22 faculty and 12 courses in Robotics Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
- Jane Li, Associate Professor, Robotics Engineering h-index 48
Human-robot Interaction Tele-Nursing Robots Perception-action Coupling Exoskeleton for stroke rehabilitation Scholarly Work Kenechukwu C. Mbanisi, Hideyuki Kimpara, Tess Meier, Michael Gennert and Zhi Li “Learning Coordinated Vehicle Maneuv
Notable: “A state-of-the-art review on magnetorheological elastomer devices” (2014) · 646 citations
- Gregory Fischer, Professor, Robotics Engineering h-index 41
Medical robotics, MRI-compatible mechatronics, computer-assisted and image-guided surgery, sensors and actuator development, soft wearable devices, socially assistive robots, and robotics education. For a full, up to date citation l
Notable: “An open-source research kit for the da Vinci® Surgical System” (2014) · 498 citations
- Cagdas Onal, Associate Professor, Robotics Engineering h-index 36
Soft Robotics Printable Robotics Bio-inspiration Control Theory Scholarly Work An Origami-Inspired Approach to Worm Robots 2012 Meshworm: A peristaltic soft robot with antagonistic nickel titanium coil actuators 2012 Soft Mobile Robots with
Notable: “Soft Robotics: Review of Fluid‐Driven Intrinsically Soft Devices; Manufacturing, Sensing, Control, and Applications in Human‐Robot Interaction” (2017) · 1,030 citations
- Jing Xiao, Professor & Department Head, Robotics Engineering h-index 30
Robotics Haptics Multi-Modal Perception Artificial Intelligence Professional Affiliations IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Professional Highlights & Honors IEEE Fellow See
Notable: “Haptic display for virtual reality: progress and challenges” (2019) · 242 citations
- Carlo Pinciroli, Associate Professor, Robotics Engineering h-index 28
Swarm robotics Swarm intelligence Multi-robot systems Software engineering Modeling and simulations Algorithm design Human-robot interaction Scholarly Work Current list of publications available online. Professional Affiliations ACM Member
Notable: “ARGoS: a modular, parallel, multi-engine simulator for multi-robot systems” (2012) · 540 citations
- Berk Calli, Associate Professor, Robotics Engineering h-index 19
Robotic manipulation Robot vision Machine learning Dexterous manipulation Environmental Robotics Professional Affiliations FORW-RD NRT Program NSF I/UCRC Robots and Sensors for Human Well-being News Chev Right Icon of hollow arrow pointing
Notable: “The YCB object and Model set: Towards common benchmarks for manipulation research” (2015) · 810 citations
- Giovanni Pittiglio, Assistant Professor, Robotics Engineering h-index 15
Medical Robots and Devices Scholarly Work Prof. Pittiglio’s group focuses on developing technologies and robots to improve medical diagnosis and treatment, with the goal of equalizing medical care. Full list of publications in Google Schola
Notable: “Challenges of continuum robots in clinical context: a review” (2020) · 271 citations
- Loris Fichera, Associate Professor, Robotics Engineering h-index 15
In the application of robotics and computer science to enhance medicine, and particularly surgery. What gets me out of bed in the morning is the prospect of helping doctors save lives and improve the quality of life of their patients. M
Notable: “Through the Eustachian Tube and Beyond: A New Miniature Robotic Endoscope to See Into the Middle Ear” (2017) · 39 citations
- William Michalson, Professor, Robotics Engineering h-index 13
Es on the development, testing, and evaluation of systems for both civilian and military applications with a special emphasis on techniques focused on indoor, underground, or otherwise GPS-deprived situations. My interests in communication
Notable: “Robot Operating System 2” (2018) · 162 citations
- Guanrui Li, Assistant Professor, Robotics Engineering h-index 10
Notable: “Electrospun PVDF/PAN membrane for pressure sensor and sodium-ion battery separator” (2021) · 166 citations
- Connor McCann, Assistant Professor, Robotics Engineering h-index 8
Es on hybrid-stiffness mechanisms at the intersection of rigid and soft robotics. He is interested in the underlying mechanics that govern the non-trivial interactions between rigid and soft materials, and how these interactions can enable
Notable: “Unfolding Textile-Based Pneumatic Actuators for Wearable Applications” (2021) · 89 citations
- Nitin Sanket, Assistant Professor, Robotics Engineering h-index 1
Notable: “Milliwatt ultrasound for navigation in visually degraded environments on palm-sized aerial robots” (2026) · 1 citations
- Andre Rosendo, Assistant Teaching Professor, Robotics Engineering
- Constantinos Chamzas, Assistant Professor, Robotics Engineering
Of the lab are planning efficiency, planning under uncertainty, and planning from visual inputs. For more information, see this page . I have received my Diploma from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki as an Electrical and Computer Engine
Notable: “Expansion-GRR: Efficient Generation of Smooth Global Redundancy Resolution Roadmaps” (2024)
- Fiona Yuan, Assistant Professor, Robotics Engineering
Socially assistive robotics, multimodal HRI, human-centered embodied AI, robot-… Media Coverage Chev Right Icon of hollow arrow pointing right Arrow Right Icon of arrow pointing right See More Media Coverage Boston Globe As Mass. population
- Greg Lewin, Associate Teaching Professor, Robotics Engineering
- Griffin Tabor, Assistant Teaching Professor, Robotics Engineering
- Haichong Zhang, Associate Professor, Robotics Engineering
- Kevin Leahy, Assistant Professor, Robotics Engineering
- Mohammad Mahdi Agheli Hajiabadi, Associate Teaching Professor, Robotics Engineering
Legged Robotics Parallel Robots Soft Robotics Announcements WPI Faculty & Students bring hands-on STEM activities to Family STEM Night at Boys & Girls Club, Worcester December 04, 2024 THE CAMPAIGN FOR WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUT
- Vincent Aloi, Assistant Teaching Professor, Robotics Engineering
Ed on continuum robotics and covered mechanical modeling, sensing, and controlling flexible structures. This research has been published and presented to various IEEE robotics conferences and journals. Currently, Vince has shifted focus to
- Wei Xiao, Assistant Professor, Robotics Engineering
Safety-critical control theory and trustworthy machine learning, with particular emphasis on robotics and multi-agent systems.
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.