The Northwestern University Center for Robotics and Biosystems

The Center for Robotics and Biosystems at Northwestern University is working toward a future where humans and robots collaborate seamlessly to achieve what is currently impossible; where sensors, actuators, and controllers are inspired by biological principles; and where robotics and computational modeling lead to breakthroughs in our understanding of human and animal neuromechanics. Because our future will benefit from the synergistic co-evolution of humans and robots, the center’s research focuses on the science and engineering of embodied intelligence.

This research is highly interdisciplinary. Accordingly, the Center consists of faculty and students from several departments who share ideas, facilities, and research space. Faculty in the Center have appointments in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, computer science, electrical and computer engineering, the medical school, and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (the former Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago). The common research space promotes the cross-pollination of ideas.