Human-Centered Autonomy

I develop robotic collaborative intelligence to empower and support our human partners. To achieve this collaborative intelligence, I research embodied, safe, and personalized AI techniques.

Embodied AI

Embodied AI

How can we teach robots to perform complex tasks with and around humans?

I develop methods to improve the performance of AI agents in challenging long-tail, safety-critical scenarios that arise in human environemts.

Safe AI

Safe AI

How can we certifiably verify the safety of autonomous agents?

My research on formal methods-based safety shields provides certifiable safety guarantees for robots operating in human environemts.

Personalized AI

Personalized AI

How can we rapidly adapt autonomous behavior to best support individual users?

I investigate ways to incorporate user preferences in the plan of autonomous agents collaborating with humans.