Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center

Research Interests: Human-Robot Interaction, End-User Development, AI Planning, Interaction Design

A new PhD program in robotics will begin taking transfer students this fall. The program is the first in Virginia and one of just a few nationwide.

The intersection of art and technology has long been a space for innovation, creativity, and exploration. At George Mason’s Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center (MARC) located within the College of Engineering and Computing, this connection has taken center stage with the Integrating Art and Tech Project.

Missy Cummings, the Director of the Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center (MARC) speaks to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation about human blindspots when using autonomous systems technologies.

The College of Engineering and Computing hosts a national robotics competition at EagleBank Arena.

Research Interests: Field Robotics, Motion Planning, Machine Learning

Kirkpatrick's research is interdisciplinary, cutting across such fields as Philosophy, Political Science, Public Policy, and Computer Science

Research Interests: Human-robot interactions, human-robot co-learning, bio-inspired robotics, distributed resource allocation

Research Interests: Multi-robot systems, Multi-Agent Games, Dynamics and Control, Cooperative Control, Animal Group Behavior, Bio-inspired Robotics

Research Interests: Reasoning and navigation under uncertainty and unknown environments, perception and learning