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Correll, Nikolaus J

Professor

Positions

Professor, Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering (ECEE)
Professor, Computer Science

Research Areas

Research

research overview

My research focuses on robotic manipulation with an emphasis on humanoid robots. I'm also interested in 'materials that make robots smart', that is materials that tightly integrate sensing, actuation, computation and communication to create robotic skin, finger tips or muscles.

keywords

Robotic Manipulation, Assembly, Multi-robot systems, Swarm Robotics, Smart Materials, Spatial Computing, Swarm Intelligence, Manufacturing

Publications

selected publications

book
chapter
- Interview with Nikolaus Correll: Robotic Materials 2021
- Robotic materials for robot autonomy. 295-307. 2019
- Improving Grasp Performance Using In-Hand Proximity and Contact Sensing. 146-160. 2018
- Foreword 2018
- Robotic Grasping and Manipulation. Communications in Computer and Information Science. 2018
- Probabilistic Modeling of Swarming Systems. 1423-1432. 2015
- Organizing the Aggregate: Languages for Spatial Computing. 436-501. 2013
conference proceeding
- A Machine Learning Approach to Contact Localization in Variable Density Three-Dimensional Tactile Artificial Skin 2024
- DeliGrasp: Inferring Object Properties with LLMs for Adaptive Grasp Policies 2024
- Just Add Force for Contact-Rich Robot Policies 2024
- Optimal decision making in robotic assembly and other trial-and-error tasks. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 10074-10081. 2023
- Early failure prediction during robotic assembly using Transformers 2023
- A versatile robotic hand with 3D perception, force sensing for autonomous manipulation 2023
- Distributed Tactile Sensors for Palmar Surfaces of Prosthetic Hands. International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering : [proceedings]. International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering. 2023
- Toward semi-autonomous prosthetic hand control: applying embedded neural networks to improve sensor fusion in prosthetic fingertip sensors 2022
- High-Bandwidth Nonlinear Control for Soft Actuators with Recursive Network Models. 589-599. 2020
- Embedded Neural Networks for Robot Autonomy. 242-257. 2019
- SIRONA: Sustainable Integration of Regenerative Outer-space Nature and Agriculture. Part 1--Architecture and Technology 2019
- Fault-Tolerant Covariance Intersection for Localizing Robot Swarms. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 2018
- System Identification and Closed-Loop Control of a Hydraulically Amplified Self-Healing Electrostatic (HASEL) Actuator. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 6417-6423. 2018
- Materials That Make Robots Smart. 41-48. 2017
- New Directions: Wireless Robotic Materials 2017
- Wireless Robotic Materials 2017
- Manufacturing of Multifunctional soft composites with integrated proximity and tactile sensing 2017
- Force Sensing Prosthetic Fingertip using Elastomer-Embedded Commodity Infrared Proximity Sensor. 2017
- Functionalized Textiles for Interactive Soft Robotics 2017
- Terrain Sensitive Tires for Autonomous Driving 2017
- In-Material Computation of High-Bandwidth Sensor Signals in Robotic Skin 2017
- Recognizing social touch gestures using recurrent and convolutional neural networks. 2315-2321. 2017
- Merging Local and Global 3D Perception using Contact Sensing 2017
- Distributed Camouflage for Swarm Robotics and Smart Materials. 359-371. 2016
- Distributed Convolutional Neural Networks for Human Activity Recognition in Wearable Robotics. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. 619-631. 2016
- Distributed camouflage for swarm robotics and smart materials. Autonomous Robots. 1635-1650. 2016
- Improving Grasp Performance Using In-Hand Proximity and Dynamic Tactile Sensing. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. 185-194. 2016
- Simulating Chemical Reactions Using a Swarm of Miniature Robots. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 305-316. 2016
- Integrated force and distance sensing using elastomer-embedded commodity proximity sensors 2016
- Distributed Inverse Kinematics for Shape-Changing Robotic Materials. Procedia Technology. 4-11. 2016
- Detecting and Identifying Tactile Gestures using Deep Autoencoders, Geometric Moments and Gesture Level Features. 415-422. 2015
- A Response Threshold Sigmoid Function Model for Swarm Robot Collaboration. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. 193-206. 2015
- A Soft Pneumatic Actuator that Can Sense Grasp and Touch. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 2317-2323. 2015
- Fast Sample-Based Planning for Dynamic Systems by Zero-Control Linearization-Based Steering. 453-469. 2015
- Experience-Based Planning with Sparse Roadmap Spanners. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 900-905. 2015
- Simultaneous Localization, Mapping, and Manipulation for Unsupervised Object Discovery. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 1344-1351. 2015
- A Stick-Slip Omnidirectional Powertrain for Low-Cost Swarm Robotics: Mechanism, Calibration, and Control. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 846-851. 2014
- Optimal Parameter Identification for Discrete Mechanical Systems with Application to Flexible Object Manipulation. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 898-905. 2014
- C-FOREST: Parallel Shortest-Path Planning with Super Linear Speedup. Proceedings International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling, ICAPS. 532-535. 2014
