Joe Hays, PhD Candidate

Hardware-Accelerated Nonlinear Model Predictive Control

RoMeLa Editor

joehays@vt.edu

John Humphreys, MS Candidate

Step-climbing by Wheeled Robots Using Inertially Actuated Sliding Mass

RoMeLa Group Meeting Coordinator

jch@vt.edu

Jesse Hurdus, MS Candidate

DARwIn: Behaviors / RoboCup 2007, 2008

Odin: DARPA Urban Challenge

jhurdus@vt.edu

Shawn Kimmel, MS Candidate

IMPASS: Path Planning and Behavior Based Programming

Blind Driver Challenge

skimmel@vt.edu

Derek Lahr, MS/PhD Candidate

Cam-based Infinitely Variable Transmission

RoMeLa Machine Shop Manager

dlahr@vt.edu

Robert Mayo, MS Candidate

MARS2: Gait Generation with CPG for Unstructured Terrain

RoMeLa Electronics Specialist

novix@vt.edu

Craig McNally, Research Engineer

Center for Injury Biomechanics

Test Equipment Design and Fabrication

cmcnally@vt.edu

Ivette Morazzani, MS Candidate

STriDER: Gait Planning and Standing Up Strategies

RoMeLa Lab Manager

imorazza@vt.edu

Karl Muecke, PhD Candidate

DARwIn: Bipedal Gait Stabilization / RoboCup 2007, 2008

Limbed Robot Programmer / Operator

kmuecke@vt.edu

Ping Ren, PhD Candidate

STriDER: Parallel Mechanism Analysis

RoMeLa Librarian

renping@vt.edu

Mark Showalter, MS Candidate

MARS: Workspace Analysis and Hexapod Gait Generation

Solar Energy System Development

mshowalt@vt.edu

Ya Wang, PhD Candidate

IMPASS: 3D Kinematic Analysis Based on Screw Theory

RoMeLa Paper Review Coordinator

ywang07@vt.edu

Eric Williams, PhD Candidate

Whole Skin Locomotion: Structural Modeling and Actuator Development

Laser Cutting Supervisor

ewilliams@vt.edu

Gabriel Goldman, MS/PhD Candidate

HyDRAS: Hyper-redundant Discrete Robotic Articulated Serpentine

RoMeLa Tour Coordinator

ggoldman@vt.edu

Prof. Dennis W. Hong, PhD

Director of the Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory

dhong@vt.edu

Rob Nguyen, MS Candidate

Monte Carlo Localization

RoboCup 2008, 2009

rnguyen@vt.edu

Nick Thayer, MS Candidate

CIRCA: Climbing Inspection Robot with Compressed Air

thayern@vt.edu

Blake Jeans, MS Candidate

IMPASS: Reactive and Deliberative Motion Control for Rough Terrain Locomotion

jbjeans@vt.edu

Jeakweon Han, PhD Candidate

CHARLI: Cognitive Humanoid Autonomous Robot with Learning Intelligence

PIRE: mini-Hubo

@vt.edu

Viktor Orekhov, MS Candidate

TBD

vlorekhov22@gmail.com

Graduate Students

Undergraduate Students

Visiting Researchers

Current Members

Alumni

Paul D'Angio, Nicholas Milo, Ian Murphy, Brad Pullins, Igor Zamlinsky

Members of Team IMPASS, Team CIRCA, Team VT DARwIn, Team HyDRAS, Team WinRobo, Team BDC

Prof. Seungchul Lim, PhD

Myongji University

slim2001@naver.com

Jin Ho Kyung, PhD

KIMM: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials

jhkyung@kimm.re.kr

Chan Hun Park

KIMM: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials

2007

Chris Hillerich, Lauren Etta, Adnan Haque, Donghyun Kim, Roy Loso, Ryan McDonald, David Park, Abijit Chakraborty, Michael Renner, Michael Val, Ragahv Sampath, Robert Mayo, Derek Lahr, Jeffrey Pillis, David Class, Richard Battle, Jennifer McGuire, Nick Thayer...

And many many more…

Undergraduate Students

Visiting Researchers

Graduate Students

Marilyn Worley, MS June 2007

Experimental Study on the Mobility of Lightweight Vehicles on Sand

Caterpillar

Mark Ingram, MS August 2006

Whole Skin Locomotion Inspired by Amoeboid Motility Mechanisms: Mechanics of the Concentric Solid Tube Model

Corning Optical Fiber

Jeremy Heaston, MS August 2006

Design of a Novel Tripedal Locomotion Robot and Simulation of a Dynamic Gait for a Single Step

ASML

Doug Laney, August 2006

IMPASS: Intelligent Mobility Platform with Active Spoke System

Aqua-Chem Inc.