{"id":64925,"date":"2022-03-21T11:45:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T16:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/?page_id=64925"},"modified":"2025-02-20T08:33:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:33:23","slug":"robotics-controls-and-sensing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/departments\/mechanical-engineering\/research\/robotics-controls-and-sensing\/","title":{"rendered":"Robotics, Controls and Sensing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"acf-hero block_40119bb1da972b499ca4b99d7134d8a7 position-relative alignfull track-hero alignfull mb-5   sticky-top\" >\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"hero-container d-flex bg-pattern-secondary hero-spacing-medium has-navigation\" >\r\n        <div class=\"container-xxl  d-flex flex-column flex-lg-row justify-content-center justify-content-lg-between align-items-start align-items-lg-center\">\r\n                            <div class=\"hero-heading text-white text-left\">\r\n                    <h1 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Robotics research in the UW Mechanical Engineering department includes applications in haptics for human interaction, prostheses and orthoses, surgery, soft robotics, manufacturing, rehabilitation, mobility and maneuverability. Control research includes applications in manufacturing, haptics, novel actuators, safety in autonomous systems, fluidic soft actuation, and cyber-physical systems. Sensing research includes flexible and soft sensors and electronics, wearables, precision instrumentation for micro\/nano transport measurements, and simulation for data-driven perception.<\/p>\n<\/div>                                                                                            <\/div>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                                                                                \r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/me\/Faculty\/Adamczyk_Peter\/\">Peter Adamczyk<\/a> &#8211; rehabilitation robotics, lower-limb prosthetics, wearable sensors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/me\/Faculty\/Alapan_Yunus\/\">Yunus Alapan<\/a> &#8211; microbiotics, microfluidics, soft robotics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/me\/Faculty\/Andrews_Joseph\/\">Joseph Andrews<\/a> &#8211; nanomaterials, printed electronics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/me\/Faculty\/Negrut_Dan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dan Negrut<\/a> &#8211; computational dynamics, simulation in robotics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/me\/Faculty\/Pikul_James\/\">James Pikul<\/a> &#8211; energy storage, robotics, electrochemistry and soft matter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/me\/Faculty\/Thompson_Dakotah\/\">Dakotah Thompson<\/a> &#8211; thermal nanoscience, nanofabrication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/me\/Faculty\/Wang_Wei\/\">Wei Wang<\/a> &#8211; marine robotics, biorobotics, dynamics &amp; control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/me\/Faculty\/Xiong_Xiaobin\/\">Xiaobin Xiong<\/a> &#8211; legged locomotion, bipedal and humanoid robots, dynamics and control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/me\/Faculty\/Xu_Xiangru\/\">Xiangru Xu<\/a> &#8211; control theory, autonomy <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/me\/Faculty\/Zhou_Lei\/\">Lei Zhou<\/a> &#8211; mechatronics, electric machines, control engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/me\/Faculty\/Zinn_Michael\/\">Michael Zinn<\/a> &#8211; robotics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty Affiliates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/me\/Faculty\/Gleicher_Michael\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michael Gleicher<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/bme\/Faculty\/Gruben_Kreg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kreg Gruben<\/a> (biomedical engineering)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.engr.wisc.edu\/ece\/Faculty\/Ma_Chu\/\">Chu Ma<\/a>&nbsp;(electrical and computer engineering)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"acf-card block_7112915528cb91be69671484608b5461 position-relative track-card my-5\" >\r\n    \r\n        \r\n\t<div class=\"row flex-column flex-lg-row align-items-lg-center align-items-start mb-5 acf-block-part-introduction \">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text-start col-12 \">\r\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-title h2\">Laboratories and Centers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"row row-cols-1 row-cols-sm-1 row-cols-md-2 row-cols-lg-3\">\r\n                                                <div class=\"col mb-4\">\r\n                        <div class=\"card h-101 shadow-sm-sm\">\r\n                                                            <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\r\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Adamczyk_16x9-512x288.webp\" class=\"card-img-top not-transparent\" alt=\"Peter Adamczyk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Adamczyk_16x9-512x288.webp 512w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Adamczyk_16x9-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Adamczyk_16x9-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Adamczyk_16x9-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Adamczyk_16x9-2048x1152.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"52564d\" style=\"--dominant-color: #52564d;\" \/>                                <\/div>\r\n                                                        <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n                                                                <h3 class=\"card-title h3\">Peter Adamczyk<\/h3>                                <h3 class=\"card-subtitle  h3\">The UW\u00a0BADGER Lab<\/h3>                                <div class=\"card-text\"><p>The Biomechatronics, Assistive Devices, Gait Engineering and Rehabilitation Lab applies scientific and engineering principles to promote quantitative assessment, restored function, and physical recovery after orthopedic or neurological injury. The lab\u2019s goal is to apply mechanical engineering principles to rehabilitation in order to improve lower limb mobility impairments.