Illah's research focuses on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, with an emphasis on the design of autonomous, deliberate systems that achieve their goals in the face of incomplete knowledge. In particular: formal representations of perception and action; planning with incomplete information; interleaving planning and execution; mobile robot architectures; real-time visual obstacle avoidance and navigation; robot team communication and cooperation.

e-mail: illah@cs.cmu.edu.

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• Illah's Robotics Institute homepage
• Illah's personal homepage

Ben's research interests are in the areas of design of mechanical and electromechanical systems in robotics. He is particularly interested in high-performance structures and mechanisms, elastic and kinetic energy storage, and dynamic stabilization of wheeled and legged robots. Current projects include the development of a high-precision (micron resolution) manipulator for the Minifactory project; a third-generation gyroscopically stabilized wheel (Gyrover); and a highly efficient hopping robot.

e-mail: hbb@cs.cmu.edu.

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• Ben's Robotics Institute homepage
• Ben's personal homepage

Chuck is a doctoral student in the Computer Science Department working in the areas of vision and learning.

e-mail: chuck@cs.cmu.edu.

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• Chuck's personal homepage

Anthony is an undergraduate studying robotics as well as electrical and computer engineering.

e-mail: anthony_rowe@andrew.cmu.edu.

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• Anthony's personal homepage

Rachel is a doctoral student in the Robotics Institute beginning her graduate studies in 2003.

e-mail: rgockley@andrew.cmu.edu.

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• Rachel's personal homepage

Emily is full-time research staff in our laboratory. She graduated from CMU in 2002.

e-mail: etf@andrew.cmu.edu.

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• Emily's personal homepage

Eric is a masters student in the Computer Science Department working in the area of robot control.

Josh is a masters student in the Robotics Institute. He is working on manipulation of flexible materials.

Tom is a doctoral student in the Robotics Institute. He began his studies in 2003.

e-mail: tlauwers@andrew.cmu.edu.

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• Tom's personal homepage

In 2003 Marti earned a Masters degree in Interaction Design at the Carnegie Mellon School of Design. She is now at the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.