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BYU robotics labs unite students and faculty around autonomy, control, field robotics, dynamics, and intelligent systems. Explore each team to find its people, projects, and opportunities.

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Compliant Mechanisms and Robotics Group logo

Mechanical Engineering

Compliant Mechanisms and Robotics Group

The BYU Compliant Mechanisms and Robotics Group (CMR) involves students and faculty who strive to make an impact by creating compliant mechanism theories and applications that are novel, used by others, and make a difference for good.

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FROST Lab logo

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

FROST Lab

Field robotics research focused on resilient autonomous systems operating in challenging environments.

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Human Centered Machine Intelligence Lab logo

Computer Science

Human Centered Machine Intelligence Lab

Applying Network AI to poverty mitigation, and assurance modeling for human-robot teams.

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Laboratory For Interactive Machines logo

Computer Science

Laboratory For Interactive Machines

Artificial intelligence; multi-agent systems; robotics; human-machine cooperation; machine learning

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MAGICC Lab logo

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

MAGICC Lab

The MAGICC Lab, or Multiple AGent Intelligent Coordination and Control Lab, focuses on research in navigation, guidance, and control for teams of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles. The lab’s work includes cooperative GPS-denied navigation, UAS autopilot software through ROSflight, and sense-and-avoid methods for micro air vehicles. More broadly, the lab develops algorithms and systems that enable autonomous vehicles to coordinate effectively, operate in challenging environments, and support collaborative robotic missions.

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Robotic Vision Lab logo

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Robotic Vision Lab

Robotic Vision Lab, established in 2004 by Dr. DJ Lee, is dedicated to research in visual computing for robotic applications. The lab’s current research areas encompass artificial intelligence, high-performance visual computing, robotic vision, and visual inspection automation.

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Robotics and Dynamics Lab logo

Mechanical Engineering

Robotics and Dynamics Lab

The Robotics and Dynamics Laboratory is a research group at Brigham Young University that focuses on the modeling and control of robotic platforms with compliance.

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