Learning and Autonomous Control

The Learning and Autonomous Control (LAC) team focuses on robot control methods spanning the whole range from high-level cognitive approaches including adaptation and learning to low-level motion control. We develop novel algorithms, methods, and solutions in the following areas of robotics: 

  • control of mechanical systems - model-based and data-driven control of complex Lagrangian dynamics, control-based exploitation of physical intelligence, computational design, reduced-order modeling of high-dimensional systems;
  • robot autonomy - knowledge processing systems, motion planning, real-time inference for decision-making, model predictive control, and social interaction with other agents;
  • robot learning - reinforcement learning, iterative learning control, and deep learning for teaching robots interactively, from human demonstrations and also for continual improvement of the robot’s performance;
  • multi-robot control - real-time coordination, dynamic vehicle routing and task assignment, multi-robot learning, and security and privacy aspects of multi-robot systems; 

We apply our novel methods to industrial robotics, (mobile) manipulation, locomotion, soft robots, exoskeletons, agri-food and retail robotics, healthcare robotics, autonomous driving, aerial vehicles, and intelligent transportation.

Staff

Teaching

  • RO47002: Machine Learning for Robotics
  • RO4705: Planning and Decision Making
  • ME41025: Robotics Practicals
  • ME47035: Robot Motion Planning and Control
  • SC42050: Knowledge-Based Control Systems
  • CS4230: Machine Learning 2 (module on reinforcement learning)