rtang@ds.kyoto.omronsoft.co.jp (Raymond Tang) (10/04/90)
I was wondering if anyone can offer some suggestions on some good grad schools to apply to in the fields Aerospace robotics and robotics in general. (aerospace, electrical, computer engineering departments) Any suggestions from any part of the world is welcome. (although english speaking places would be preferable, although I speak chinese, can ask where the washroom is in french, and manage to survive in Japan.. so far) I am graduating next spring from computer engineering (control systems and robotics specialization). I would also appreciate info on what life is like at these places , after all you can't study there without living there. I recall someone else asking something similar awhile ago but I didnt see too many replys posted so i'm asking again for myself. Thanks in advance. email addr: rtang@nff.ncl.omron.co.jp Ray Tang (U of Waterloo inmate)
shank@ariane.cs.ucla.edu (Eric Shank) (10/05/90)
For those interested in aerospace robotics graduate programs, I know of several: At MIT there is a Space Systems Laboratory, it is now under new management so its focus will be changing. Its former director was Professor Dave Akin, who is now at University of Maryland, College Park. At MIT he investigated underwater robots that simulated operations in zero gravity. I also visited Stanford recently, and was very impressed by the robotics laboratory in the aerospace department there under the direction of Professor Robert Cannon. Eric Shank shank@cs.ucla.edu
rwilson@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Randy Wilson) (10/09/90)
I would heartily recommend Stanford University for someone interested in robotics. Someone already mentioned the Aero/Astro lab under Bob Cannon. The CS robotics lab works together with the AA lab on some stuff, as well as other projects. Jean-Claude Latombe, Tom Binford, Oussama Khatib, Yoav Shoham, and Nils Nilsson work on a range of topics from design of small mobile robots and manipulators through motion planning up to geometric reasoning and AI. The lab has an exciting, dynamic environment, and we're growing quickly. We have quite a few students from MechEng, and cooperate with groups in ME as well. We also work with several groups from companies here in Silicon Valley. As for living conditions, the weather here can't be beat, San Francisco is only a jaunt away, everyone is relaxed, and student housing is affordable and very nice. And your windsurfing or scuba diving class counts for academic credit! Of course, I'm a little biased, being a PhD student at Stanford :-). I just ask you to consider it and maybe apply. Randy "just a satisfied customer" Wilson