Welcome to the Collaborative Robotics Lab (Collab) at Virginia Tech! We create learning and control algorithms for robots that collaborate with people. Our goal is to develop intelligent robots that understand — and are understood by — their human partners. These robots personalize their behavior: continually adapting to what the human wants and proactively helping them to achieve their goals. Overall, our research explores the intersection of human-robot interaction, machine learning, and control theory, with applications in personal, interactive, and assistive robots.

News

• Collab visited the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind for a fun afternoon of outreach!
• Congradulations to Dr. Mehta on his new position at Fujitsu! Shaunak successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation Robot See Robot Do. We are very proud of all of his accomplishments!
• Our RISO project makes headlines! Video and story here.
• Collab was featured in the VT Doodle during our recent outreach event.
• It's been 5 years since Collab started at VT! Here's a writeup of our progress.