2025 Poster/Demo Sessions | FRR-NRI Annual Meeting

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5	DAY ONE \| Thursday, October 30, 3:00pm - 5:00pm \| Location: Westin 2nd Floor Foyer
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7	1	Ian	Abraham	Yale University	NSF CAREER: Robots That Plan to Learn	ian.abraham@yale.edu	POSTER
8	2	Kaveh	Akbari Hamed	Virginia Tech	NRI: INT: Collaborative Research: A Robotic Platform for Body-Scale Human Physical Interaction Simulation in Embodied Virtual Reality	kavehakbarihamed@vt.edu	POSTER
9	3	Keenan	Albee	USC	Information-Aware Planning and Model Resilience for Extreme Environment Robotics	kalbee@usc.edu	POSTER
10	4	Sean	Andersson	Boston University	Intention-Aligned Autonomy for Resource Constrained Robots	sanderss@bu.edu	POSTER
11	5	Andres	Arrieta	Purdue University	Embodying Intelligence in Soft Machines from Multistability	aarrieta@purdue.edu	POSTER
12	6	Reza	Azadeh	University of Massachusetts Lowell	CAREER: Robot Learning of Complex Tasks	reza_azadeh@uml.edu	POSTER
13	7	Corina	Barbalata	Louisiana State University	CAREER: Autonomous underwater vehicle-manipulator robots adaptable to the unforeseen	cbarbalata@lsu.edu	POSTER
14	8	Sarah	Bergbreiter	Carnegie Mellon University	Enabling new mobility capabilities for robots at small scales	sbergbre@andrew.cmu.edu	POSTER
15	9	Laura	Blumenschein	Purdue University	Co-design of Heterogeneous Robot Team for Symbiotic Collaboration: Vine Robot	lhblumen@purdue.edu	POSTER
16	10	Laura	Blumenschein	Purdue University	Co-design of Heterogeneous Robot Team for Symbiotic Collaboration: RESCUE Rollers	lhblumen@purdue.edu	POSTER
17	11	Roberto	Bolli	MIT	Elderly Bodily Assistance Robot (E-BAR): A Robot System for Body-Weight Support, Ambulation Assistance, and Fall Catching, Without the Use of a Harness	rbolli@mit.edu	POSTER
18	12	Achira	Boonrath	University at Buffalo	Modeling, Design and Operation of Robotic Tether-Net Systems for Reliable Capture of Targets	achirabo@buffalo.edu	POSTER
19	13	Jean	Chagas Vaz	University of Louisville	Closing the Loop in Telepresence Robotics: From Perception to Physical Touch	jean.chagasvaz@louisville.edu	POSTER
20	14	Joyce	Chai	University of Michigan	RACER: Rich Language-guided Failure Recovery Policies for Imitation Learning	chaijy@umich.edu	POSTER
21	15	Pratik	Chaudhari	University of Pennsylvania	NRI: Robotics, Science and Technology for Forestry	pratikac@seas.upenn.edu	POSTER
22	16	Kevin	Chen	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Acrobatics at the insect scale: A durable, precise, and agile micro–aerial robot	yufengc@mit.edu	POSTER
23	17	Tony	Chen	Georgia Tech	Mechanical Intelligence Robotics Laboratory	tonygchen@gatech.edu	POSTER
24	18	Bo	Cheng	The Pennsylvania State University	Collaborative Research: Omnidirectional Perching on Dynamic Surfaces: Emergence of Robust Behaviors from Joint Learning of Embodied and Motor Control	buc10@psu.edu	POSTER
25	19	Hwan	Choi	University of Central Florida	Design of a Semi-Active Ankle Foot Prosthesis Using a Pneumatic and Hydraulic Hybrid for Stiffness and Energy Timing Control	hwan.choi@ucf.edu
26	20	Howie	Choset	Carnegie Mellon University	Comprehensive Dynamic Search Framework for Asynchronous Multi-Objective Multi-Agent Planning	choset@andrew.cmu.edu	POSTER
27	21	Preston Davis	Culbertson	Cornell University	Physically Robust Robot Learning - Calibration, Adaptation, and Improvisation (API)	pdc79@cornell.edu	POSTER
28	22	Karthik	Dantu	University at Buffalo	Language-in-the-loop Culvert Inspection on the Erie Canal	kdantu@buffalo.edu	POSTER
