Perception and Robotics Group works on active and bio-inspired perception and tests their theories by developing implementations in robotic systems, specifically autonomous drones and humanoid robots. In this way, they need to develop an integration of perception, with control, planning, reasoning and language in new cognitive architectures. A long term goal in the lab is the understanding of human activity. This led to the development of grammars for action which opened a new way for imitation learning in robotics, where learning happens at the level of the sub-goals in the action and not only at the level of the movement.

Yiannis Aloimonos Professor 301.405.1743 | jyaloimo@umd.edu Profile

Cornelia Fermüller Research Scientist 301.405.1768 | fermulcm@umd.edu Profile