click here for details