29	23	Xiaoguang	Dong	Vanderbilt University	CAREER: Magnetically Controlled Microfluidic Delivery and Locomotion in Miniature Soft Robots for Precision Medicine	xiaoguang.dong@vanderbilt.edu	POSTER
30	24	Brittany	Duncan	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	NRI: Collaborative Research: Adaptive multi-Robot Configurable Teams Investigating Changing Ecosystems	bduncan@unl.edu	POSTER
31	25	Chen	Feng	New York University	Embodied Spatial Intelligence	cfeng@nyu.edu	POSTER
32	26	Nadia	Figueroa	University of Pennsylvania	CAREER: Constraint-Aware Estimation, Learning and Control for Fluid Physical Human-Robot Collaboration	nadiafig@seas.upenn.edu
33	27	Ayush	Gaggar	Northwestern University	Data Acquisition for Visual Generative Models	agaggar@u.northwestern.edu	POSTER
34	28	Dongming	Gan	Purdue University	Variable Stiffness Robotic Hands with Intrinsic Force and Slip Sensing based on Event Vision and Machine Learning for Dexterous Grasping and Manipulation	dgan@purdue.edu	POSTER
35	29	Junyi	Geng	Pennsylvania State University	Dexterous Aerial Manipulation Via Physics-Infused Intelligence	jxg1052@psu.edu	POSTER
36	30	Masoud	Gheisari	University of Florida	Safe Human-Drone Interaction in Construction	masoud@ufl.edu	POSTER
37	31	Yan	Gu	Purdue University	CAREER: A Hybrid Filtering and Robust Control Framework for Legged Robot Locomotion on Dynamic Rigid Surfaces	yangu@purdue.edu	POSTER
38	32	Ayonga	Hereid	The Ohio State University	CAREER: Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Framework for Safe Dynamic Bipedal Locomotion	hereid.1@osu.edu	POSTER
39	33	Geoffrey	Hollinger	Oregon State University	Robust Failure Recovery for Robotic Manipulation	geoff.hollinger@oregonstate.edu	POSTER
40	34	Sabbir	Hossain	Oklahoma State University	Safe Wind-Aware Navigation for Collaborative Autonomous Aircraft in Low Altitude Airspace.	sabbir.hossain@okstate.edu	POSTER
41	35	Yifan	Hou	Stanford University	Hierarchical Representation Learning for Robot Assistants	yifanhou@stanford.edu	POSTER
42	36	Xiaonan	Huang	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	Untethered Reconfigurable Soft Robots with Multimodal Locomotion for Amphibious Unstructured Environments by Soft Electromagnetic Actuator	xiaonanh@umich.edu	POSTER
43	37	Monroe	Kennedy	Stanford University	CAREER: Soft Robotic Fingertips with High-Resolution, Calibrated Shape and Force Sensing for Dexterous Manipulation	monroek@stanford.edu	POSTER
44	38	Krishna	Kidambi	University of Dayton	Robust Physics-Aware Learning and Control under Uncertainty	kkidambi1@udayton.edu	POSTER
45	39	Marc	Killpack	Brigham Young University	Foundations for Physical Co-Manipulation with Mixed Teams of Humans and Soft Robots	marc_killpack@byu.edu	POSTER
46	40	Donghyun	Kim	University of Massachusetts Amherst	A Novel Framework for the Hardware & Control Co-Design of Dynamic Humanoid Robots with Electric Motors	donghyunkim@umass.edu	POSTER
47	41	Sukjun	Kim	UC San Diego	Engineering Motion in Tiny Robots	suk056@ucsd.edu	POSTER
48	42	Rebecca	Kramer-Bottiglio	Yale University	Soft, Adaptive, and Resilient Robots for Natural Environments	rebecca.kramer@yale.edu	POSTER
49	43	Axel	Krieger	Johns Hopkins University	NSF/FRR 2144348 CAREER: Advancing autonomy for soft tissue robotic surgery and interventions	axel@jhu.edu	POSTER
50	44	Alan	Kuntz	University of Utah	NRI: Liquid-Solid Metal for Embodied Intelligence in Semi-Soft, Human-Collaborative Robots	alan.kuntz@utah.edu	POSTER
51	45	Yangming	Lee	RIT	Exploring Visual-Haptic Synergy in Fragile Object Manipulation	ymliee@rit.edu	POSTER
