Dynamical Systems and Control

Robots are often complex systems that have require balance or modeling. Predicting the motion and controlling a robot to do things like jumping or throwing or colliding with things requires sophisticated dynamic systems modeling and control methods.

Faculty

Pratik Chaudhari

Assistant Professor, ESE

Eric Eaton

Research Associate Professor, CIS

Nadia Figueroa

Shalini and Rajeev Misra Presidential Assistant Professor, MEAM

Ethan Gordon

Postdoctoral Researcher, MEAM

Rachel Holladay

Postdoctoral Researcher, MEAM (incoming GRASP Faculty - Fall 2025)

M. Ani Hsieh

Deputy Director, GRASP Lab; Graduate Program Chair, ROBO; Associate Professor, MEAM

Dinesh Jayaraman

Assistant Professor, CIS

Dan Koditschek

Alfred Fitler Moore Professor, ESE

Vijay Kumar

Nemirovsky Family Dean, SEAS

Antonio Loquercio

Assistant Professor, ESE

Ariella Mansfield

PhD, MEAM '23

Nikolai Matni

Assistant Professor, ESE

Max Mintz

Professor, CIS (1998 - 2022)

George Pappas

Joseph Moore Professor & Department Chair, ESE

Michael Posa

Assistant Professor, MEAM

Junyao Shi

PhD, CIS

Kausik Sivakumar

Robotics MSE '23

Camillo J. Taylor

Associate Dean, ODEI - SEAS; Raymond S Markowitz President’s Distinguished Professor, CIS

René Vidal

Rachleff University Professor - Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine; ESE, Penn Engineering

Yifan Xue

PhD, MEAM

Fengjun Yang

PhD, CIS

Thomas Zhang

PhD, ESE

Inside the Lab

Inside the GRASP Lab – Dr. Ani Hsieh and ScalAR Lab

Inside the GRASP Lab – Dr. Ani Hsieh and ScalAR Lab

M. Ani Hsieh

Deputy Director, GRASP Lab; Graduate Program Chair, ROBO; Associate Professor, MEAM

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