📍 San Diego, USA
medical roboticshuman-robot interactionassistive technology
The Healthcare Robotics Lab at UC San Diego, led by Dr. Laurel Riek, focuses on human-robot interaction, health informatics, and assistive technology in healthcare settings. The lab conducts participatory, community-based research with disabled people, healthcare workers, and community members. Research applications include neurorehabilitation, dementia caregiving, and emergency medicine.
Neurorehabilitation roboticsDementia caregiving assistive systemsEmergency medicine applications
📍 Montreal, Canada
surgical roboticsartificial intelligence in surgerymedical robotics
SuPER is a leading surgical robotics and AI research centre at the McGill University Health Centre's Montreal General Hospital. The centre applies robotics and artificial intelligence to multiple surgical disciplines including orthopedic, abdominal, head and neck, eye, maxillofacial, spinal surgery, interventional cardiology, and radiology.
Orthopedic surgical roboticsInterventional cardiology roboticsSurgical AI integration
📍 Ann Arbor, USA
manipulationhumanoidperception
The ARM Lab at University of Michigan develops user-guided manipulation frameworks for high degree-of-freedom robots with limited communication. Their research focuses on perception interfaces, planning algorithms, and trajectory execution for autonomous robotic manipulation tasks.
DARPA Robotics Challenge applicationsPR2 and Hubo humanoid robot manipulation
📍 Stanford, USA
manipulationrobot learningperception
RoboPIL at Stanford focuses on robot learning at the intersection of robotics, computer vision, and machine learning. They specialize in structured world models, embodied intelligence, and multi-modal perception for robotic manipulation of deformable objects.
Structured world models for deformable object manipulationEmbodied intelligence and robotic foundation models
📍 Stanford, USA
manipulationservice robotsHRI
The ARMlab at Stanford develops intelligent robotic systems that anticipate and act on human needs through assistive robotics. Research covers robotic assistants, connected devices, and intelligent wearables using collaborative robotics and machine learning.
Assistive robotics systemsConnected device integrationIntelligent wearables
📍 Salt Lake City, USA
manipulationrobot learningplanning
LL4MA at University of Utah focuses on learning-based approaches to robotic manipulation autonomy. Their research addresses multi-object manipulation, latent space planning, and relational learning for complex manipulation tasks.
Latent space planning for multi-object manipulationEnvironment-aware relational classifiers
📍 Worcester, USA
manipulationperceptionenvironmental robotics
MER Lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute conducts research on robotic manipulation strategies and environmental applications. They integrate computer vision, control theory, and machine learning for skillful and robust manipulation, including benchmarking for dexterous and soft robotics.
Environmental problem solutions through manipulationDexterous manipulation benchmarkingSoft robot control systems
📍 Seattle, USA
surgical roboticshapticsmedical imaging
The UW BioRobotics Laboratory, directed by Professor Blake Hannaford, conducts research on surgical robotics and haptic feedback systems. The lab focuses on advancing minimally invasive surgical technologies and surgical simulation.
Surgical robotics developmentHaptic feedback systems
📍 Hong Kong, Hong Kong
embodied AIlogistics roboticshumanoid robotics
Hong Kong's first full-stack embodied AI laboratory established at CUHK's InnoHK Hong Kong Centre for Logistics Robotics. The lab focuses on frontier technologies in embodied AI and robotics, working towards humanoid design goals. Collaborates with 24 industry partners to translate research into industrial applications.
All-terrain quadruped robotRobotic arm refinement
📍 Shanghai, China
humanoidperceptionmachine vision
Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Machine Vision and Intelligence Group within the School of Artificial Intelligence, conducting research on perception and intelligence for robotics applications.
Robot perception systems
📍 Shenzhen, China
intelligent roboticsambient intelligencemultimodal systems
SIAT is a research institute under the Chinese Academy of Sciences focusing on advanced technology research including intelligent robot platforms and ambient intelligence systems. The institute conducts research on emotional vocal communication and intelligent robot platforms.
