Robotics Seminars

The Robotics Seminar series highlights innovative research and industry developments in robotics, featuring distinguished speakers from academia, government, and industry. Seminars are typically held on Fridays at 11 a.m. in 230 Rogers Hall, with occasional special sessions throughout the term.

Upcoming Seminars

 

Past Events

November 2025 to present

 

Seminars prior to November 2025

Tom Williams.

"Degrees of Freedom: On Robotics and Social Justice"

Dr. Tom Williams

Rogers Hall 230
Dr. Ashish Kapoor.

GRID: A Platform for General Robot Intelligence Development

Dr. Ashish Kapoor

Rogers Hall 230
Joydeep Diswas next to a robot.

Teaching Robots To "Get It Right"

Dr. Joydeep Biswas

Rogers Hall 230
Close-up of curved wooden architectural surfaces against a blue sky.

Building Material Intelligence

Dr. Dylan Wood

Rogers Hall 230
Matthew Gombolay holding a small robot.

Value Alignment and Safety via Interactive and Explainable Human-Robot Learning

Dr. Matthew Gombolay

Rogers Hall 230
Evan Ackerman flanked by two small robots.

Robots For People Who Know Nothing ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Robots

Evan Ackerman

Covell Hall 221
Avik De.

Power-efficient Autonomous Mobile Robots

Dr. Avik De

Covell Hall 221
David Kaber.

Unmanned Systems Research and a Framework of Autonomous and Automated Agents

Dr. David Kaber

Covell Hall 221
Carina M. Buzo Tipton.

Access, Belonging, and Success: DEI Guidance for Research

Dr. Carina M. Buzo Tipton

Covell Hall 221
Brittany Duncan holding a small drone.

Improving Drones to Interact with Everyone

Dr. Brittany Duncan

Covell Hall 221
V Nguyen.

Empowering Independence & Enhancing Quality of Life with the Stretch Mobile

V Nguyen

Covell Hall 221
Huang Yi.

A Special Seminar on the Intersection of Performing Art and Robotics

Huang Yi

Rogers Hall 226
Melisa Martinez.

From Haptic Devices to Interactive Machines: Unlocking the Power of our Touch Sense

Melisa Martinez

Covell Hall 221
Mark Yim.

CHAMPS, a Conformable, Highly Articulated, Multi-Purpose Scalable Robot Arm

Mark Yim

Covell Hall 221
Cindy Grimm.

State of the Robotics Program

Cindy Grimm

Covell Hall 221
OSU Crest.

Multi-Robot Data Collection

Victoria Edwards

Rogers 226

Multi-Modal Continuum Model-Based Design For Soft Robotics

Dr. Brian Van Stratum

Rogers 226
Tesca Fitzgerald.

Getting Robots to Ask Good Questions

Tesca Fitzgerald

Rogers Hall 226
Marcus Rosette.

An Itchiness of ICRA Papers, and a Mass of AAMAS Papers

Rogers Hall 230
Paul Robinette.

Building Trustworthy, Fieldable Robotics

Paul Robinette

Rogers Hall 230