Welcome to the BEAR Lab 🐻

At the Bioinspired Embodied AI and Robotics (BEAR) Lab, we envision a world where robots and AI serve as agents that support and empower people.

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Research Areas

For more details, see our Projects page.

1. Robotics for Human Assistance
   We design and build robots that support people in daily life, rehabilitation, and healthcare. Current directions include wearable robots for mobility and rehabilitation, as well as home-assistive robots that enhance independence and quality of life.

2. Bioinspired Robots and AI
   Nature has evolved elegant solutions to many complex engineering challenges. We aim to make bioinspiration more systematic and computational, leveraging algorithms and simulations to uncover design principles from biology.

3. Embodied/Physical AI for Robotics
   Artificial intelligence—particularly generative AI and physical AI—offers new ways to design and control robots. We study how AI can:

   • Design robots (shaping morphology and mechanisms)
   • Control robots (adapting to uncertain, real-world environments)
   • Co-design body and brain simultaneously, optimizing robots for task-specific performance.

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