Rice University · Computer Science
Where robots Physically Interact with the world
The Robotics and Physical Interactions Lab builds manipulation systems that are efficient, robust, and general. Meet the PI: Kaiyu Hang
Robots that work through contact, not around it.
We study robotic systems that physically interact with other robots, people, and the world. By developing algorithms in learning, optimization, planning, estimation, and control, we work toward general, robust, dexterous, dynamic, and forceful manipulation that holds up under real-world uncertainty.
- Robot learning
- Learning from videos
- Reinforcement learning
- Agentic robotic systems
- Grasping
- In-hand manipulation
- Nonprehensile manipulation
- Dual-arm manipulation
- Mobile manipulation
- Multi-robot manipulation