Joel W. Burdick
Richard L. and Dorothy M. Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Research Scientist
B.S., Duke University, 1981; M.S., Stanford University, 1982; Ph.D., 1988. Assistant Professor, Caltech, 1988-94; Associate Professor, 1994-2000; Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 2000-02; Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering, 2002-12; Executive Officer for Bioengineering, 2006-07; Hayman Professor, 2012-; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Research Scientist, 2014-.
Research interests: robotics, kinematics, mechanical systems and control
Overview
Professor Burdick focuses on robotics, kinematics, mechanical systems and control. Active research areas include: robotic locomotion, sensor-based motion planning algorithms, multi-fingered robotic manipulation, applied nonlinear control theory, neural prosthetics, and medical applications of robotics.
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- Dixit, Anushri;Fan, David D. et al. (2024) STEP: Stochastic Traversability Evaluation and Planning for Risk-Aware Navigation; Results from the DARPA Subterranean ChallengeIEEE Transactions on Field Robotics
- Akella, Prithvi;Dixit, Anushri et al. (2024) Sample-based bounds for coherent risk measures: Applications to policy synthesis and verificationArtificial Intelligence
- Daş, Ersin;Ames, Aaron D. et al. (2024) Rollover Prevention for Mobile Robots With Control Barrier Functions: Differentiator-Based Adaptation and Projection-to-State SafetyIEEE Control Systems Letters
- Vaquero, T. S.;Daddi, G. et al. (2024) EELS: Autonomous snake-like robot with task and motion planning capabilities for ice world explorationScience Robotics
- Li, Albert H.;Culbertson, Preston et al. (2023) FRoGGeR: Fast Robust Grasp Generation via the Min-Weight Metric
- Thakker, Rohan;Paton, Michael et al. (2023) EELS: Towards Autonomous Mobility in Extreme Terrain with a Versatile Snake Robot with Resilience to Exteroception Failures
- Daş, Ersin;Burdick, Joel W. (2023) An Active Learning Based Robot Kinematic Calibration Framework Using Gaussian Processes
- Touma, Thomas;Daş, Ersin et al. (2023) Towards Robust, Resilient Ocean World Science Sampling Systems
- Dixit, Anushri;Fan, David D. et al. (2023) STEP: Stochastic Traversability Evaluation and Planning for Risk-Aware Off-road Navigation; Results from the DARPA Subterranean Challenge
- Veismann, Marcel;Raffel, Jan et al. (2023) Study of Rotor-Jetpack-Wind Aerodynamic Interaction for Mid-Air Helicopter Delivery on Mars
Related Courses
2023-24
ME/CDS 235 ab – Advanced Robotics: Kinematics
2022-23
ME/CDS/EE 234 ab – Advanced Robotics: Planning
2021-22
ME/CDS/EE 234 ab – Advanced Robotics