<\/p>\n<\/div>                                                            <\/div>\r\n                                                                                                <div class=\"card-footer\">\r\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/uwbadgerlab.engr.wisc.edu\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-block \" role=\"button\" >Lab Website<\/a>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                                                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                                    <div class=\"col mb-4\">\r\n                        <div class=\"card h-101 shadow-sm-sm\">\r\n                                                            <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\r\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/alapan_yunus-alapan-16x9-1-512x288.webp\" class=\"card-img-top not-transparent\" alt=\"Yunus Alapan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/alapan_yunus-alapan-16x9-1-512x288.webp 512w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/alapan_yunus-alapan-16x9-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/alapan_yunus-alapan-16x9-1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/alapan_yunus-alapan-16x9-1-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/alapan_yunus-alapan-16x9-1-2048x1152.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"967e52\" style=\"--dominant-color: #967e52;\" \/>                                <\/div>\r\n                                                        <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n                                                                <h3 class=\"card-title h3\">Yunus  Alapan<\/h3>                                <h3 class=\"card-subtitle  h3\">Bio-integrated Robotics Lab <\/h3>                                <div class=\"card-text\"><p>Prof. Yunus Alapan&#8217;s research group works at the interface of robotics, microtechnology and bioengineering, developing soft micro-robots inspired by nature for healthcare applications. The overarching theme of their research is bionic cellular and tissue robots for size-matched and spatiotemporally resolved physical and biochemical manipulation of cells and tissues, with applications in in vitro disease modeling, therapeutic cell and tissue manufacturing and targeted drug delivery.<\/p>\n<\/div>                                                            <\/div>\r\n                                                                                                <div class=\"card-footer\">\r\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/biointegratedroboticslab.engr.wisc.edu\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-block \" role=\"button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" >Lab Website<\/a>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                                                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                                    <div class=\"col mb-4\">\r\n                        <div class=\"card h-101 shadow-sm-sm\">\r\n                                                            <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\r\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/joseph-andrews-web-512x341.webp\" class=\"card-img-top not-transparent\" alt=\"Joseph Andrews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/joseph-andrews-web-512x341.webp 512w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/joseph-andrews-web-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/joseph-andrews-web-jpg-webp.webp 825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"9b9ea2\" style=\"--dominant-color: #9b9ea2;\" \/>                                <\/div>\r\n                                                        <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n                                                                <h3 class=\"card-title h3\">Joseph Andrews<\/h3>                                <h3 class=\"card-subtitle  h3\">Andrews Laboratory for Printed Electronics and Sensors<\/h3>                                <div class=\"card-text\"><p>The focus of LPES is developing new printed electronic devices for interdisciplinary sensing applications. Our lab takes a holistic approach to the invention and design of electronic sensors with multiple layers of emphasis including ink development, sensor design, and device validation.<\/p>\n<\/div>                                                            <\/div>\r\n                                                                                                <div class=\"card-footer\">\r\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/andrews.engr.wisc.edu\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-block \" role=\"button\" >Lab Website<\/a>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                                                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                                    <div class=\"col mb-4\">\r\n                        <div class=\"card h-101 shadow-sm-sm\">\r\n                                                            <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\r\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Negrut-youtube-screenshot-512x288.webp\" class=\"card-img-top not-transparent\" alt=\"Dan Negrut youtube screenshot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Negrut-youtube-screenshot-512x288.webp 