Focus Area: Robotics

Robotics is an emerging area at CSM that merges research in mechanical design, control systems, sensing, and mechatronics to develop automated and autonomous systems that can be used to carry out tasks that are dirty, dangerous, dull, or difficult.

Proposed Lunar Outpost Configuration in 2023

Focus areas in robotics at CSM include autonomous mobile robots, robotic welding, manipulators and mobile manipulators, and vision-based robotics, especially problems in localization. Applications can be found in military systems, materials processing, and mining, among others. Participating graduate students come from a variety of backgrounds and typically specialize in mechanical or electrical engineering, or engineering systems degree program in the engineering division. Note that most of the robotics research at CSM is carried out under the auspices of the Center for Automation, Robotics, and Distributed Intelligence (CARDI): http://egweb.mines.edu/cardi/. Many faculty working in robotics are also affiliated with the Sensing, Communication, and Control group.

Faculty and their Projects
Cara Coad — Mechanical Design
Bill Hoff — Image Processing, Digital Systems, Computers
Bob King — Mobile Robotics, Applications
Kevin Moore — Control Systems, Autonomous Mobile Robotics
John Steele — Robotics, Control, Mechatronics
Tyrone Vincent — Control Systems, Estimation
Manoja Weiss — RF/Wireless Communications, Tethered Robotics