- Precise Assembly of 3D Truss Structures Using EKF-Based Error Prediction and Correction. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. 507-521. 2014
- Robotic Manipulation for Identification of Flexible Objects. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. 133-147. 2014
- Shape Change Through Programmable Stiffness. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. 893-907. 2014
- A Soft, Amorphous Skin that can Sense and Localize Textures. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 1844-1851. 2014
- Miniature Six-channel Range and Bearing System: Algorithm, Analysis and Experimental Validation. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 6180-6185. 2014
- Abstracting Perception and Manipulation in End-User Robot Programming using Sikuli. IEEE Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications, TePRA. 2014
- Assembly Path Planning for Stable Robotic Construction. IEEE Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications, TePRA. 2014
- Truss Assembly and Welding by Intelligent Precision Jigging Robots. IEEE Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications, TePRA. 2014
- Towards Real-Time Trinocular Visual Odometry. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 1424-1429. 2013
- Navigation with Foraging. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 3150-3157. 2013
- Precise Truss Assembly using Commodity Parts and Low Precision Welding. IEEE Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications, TePRA. 2013
- Trinocular Visual Odometry for Divergent Views with Minimal Overlap. 229-236. 2013
- Establishing Multi-Cast Groups in Computational Robotic Materials. 311-316. 2012
- A One-Hour Curriculum to Engage Middle School Students in Robotics and Computer Science Using Cubelets. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. 165-176. 2012
- Object Transportation by Granular Convection Using Swarm Robots. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. 135-147. 2012
- Bloom Filter-Based Ad Hoc Multicast Communication in Cyber-Physical Systems and Computational Materials. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 595-606. 2012
- Self-Assembly of Modular Robots from Finite Number of Modules Using Graph Grammars. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 2011
- Decentralized Self-Repair to Maintain Connectivity and Coverage in Networked Multi-Robot Systems. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 2011
- Any-Corn Multi-robot Path-Planning: Maximizing Collaboration for Variable Bandwidth. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. 161-173. 2010
- Object Interaction Language (OIL): An Intent-based Language for Programming Self-Organized Sensor/Actuator Networks. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 6113-6118. 2010
- Building a Distributed Robot Garden. 1509-1516. 2009
- Ad-hoc Wireless Network Coverage with Networked Robots that Cannot Localize. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 3554-+. 2009
- PCP: The Personal Commute Portal. 353-354. 2008
- SwisTrack - A Flexible Open Source Tracking Software for Multi-Agent Systems. 4004-+. 2008
- Social control of herd animals by integration of artificially controlled congeners. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 437-446. 2008
- Parameter estimation and optimal control of swarm-robotic systems: A case study in distributed task allocation. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 3302-3307. 2008
- Robust distributed coverage using a swarm of miniature robots. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 379-384. 2007
- SwisTrack: a tracking tool for multi-unit robotic and biological systems. 2185-+. 2006
- System identification of self-organizing robotic swarms. 31-+. 2006
- Comparing coordination schemes for miniature robotic swarms: A case study in boundary coverage of regular structures. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. 471-480. 2006
- Address long term follow up: One year safety and efficacy evaluation. Critical Care Medicine. A150-A150. 2006
- Modeling and analysis of beaconless and beacon-based policies for a swarm-intelligent inspection system. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 2477-2482. 2005
- Modeling and optimization of a swarm-intelligent inspection system. 369-+. 2004
- Collective inspection of regular structures using a swarm of miniature robots. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. 375-+. 2004
journal article
- A multifunctional soft robotic shape display with high-speed actuation, sensing, and control. Nature Communications. 2023
- Embedded Magnetic Sensing for Feedback Control of Soft HASEL Actuators. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 808-822. 2023
- Toward smart composites: Small-scale, untethered prediction and control for soft sensor/actuator systems. Journal of Composite Materials. 4025-4039. 2022
- Electro-Hydraulic Rolling Soft Wheel: Design, Hybrid Dynamic Modeling, and Model Predictive Control. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 3044-3063. 2022
- SIRONA: Sustainable Integration of Regenerative Outer-space Nature and Agriculture. Part 2-Design Development and Projected Performance. Acta Astronautica. 350-368. 2022
- Augmented reality for human-swarm interaction in a swarm-robotic chemistry simulation. Artificial Life and Robotics. 407-415. 2022
- Miniaturized Circuitry for Capacitive Self-Sensing and Closed-Loop Control of Soft Electrostatic Transducers. Soft Robotics. 673-686. 2021
- Mobile Manipulation Hackathon Moving Into Real-World Applications. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine. 112-124. 2021
- Identification and Control of a Nonlinear Soft Actuator and Sensor System. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 3783-3790. 2020
- Robots and autonomous systems, SI DARS 2018. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 2020
- Autonomous industrial assembly using force, torque, and RGB-D sensing. Advanced Robotics. 546-559. 2020
- Robots assembling machines: learning from the World Robot Summit 2018 Assembly Challenge. Advanced Robotics. 408-421. 2020
- Fault-tolerant Covariance Intersection for localizing robot swarms. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 2019
- Materials that make robots smart. International Journal of Robotics Research. 1338-1351. 2019
- Multi-modal prosthetic fingertip sensor with proximity, contact, and force localization capabilities. Advances in Mechanical Engineering. 2019
- Dynamic teams of robots as ad hoc distributed computers: reducing the complexity of multi-robot motion planning via subspace selection. Autonomous Robots. 1691-1713. 2018
- Shape-Changing Materials Using Variable Stiffness and Distributed Control. Soft Robotics. 737-747. 2018
- Integrated proximity, contact and force sensing using elastomer-embedded commodity proximity sensors. Autonomous Robots. 1443-1458. 2018
- A Robotic Skin for Collision Avoidance and Affective Touch Recognition. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 1386-1393. 2018
- Analysis and Observations From the First Amazon Picking Challenge. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 172-188. 2018
- Wireless Online Impact Source Localization on a Composite. Procedia Manufacturing. 319-324. 2018
- Soft Robotics: Review of Fluid-Driven Intrinsically Soft Devices; Manufacturing, Sensing, Control, and Applications in Human-Robot Interaction. Advanced Engineering Materials. 2017
- Will robots be bodies with brains or brains with bodies?. Science Robotics. 2017
- Intelligent RF-Based Gesture Input Devices Implemented Using e-Textiles. Sensors. 2017
- Textile-based wearables. 40-50. 2017
- Consensus or Deadlock? Consequences of Simple Behavioral Rules for Coordination in Group Decisions. PLoS ONE. 2016
- Consensus or deadlock? Consequences of simple behavioral rules for coordination in group decisions 2016
- Modeling multi-robot task allocation with limited information as global game. Swarm Intelligence. 147-160. 2016
- Precise assembly of 3D truss structures using MLE-based error prediction and correction. International Journal of Robotics Research. 1622-1644. 2015
- Distributed Spatiotemporal Gesture Recognition in Sensor Arrays. ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems. 2015
- Texture recognition and localization in amorphous robotic skin. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics. 2015
- Thermoplastic variable stiffness composites with embedded, networked sensing, actuation, and control. Journal of Composite Materials. 1799-1808. 2015
- Materials that couple sensing, actuation, computation, and communication. Science. 2015
- Precise truss assembly using commodity parts and low precision welding. Intelligent Service Robotics. 93-102. 2014
- C-FOREST: Parallel Shortest Path Planning With Superlinear Speedup. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 798-806. 2013
- A One-Year Introductory Robotics Curriculum for Computer Science Upperclassmen. IEEE Transactions on Education. 54-60. 2013
- Modeling and designing self-organized aggregation in a swarm of miniature robots. International Journal of Robotics Research. 615-626. 2011
- Multi-level spatial modeling for stochastic distributed robotic systems. International Journal of Robotics Research. 574-589. 2011
- Indoor robot gardening: design and implementation. Intelligent Service Robotics. 219-232. 2010
- From swarm robotics to smart materials. Neural Computing and Applications. 785-786. 2010
- Collaborative coverage using a swarm of networked miniature robots. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 517-525. 2009
- Multirobot Inspection of Industrial Machinery From Distributed Coverage Algorithms to Experiments with Miniature Robotic Swarms. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine. 103-112. 2009
- Distributed boundary coverage with a team of networked miniature robots using a robust market-based algorithm. Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence. 307-333. 2008
- Social integration of robots into groups of cockroaches to control self-organized choices. Science. 1155-1158. 2007

Background

education and training

Ph.D., Ecole Polytech Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland) 2007
M.S., Swiss Federal Instit of Tech, Zurich (Switzerland) 2003
B.S., Tech Univ of Munich (Germany) 2000

awards and honors

Open Educator Award, conferred by University Libraries, 2022
Provost's Faculty Achievement Award for Pre-Tenure Faculty, conferred by Academic Affairs, 2016
Engr Dean's Performance Awards in Professional Progress, conferred by College of Engineering and Applied Science, 2013
Early Career Faculty (ECF), conferred by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2012
Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER), conferred by National Science Foundation, 2012

International Activities

geographic focus

France Country
Germany Country

Other Profiles

ORCID iD

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1911-9277

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OfYf-DMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

ResearchGate

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nikolaus_Correll

Github

https://github.com/correll