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 is at ICRA 2025! We hope to see you around the conference.
• We are very proud of Heramb for accepting a faculty position at CSUN! Dr. Nemlekar will start as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering this fall.
• Collab is in the news! Here's a story and video about the Kiri-Spoon.
• Check out the new and improved Kiri-Spoon for robot-assisted feeding! Great work by Maya, Brandon, Casey, Rajat, and Heramb, and special thanks to The Virginia Home.
• Congradulations to Dr. AJ on his new position as an AI Researcher for Foundation.