Robotics, autonomy, and control systems study design, planning, and control of physical agents and autonomous systems to perform tasks in dynamic, uncertain environments. Research covers perception, motion planning, control theory, learning for robotics, human-robot interaction, and multi-agent coordination.
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  • 2024 Red Hat Collaboratory Research Incubation Award Recipients

    December 14, 2023
    By Ken Rudolph, Hariri Institute The Red Hat Collaboratory at Boston University has announced the recipients of its 2024 Research Incubation Awards. Twelve new and renewed research projects received nearly $2 million in funding to support research in topics ranging from reconfigurable hardware to homomorphic encryption, energy efficiency, and training models for autonomous vehicles. This […]

  • A Real-Time Change Detection Algorithm

    May 14, 2021
    BY GINA MANTICA Robots navigate around a room thanks to cameras and algorithms that help them process images. But, as a robot starts moving around, so does the camera’s field of view. To control a robot’s movements and prevent it from crashing into objects, it needs to excel at change detection – or the process […]

  • Alyssa Pierson Receives MassRobotics Rising Star Award

    June 23, 2023
    By Maureen Stanton, Hariri Institute for Computing Hariri Faculty Affiliate Alyssa N. Pierson received the inaugural MassRobotics Rising Star in Robotics Medal for her key contributions to the cooperative, distributed control of multi-agent teams. The Rising Star in Robotics Medal recognizes up and coming woman-identifying persons making strides and advancing the field of robotics. The […]

  • Autonomous Vehicles Steer Cities Into the Future

    February 10, 2026
    Insights from a “Nature” Interview with Professor Christos Cassandras Christos Cassandras, Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Head of the Division of Systems, and Hariri Institute Faculty Affiliate at Boston University, is helping shape the future of autonomous transportation through a vision of connected, cooperative vehicles. Christos Cassandras, Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Head of the Division […]

  • BU ENG Researcher Wenchao Li Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

    March 12, 2024
    By Maureen Stanton Wenchao Li, an ENG assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering with affiliate appointments in systems engineering and computer science, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).  Li’s research sits at the intersection of formal methods and machine learning, with a focus on […]

  • Cars that learn how to drive themselves by watching other cars

    June 30, 2021
    BY GINA MANTICA Self-driving cars are powered by machine learning algorithms that require vast amounts of driving data in order to function safely. But if self-driving cars could learn to drive in the same way that babies learn to walk - by watching others around them and trying to mimic certain movements - they would […]

  • Eshed Ohn-Bar Recognized with College of Engineering Early Career Research Excellence Award

    April 9, 2025
    By Maureen L. Stanton Hariri Institute Junior Faculty Fellow Eshed Ohn-Bar has received the Boston University College of Engineering (ENG) Early Career Research Excellence Award for 2025.  Ohn-Bar, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, leads the Human-to-Everything (H2X) Lab at BU, which develops intelligent technologies with robust autonomy and real-time assistance capabilities. His research […]

  • From Self-Driving Labs to Community-Driven Labs

    February 19, 2026
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    Introducing the Robotics & Autonomous Systems Teaching and Innovation Center (RASTIC)

    March 5, 2024
    Video by Natalie Williams By Maureen Stanton An autonomous robot cut the ceremonial ribbon at the grand opening of Boston University’s $8.8 million Robotics & Autonomous Systems Teaching and Innovation Center (RASTIC). Held March 4th, the grand opening included talks from state, industry and university leadership; facility tours; and 16 student demonstrations of robotic projects, spanning […]

  • Making the Future Happen with Mark Raibert

    September 19, 2024
    Hariri Institute and CISE host Distinguished Speaker Marc Raibert, Executive Director of the RAI Institute and founder of Boston Dynamics  By Alex Grzybowski When many people think of robots, Terminator or I, Robot comes to mind: dystopian sci-fi thrillers where robots are actively trying to destroy humanity. However, current applications of robots do not support […]