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

Dallas Swindle.

Art at Scale: Making Big Things that Glow

Dallas Swindle

Nathan Kirchner.

My name is Nathan & I think... interacting with robots is needlessly painful

Nathan Kirchner

Michael Gleicher.

Ranged Kinematics and Time of Flight Sensors for Shared Autonomy Robotic Systems

Michael Gleicher

Favour Aderinto.

A Handful of HRI Papers

Favour Aderinto, Ramya Challa, Mark Giolando, Vivek Mallapati, Stayce Mockel

Sameh Tawfick.

Materials, Mechanics, and Performance of Artificial Muscles in Robotics

Sameh Tawfick

Matei Ciocarlie.

We (finally) have dexterous robotic manipulation. Now what?

Matei Ciocarlie

Katherine Tsui.

Physical and Social Assistance for Aging Society

Katherine Tsui

Ali Jones and Miranda Cravetz.

Robotics Town Hall

Ali Jones & Miranda Cravetz

Devin Roach.

4D Printing: 3D Printing of Shape Morphing Materials for Soft Robotics

Devin Roach

Nadia Figueroa.

Safety, Adaptation and Efficient Learning in Physical Human-Robot Interaction: A Dynamical Systems Approach

Nadia Figueroa

Sonia Chernova.

Autonomy in the Human World: Developing Robots that Handle the Diversity of Human Lives

Sonia Chernova

Nils Wilde.

Preference Learning and Multi-Objective Planning for Autonomous Systems

Dr. Nils Wilde

Peter Asaro head shot.

AI For Deception, Manipulation & Coercion: Towards a Theory and Regulation

Peter Asaro

Faculty working on a robot.

AI, Robots, and Civil Liability

Cindy Grimm

Brian Flynn.

Evaluating Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Performance and Generalizability

Brian Flynn

Benji Barash.

Surviving the Flood (of Rosbags)

Benji Barash

Cristina Wilson.

Proposals, publications, and field work (oh my!): A year in the life of an early career, soft money research faculty

Cristina Wilson

Leonardo Bobadilla.

Solving Robotics Tasks in Sensing, Model, and Privacy Challenged Environments

Dr. Leonardo Bobadilla

OSU Crest.

Four Talks about Robots (IROS Edition)

Scott Chow, Kyle DuFrene, Rafael Morales, and Mayoral Yanhao Yang

Faculty working on a robot.

State of the Robotics Program

Cindy Grimm