{"id":826,"date":"2025-07-22T10:24:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/?page_id=826"},"modified":"2025-08-18T09:39:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T13:39:35","slug":"robotics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/research\/areas\/robotics\/","title":{"rendered":"Robotics and Control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--large)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/robotics-primary.jpg\" alt=\"Two graduate students work with a robotic arm in an advanced manufacturing lab. \" class=\"wp-image-828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/robotics-primary.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/robotics-primary-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/robotics-primary-1024x546.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/robotics-primary-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/robotics-primary-1536x819.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/robotics-primary-2048x1092.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center utkwds-superhead has-condensed-font-family has-large-font-size\" style=\"padding-bottom:0;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">Department Research Areas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">Robotics and Control<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-25f0f0a0 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-orange-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-orange-background-color has-background\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Several mechanical and aerospace engineering faculty specialize in advancing robotics and control systems. From surgical robots that improve patient health outcomes to autonomous vehicles controlling spacecraft, our faculty understand how systems move. This departmental topic also intersects with advanced manufacturing activities, controlling the robot and cobot (robots designed to function safely around human operators) devices that enable new methods of manufacturing. These faculty apply their expertise to fundamental and highly applied research areas, from startup companies to space systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width:100%\"><div style=\"width: 15%;height: 10px;margin: 40px 0 px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty Researchers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following faculty work on research around robotics and control. Visit their profile pages to learn more about their specific areas of research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide utkwds-link-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium)\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-utkwds-link-group-3up\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/faculty\/subhadeep-chakraborty\/\">Subhadeep Chakraborty<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/pingen-chen\/\">Pingen Chen<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/faculty\/tayfun-efe-ertop\/\">Tayfun Ertop<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/faculty\/bradley-jared\/\">Bradley Jared<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/faculty\/caleb-rucker\/\">Caleb Rucker<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/faculty\/yang-wang\">Yang Wang<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/faculty\/zhenbo-wang\/\">Zhenbo Wang<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department Research Areas Robotics and Control Several mechanical and aerospace engineering faculty specialize in advancing robotics and control systems. 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