52	46	Chen	Li	Johns Hopkins University	Terradynamics of Animals & Robots in Complex Terrains	chen.li@jhu.edu	POSTER
53	47	Jiaoyang	Li	Carnegie Mellon University	FRR: Robust Multi-Robot Path Planning and Execution on a Large Scale	jiaoyangli@cmu.edu	POSTER
54	48	Suyi	Li	Virginia Tech	Plant-Inspired Growing Robots Operating in Multiple Time Scales	suyili@vt.edu	POSTER
55	49	Yun	Li	Villanova University	High-Loading PDMS–CB Ink for Robust Flexible Sensor	lyun@villanova.edu	POSTER
56	50	Yunzhu	Li	Columbia University	PhysTwin: Physics-Informed Reconstruction and Simulation of Deformable Objects from Videos	yunzhu.li@columbia.edu	POSTER
57	51	Shan	Lin	Arizona State University	Intelligent Robotics in Surgical Environments and Beyond	shan.lin.2@asu.edu	POSTER
58	52	Fei	Liu	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	SurgiTwin: Digital Twins Meet Surgical Robotics and Physics-based Sim-to-Real Embodiment and Physics-based Sim-to-Real Embodiment	fliu33@utk.edu	POSTER
59	53	Yizhi	Liu	Syracuse University	Collaborative Research: FRR: Endowing Aerial Robots with Ground Mobility and Multimodal Perception for Autonomous Roof Inspection	yliu580@syr.edu	POSTER
60	54	Giuseppe	Loianno	UC Berkeley	CAREER: Re-Thinking the Perception-Action Paradigm for Agile Autonomous Robots (2546659)	loiannog@berkeley.edu	POSTER
61	55	Guoyu	Lu	SUNY Binghamton	Multi-Modal 3D Robotic Perception and Understanding	glu4@binghamton.edu	POSTER
62	56	Wenhao	Luo	University of Illinois Chicago	ERI: Adaptive and Resilient Communication-Aware Multi-Robot Coordination	wenhao@uic.edu	POSTER
63	57	Yiwei	Lyu	Texas A&M University	Safe Decision-Making for Responsible Robotics	yiweilyu@tamu.edu	POSTER
64	58	Nina	Mahmoudian	Purdue University	Co-Robots to Enhance Motivation and Self-efficacy in Formal STEM Education	ninam@purdue.edu	POSTER
65	59	Ann	Majewicz Fey	UT Austin	NRI: FND: Customizable Haptic Co-Robots For Training Emergency Surgical Procedures	Ann.MajewiczFey@utexas.edu
66	60	Andreas	Malikopoulos	Cornell University	Addressing Safe Interaction Between Autonomous and Human-Driven Vehicles	amaliko@cornell.edu	POSTER
67	61	Eric	Markvicka	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Intelligent Self-Healing Artificial Muscle: Mechanisms for Damage Detection and Autonomous Repair of Puncture Damage in Soft Robotics	eric.markvicka@unl.edu	POSTER
68	62	Andre	Mazzoleni	North Carolina State University	MAARCO – Multi-terrain Amphibious ARCtic ExplOrer	apmazzol@ncsu.edu	POSTER
69	63	Reuth	Mirsky	Tufts University	Helpful Robots Flag Flawed Decisions	reuthde@gmail.com	POSTER
70	64	Marc	Miskin	Upenn	NRI: Electronically Integrated Microscopic Robot Swarms	mmiskin@seas.upenn.edu	POSTER
71	65	Ahmed	Mohamed	The Pennsylvania State University	Neuromorphic Computing using Soft Biomolecular Materials	asm6015@psu.edu	POSTER
72	66	Joseph	Moore	Johns Hopkins University	Real-Time Planning and Control with a Vortex Particle Model for Fixed-Wing UAVs in Unsteady Flows.	jlmoore@jhu.edu	POSTER
73	67	Tania	Morimoto	University of California San Diego	CAREER: Extending Human Dexterity Through Hand-Held Continuum Robots	tamorimoto@ucsd.edu	POSTER
74	68	Melanie	Moses	University of New Mexico	Project VolCAN: Monitoring Volcanic Emissions with Co-Robots	melaniem@unm.edu	POSTER
75	69	Mahdieh	Nejati Javaremi	Northwestern University	Interface-Aware Intelligence for Robot Teleoperation and Autonomy	mahdieh.n@gmail.com	POSTER