512w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Negrut-youtube-screenshot-1024x575.webp 1024w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Negrut-youtube-screenshot-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Negrut-youtube-screenshot-1536x863.webp 1536w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Negrut-youtube-screenshot-jpg-webp.webp 1817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"5e4641\" style=\"--dominant-color: #5e4641;\" \/>                                <\/div>\r\n                                                        <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n                                                                <h3 class=\"card-title h3\">Dan Negrut<\/h3>                                <h3 class=\"card-subtitle  h3\">Simulation Based Engineering Lab<\/h3>                                <div class=\"card-text\"><p>The Simulation-Based Engineering Lab (SBEL) is led by <a href=\"https:\/\/sbel.wisc.edu\/negrut-dan\/\">Dan Negrut<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sbel.wisc.edu\/radu-serban\/\">Radu Serban<\/a>. The lab investigates modeling approaches and develops software solutions that enable fast computers to accurately predict how complex mechanical systems change in time.<\/p>\n<\/div>                                                            <\/div>\r\n                                                                                                <div class=\"card-footer\">\r\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/sbel.wisc.edu\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-block \" role=\"button\" >Lab Website<\/a>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                                                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                                    <div class=\"col mb-4\">\r\n                        <div class=\"card h-101 shadow-sm-sm\">\r\n                                                            <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\r\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/pikul_james-jpikul-16x9-1-512x288.webp\" class=\"card-img-top not-transparent\" alt=\"James Pikul\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/pikul_james-jpikul-16x9-1-512x288.webp 512w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/pikul_james-jpikul-16x9-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/pikul_james-jpikul-16x9-1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/pikul_james-jpikul-16x9-1-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/pikul_james-jpikul-16x9-1-2048x1152.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"827a76\" style=\"--dominant-color: #827a76;\" \/>                                <\/div>\r\n                                                        <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n                                                                <h3 class=\"card-title h3\">James Pikul<\/h3>                                <h3 class=\"card-subtitle  h3\">Pikul Research Group<\/h3>                                <div class=\"card-text\"><p>The Pikul Research Group seeks to make transformative advances in energy storage, energy conversion, multifunctional materials, and robotics by understanding and exploiting nanoscale to macroscopic characteristics of electrochemistry and soft matter. Prof. Pikul\u2019s work intersects the school\u2019s efforts in energy storage, robotics, multifunctional materials, and manufacturing.<\/p>\n<\/div>                                                            <\/div>\r\n                                                                                                <div class=\"card-footer\">\r\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/pikulgroup.engr.wisc.edu\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-block \" role=\"button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" >Lab Website<\/a>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                                                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                                    <div class=\"col mb-4\">\r\n                        <div class=\"card h-101 shadow-sm-sm\">\r\n                                                            <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\r\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dakotah-thompson-web-512x341.webp\" class=\"card-img-top not-transparent\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dakotah-thompson-web-512x341.webp 512w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dakotah-thompson-web-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/dakotah-thompson-web-jpg-webp.webp 825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"867e79\" style=\"--dominant-color: #867e79;\" \/>                                <\/div>\r\n                                                        <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n                                                                <h3 class=\"card-title h3\">Dakotah Thompson<\/h3>                                <h3 class=\"card-subtitle  h3\">Thermal Transport Lab<\/h3>                                <div class=\"card-text\"><p>The Thermal Transport Lab led by Dakotah Thompson studies thermal nanoscience, nanofabrication, and energy conversion. Control of thermal transport at the nanoscale is of great interest for creating novel thermal logic and energy conversion devices.<\/p>\n<\/div>                                                            <\/div>\r\n                                                                                                <div class=\"card-footer\">\r\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/thompsonlab.squarespace.com\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-block \" role=\"button\" >Lab Website<\/a>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                                                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                                    <div class=\"col mb-4\">\r\n                        <div class=\"card h-101 shadow-sm-sm\">\r\n                                                            <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\r\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wang_wei-wwang745-16x9-1-512x288.webp\" class=\"card-img-top not-transparent\" alt=\"Wei Wang\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wang_wei-wwang745-16x9-1-512x288.webp 512w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wang_wei-wwang745-16x9-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wang_wei-wwang745-16x9-1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wang_wei-wwang745-16x9-1-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/wang_wei-wwang745-16x9-1-2048x1152.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"c4bab1\" style=\"--dominant-color: #c4bab1;\" \/>                                <\/div>\r\n                                                        <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n                                                                <h3 class=\"card-title h3\">Wei Wang<\/h3>                                <h3 class=\"card-subtitle  h3\">Marine Robotics Lab<\/h3>                                <div class=\"card-text\"><p>Prob. Wei Wang&#8217;s lab is broadly interested in designing and controlling autonomous robots within complex environments, with a special focus on aquatic settings. Their\u00a0mission is to enable trustworthy and coordinated autonomy for a broad range of robotics applications, including but not limited to, aquatic monitoring, oceanic exploration, underwater construction, and urban transportation.<\/p>\n<\/div>                                                            <\/div>\r\n                                                                                                <div class=\"card-footer\">\r\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/mrl.engr.wisc.edu\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-block \" role=\"button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" >Lab Website<\/a>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                                                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                                    <div class=\"col mb-4\">\r\n                        <div class=\"card h-101 shadow-sm-sm\">\r\n                                                            <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\r\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Xiaobin-Xiong_F6A1835-Edit-copy-3840x2160-16x9-1-512x288.webp\" class=\"card-img-top not-transparent\" alt=\"Xiaobin Xiong\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Xiaobin-Xiong_F6A1835-Edit-copy-3840x2160-16x9-1-512x288.webp 512w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Xiaobin-Xiong_F6A1835-Edit-copy-3840x2160-16x9-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Xiaobin-Xiong_F6A1835-Edit-copy-3840x2160-16x9-1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Xiaobin-Xiong_F6A1835-Edit-copy-3840x2160-16x9-1-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Xiaobin-Xiong_F6A1835-Edit-copy-3840x2160-16x9-1-2048x1152.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"7c7566\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7c7566;\" \/>                                <\/div>\r\n                                                        <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n                                                                <h3 class=\"card-title h3\">Xiaobin Xiong<\/h3>                                <h3 class=\"card-subtitle  h3\">Wisconsin Expeditious Legged Locomotion<\/h3>                                <div class=\"card-text\"><p>The\u00a0<strong>Wisconsin Expeditious Legged Locomotion<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Laboratory <\/strong>(UW WELL Lab) studies the fundamental theory and methodologies in promoting mobility of legged robots that are robots moving in our environment using robotic legs: common examples include bipedal humanoid robots and quadrupedal animal-like robots.<\/p>\n<\/div>                                                            <\/div>\r\n                                                                                                <div class=\"card-footer\">\r\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/well.robotics.wisc.edu\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-block \" role=\"button\" >Lab Website<\/a>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                                                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                                    <div class=\"col mb-4\">\r\n                        <div class=\"card h-101 shadow-sm-sm\">\r\n                                                            <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\r\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"479\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/xiangru-youtube-screenshot-jpg-webp.webp\" class=\"card-img-top not-transparent\" alt=\"Xiangru Xu youtube screenshot\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"6c615c\" style=\"--dominant-color: #6c615c;\" \/>                                <\/div>\r\n                                                        <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n                                                                <h3 class=\"card-title h3\">Xiangru Xu<\/h3>                                <h3 class=\"card-subtitle  h3\">Autonomous &amp; Resilient Controls Lab<\/h3>                                <div class=\"card-text\"><p>The ARC lab focuses on the control of autonomous systems and cyber-physical systems by leveraging tools from control theory, convex optimization, machine learning, etc. Their research strives to build rigorous analytical frameworks and reliable control algorithms to enhance the safety and efficiency of autonomous and cyber-physical systems (e.g., drones, self-driving cars).<\/p>\n<\/div>                                                            <\/div>\r\n                                                                                                <div class=\"card-footer\">\r\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/xu.me.wisc.edu\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-block \" role=\"button\" >Lab Website<\/a>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                                                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                                    <div class=\"col mb-4\">\r\n                        <div class=\"card h-101 shadow-sm-sm\">\r\n                                                            <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\r\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/zhou_lei-lzhou299-16x9-1-512x288.webp\" class=\"card-img-top not-transparent\" alt=\"Lei Zhou\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/zhou_lei-lzhou299-16x9-1-512x288.webp 512w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/zhou_lei-lzhou299-16x9-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/zhou_lei-lzhou299-16x9-1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/zhou_lei-lzhou299-16x9-1-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/zhou_lei-lzhou299-16x9-1-2048x1152.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"847c75\" style=\"--dominant-color: #847c75;\" \/>                                <\/div>\r\n                                                        <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n                                                                <h3 class=\"card-title h3\">Lei Zhou<\/h3>                                <h3 class=\"card-subtitle  h3\">Precision Mechatronics and Control Lab (PMCL)<\/h3>                                <div class=\"card-text\"><p>Prof. Lei Zhou\u2019s research focuses on developing novel and high-performance mechatronic solutions through exploiting the synergy between precision machine design, electric machines and drives, and control algorithms, thereby broadly impacting applications such as manufacturing equipment and robotic systems. She is jointly appointed in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, and is an Associate Director of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wempec.wisc.edu\/\">WEMPEC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>                                                            <\/div>\r\n                                                                                                <div class=\"card-footer\">\r\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/pmcl.me.wisc.edu\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-block \" role=\"button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" >Lab Website<\/a>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                                                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                                    <div class=\"col mb-4\">\r\n                        <div class=\"card h-101 shadow-sm-sm\">\r\n                                                            <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\r\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mike-Zinn-lab-512x288.webp\" class=\"card-img-top not-transparent\" alt=\"Mike Zinn REACH Lab\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mike-Zinn-lab-512x288.webp 512w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mike-Zinn-lab-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mike-Zinn-lab-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mike-Zinn-lab-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mike-Zinn-lab-2048x1152.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"98827c\" style=\"--dominant-color: #98827c;\" \/>                                <\/div>\r\n                                                        <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n                                                                <h3 class=\"card-title h3\">Michael Zinn<\/h3>                                <h3 class=\"card-subtitle  h3\">Robotics Engineering, Applied Control, and Haptics Lab<\/h3>                                <div class=\"card-text\"><p>The REACH Lab is focused on the investigation of a wide range of human-centered robotics topics including medical robotics, manufacturing, and haptics. Our projects are collaborative in nature and involve researchers from a broad set of disciplines, including the departments of computer science, electrical engineering, biomedical engineering and various departments in the UW-Madison medical school.<\/p>\n<\/div>                                                            <\/div>\r\n                                                                                                <div class=\"card-footer\">\r\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/reach.wisc.edu\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-block \" role=\"button\" >Lab Website<\/a>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                                                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty Faculty Affiliates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":0,"parent":49765,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_mbp_gutenberg_autopost":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-64925","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64925"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106724,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64925\/revisions\/106724"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineering.wisc.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}