This NASA Jet Propulsion Lab group performs research, development, and tests of mobile robots in support of planetary exploration missions and terrestrial applications for NASA and other Government agencies.
NASA group responsible for robotics and planetary rover research for the agency prior to 1997.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology research group specializing in autonomous control of robots in uncertain and highly dynamic environments.
Research topics include environment mapping and path planning.
University of Illinois group based at the Beckman Institute. Specializes in robot vision technologies such as curved object recognition and structure from motion algorithms.
Specializes in sensor data fusion for mobile robots. Based at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey
Research into the issues relating to automation of mining. Projects include automated digital terrain mapping, undersea exploration and mining, and rapid roadway development. Based at The Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies in Australia.
Research topics include sensor based motion planning, robot locomotion, control theory, medical robotics, and modular robots.
Specializes in topological simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) techniques as well as the development of highly-articulated snake robots, painting robots, and demining robots.
Research topics include computer vision, distributed manipulation, and micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS). Based at the Computer Science department of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States.
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