76	70	Zhen	Ni	Florida Atlantic University	A Computationally Efficient Inverse Reinforcement Learning Approach with Simplified Implementation for Autonomous Driving Application	zhenni@fau.edu	POSTER
77	71	Nikos	Papanikolopoulos	Robotics, CS UMN	NRI: INT: COLLAB: Cooperative Robot Teams for Precision Agriculture and Plant Health Management	papan001@umn.edu	POSTER
78	72	Ramviyas	Parasuraman	University of Georgia	Learning Behaviors that Emerge: A New Paradigm for Collective Robotics	ramviyas@uga.edu	POSTER
79	73	Myungsun	Park	UC San Diego	Robotic Mobility and Manipulation enhanced by Soft Sensor Technologies	mypark@ucsd.edu	POSTER
80	74	Alyssa	Pierson	Boston University	Decentralized and Online Planning for Emergent Cooperation in Multi-Robot Teams	pierson@bu.edu	POSTER
81	75	Michael	Posa	University of Pennsylvania	Manipulation of novel objects via non-smooth implicit learning	posa@seas.upenn.edu	POSTER
82	76	Daniel	Preston	Rice University	Textile-Enabled Technologies for Human-Centric Soft Wearable Robots	djp@rice.edu	POSTER
83	77	Alberto	Quattrini Li	Dartmouth	CAREER: Resilient Low-Cost Robot Teams for Autonomous Aquatic Exploration	alberto.quattrini.li@dartmouth.edu	POSTER
84	78	Harish	Ravichandar	Georgia Tech	Frugal Robot Learning	harish.ravichandar@cc.gatech.edu
85	79	Ioannis	Rekleitis	University of Delaware	Mapping Pamir	yiannisr@udel.edu	POSTER
86	80	Benjamin	Riviere	New York University	Search and Learning Systems for General Purpose Space Robotics	bpr3966@nyu.edu	POSTER
87	81	Rodney	Roberts	Florida A&M University	Shape-Based Remote Manipulation	rroberts@eng.famu.fsu.edu	POSTER
88	82	Andrew	Sabelhaus	Boston University	Safe Autonomous Environmental Contact for Soft Robots using Control Barrier Functions	asabelha@bu.edu	POSTER
89	83	Amit	Sanyal	Syracuse University	Autonomous Operations of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle using Onboard Sensing to Monitor and Track Wildland Fires	aksanyal@syr.edu	POSTER
90	84	Junaed	Sattar	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	NRI : Enhancing Autonomous Underwater Robot Perception for Aquatic Species Management	junaed@umn.edu	POSTER
91	85	Mingyo	Seo	The University of Texas at Austin	Sensorimotor Abstraction for Learning Generalizable Skills across Diverse Robots	mingyo@utexas.edu	POSTER
92	86	Paras	Sharma	University of Pittsburgh	Designing Effective Behaviors in a Social Robot that Supports Collaborative Learning in Middle School Mathematics	pas252@pitt.edu	POSTER
93	87	Tom	Silver	Princeton University	Robots that Plan and Learn to Help People	tsilver@princeton.edu	POSTER
94	88	Ravieshwar	Singh	Independent Researcher	Choreographing Elegance in Quadruped Robots for the Runway and Beyond	rgs@protocollaw.com	POSTER
95	89	Ravieshwar	Singh	Independent Researcher	Modular Protective Garments for Space Robots	rgs@protocollaw.com	POSTER
96	90	Katherine	Skinner	University of Michigan	CAREER: Adaptive Multimodal Fusion for Robust Robot Perception in Underwater Environments	kskin@umich.edu	POSTER
97	91	Laura	Stegner	George Washington University	An Ecological Approach: How Can We Design Robots that Endure in Long-Term Care?	laura.stegner@gwu.edu	POSTER
98	92	Gregory	Stein	George Mason University	Fast and Reliable Online Retraining and Adaptation for Robot Planning Despite Missing World Knowledge	gjstein@gmu.edu	POSTER
99	93	Adrian	Stein	Louisiana State University	Object Identification Under Known Dynamics: A PIRNN Approach for UAV Classification	astein@lsu.edu	POSTER
100	94	Angelique	Taylor	Cornell Tech	FRR: Social and Contextual Models of Interaction with Everyday Robots	amt298@cornell.edu	POSTER