Princeton Robotics

A small drone flies down a corridor while avoiding obstacles
Princeton researchers tested a new machine learning approach for guaranteeing robots’ safety and success in unfamiliar settings. Experiments included programming a small drone called a Parrot Swing to avoid obstacles while flying down a 60-foot-long corridor.

Princeton Robotics spans advancing the enabling science and technology, understanding and controlling complex systems of robots and humans, and addressing impacts of robotics on society. Research includes a wide range of areas including perception, control, learning, and planning. Applications span manipulation, locomotion, drones, autonomous vehicles, construction, architecture, and soft robots.

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Program Information

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

News

  • Colorful wall of robotic flowers, backlit.

    Swarm Garden brings robotic flowers to life

  • Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

    From studying robotic fish schools to spreading sustainability, celebrating AAPI Heritage Month

  • Plaque that reads "junior faculty awards 2024".

    Junior faculty awards recognize outstanding teaching and research

  • Vivian Chen holds large QR code as Vasumathi Venkat, Aaron Serianni, and Alex Glaser look on, and the robot dog faces the QR code.

    Meet SPOT the ‘bot: Course explores learning to live with robots

  • Speaker at podium in front of screen that says AI for Control, Design and Creation.

    New initiatives bring Princeton to the fore of AI innovation

  • Two robotic arms poised over plastic storage containers of sorted objects. In between the storage containers are additional items to be sorted, including a detergent bottle and two wooden blocks, colored yellow and orange.

    How do you make a robot smarter?

Faculty

  • Parastoo Abtahi

    Computer Science

  • Ryan P. Adams

    Computer Science

  • Sigrid Adriaenssens

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Amir Ali Ahmadi

    Operations Research and Financial Engineering

  • Christine Allen-Blanchette

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Ryne Beeson

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Pierre-Thomas Brun

    Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • Daniel J. Cohen

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Jia Deng

    Computer Science

  • Jaime Fernández Fisac

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Michael Freedman

    Computer Science

  • Yasaman Ghasempour

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Branko Glišić

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Jürgen Hackl

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Elad Hazan

    Computer Science

  • Kyle Jamieson

    Computer Science

  • Niraj Jha

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Alain Kornhauser

    Operations Research and Financial Engineering

  • Naomi Leonard portrait

    Naomi Ehrich Leonard

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Michael Littman

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Stephen Lyon

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Anirudha Majumdar

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Margaret Martonosi

    Computer Science

  • Forrest Meggers

  • Reza Moini

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Radhika Nagpal

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

    Computer Science

  • Karthik Narasimhan

    Computer Science

  • Daniel Nosenchuck

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Glaucio Paulino

    Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • H. Vincent Poor

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Peter Ramadge

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Clarence Rowley

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Szymon Rusinkiewicz

    Computer Science

  • Olga Russakovsky

    Computer Science

  • Kaushik Sengupta portrait

    Kaushik Sengupta

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Bartolomeo Stellato

    Operations Research and Financial Engineering

  • Naveen Verma

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Mengdi Wang

    Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Aimy Wissa portrait

    Aimy Wissa

    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering