Vision & Robotics

Want the attention of the audience? Introduce a new gesture

Using EEG data of study participants watching clips of the 2012 presidential debates, researchers found atypical, or extremal gestures to be the strongest indication of listeners' engagement.

Shuran Song named 2021 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellow

Assistant Professor Shuran Song has won a 2021 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship. The fellowship recognizes innovative, promising new faculty whose exceptional talent for innovation identifies them as emerging leaders in their fields.

Robotic ironing

Researchers complete final step in a robotic ironing pipeline: removing wrinkles.

About

The group studies the computational foundations for visual and robotic intelligence. They investigate machines that are able to perceive their surroundings and interact with them too.

The group of ten faculty often collaborate across the sciences and the arts. They leverage insights from both nature and math to advance the fundamentals of perception and interaction, and they also transfer their research to tackle practical challenges across disciplines. Several of the faculty are cross-listed with the Data Science Institute.