Intelligent Robot Platform ResearchAmbient Intelligence Systems
📍 Shenzhen, China
roboticsintelligent equipmentindustrial robotics
The institute, affiliated with Shenzhen University's School of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, conducts research on robotics and intelligent equipment development. It focuses on applications in manufacturing and industrial automation.
Intelligent equipment research
📍 Beijing, China
embodied intelligencerobotics algorithmsgeneral AI
The Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence is a non-profit research institution pursuing unified theory and cognitive architecture for artificial intelligence. Its embodied intelligent robotics team achieved breakthrough developments in robotics control algorithms in 2025.
Unified Theory of Force-Position Hybrid Control Algorithm
📍 Beijing, China
embodied intelligencehumanoid roboticsservice robotics
A research center at Peking University that brings together high-level talents in embodied intelligence and robotics, conducting interdisciplinary research on cutting-edge international directions and national needs. The center aims to be an internationally leading research center empowering home services, healthcare, and new industrialization.
📍 Beijing, China
advanced manufacturingroboticsdynamics and control
The School of Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics at Peking University offers advanced academic programs in robotics and manufacturing. It conducts research in general mechanics, dynamical systems, control, and advanced materials with applications to robotics.
📍 Beijing, China
embodied intelligenceroboticsautomation
The Institute for Embodied Intelligence and Robotics at Tsinghua University was established to advance research in embodied AI and robotics. Inaugurated in November 2025, it represents Tsinghua's commitment to cutting-edge robotics research.
📍 Kusatsu, Japan
robotics researchsocial problem-solvingindustrial applications
The Ritsumeikan Robotics Research Center promotes robotics research focused on solving real-world problems in society and industry. The center bridges academic research with practical applications for societal challenges.
Social problem-solving roboticsIndustry partnerships
📍 Marseille, France
aerial roboticsbio-inspired roboticsperception
Research group focused on bio-inspired aerial robots at Aix-Marseille University. Specializes in visual sensors, optic flow-based navigation, and insect behavior-inspired flight systems.
Bio-inspired aerial robotsOptic flow-based navigation systems
📍 Thessaloniki, Greece
robotics algorithmsautomationautonomous systems
Part of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki's Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. Conducts theoretical and basic research in robotics algorithms and operational systems.
Robotics algorithms and systems
📍 Bratislava, Slovakia
robotics researchrobotics developmenteducation
Nonprofit organization established under the patronage of the Slovak Technical University Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. Supports robotics research, development, and education in collaboration with universities, SMEs, and industry.
Robotics research support network
📍 Zurich, Switzerland
robot locomotionaerial roboticsautonomous systems
ETH Zurich is a global leader in robot locomotion and aerial robotics research. Specializes in autonomous systems with groundbreaking work in bio-inspired robotic mobility and design.
Quadruped locomotion researchAerial robotics systems
📍 Cincinnati, United States
occupational safetyservice robotsexoskeleton
NIOSH's Center for Occupational Robotics Research focuses on developing and implementing robotic technologies that enhance worker safety, health, and wellbeing in occupational settings. The center provides scientific leadership on robot deployment in workplaces.
Occupational Robot Safety GuidelinesWorker-Robot Collaboration Framework
📍 Cambridge, United States
manipulationswarmautonomous vehicles
MIT's Distributed Robotics Laboratory, led by Daniela Rus, pioneers research at the intersection of AI and robotics with focus on physical intelligence. The lab conducts fundamental and applied research in robotic perception, multi-robot coordination, and autonomous systems.
Multi-robot coordination algorithmsPhysical intelligence researchDistributed autonomous systems
📍 Notre Dame, United States
underwater roboticsautonomous vehiclesperception
The Robotics and Autonomy Research Lab at the University of Notre Dame develops uncertainty-aware perception frameworks for autonomous underwater vehicles. Their research focuses on pose estimation and localization in GPS-denied environments using 3D Gaussian Splatting techniques.
Uncertainty-aware 3DGS for AUV pose estimation