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Ramanarayan Vasudevan

Ramanarayan Vasudevan

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor, Robotics

Individual Home Page
Roahm Lab

Address

G058 AL
1231 Beal, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2133

Email: ramv@umich.edu
Phone: (734) 647-5560

Degrees

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2012
M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2009
B.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, 2006

Research Interests

Optimization, modeling, design, and control of robotic systems that interact with humans and the environment. My group works on a variety of applications including locomotion of legged robots, prosthetic control, autonomous vehicles, and soft robots.

Research Areas

Automotive & Future Transportation, Biomechanics & Biosystems Engineering, Controls, Mechatronics & Robotics

Faculty Type

Joint

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