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Engineering the Future with Mechatronics and Algorithms

At Mecharithm Lab, we engineer the future by integrating mechatronics and algorithms to build physical AI systems that understand human intent and act on it in the real world, while advancing robotics and AI education.

Research

At Mecharithm Lab, we build physical AI for human-robot teaming: decoding intent from human signals, grounding language and vision in robot action, and making both learnable through open-source tools.

RP3: Conversational Human-Robot Interaction Vision-Language-Action (cHRI-VLA) Models for Mobile Manipulators

The research objective of this project is to design, develop, and evaluate a Cyber-Physical System called the WheelArm that integrates and supports (i) multi-modal user intent identification
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RP2: Multi-Modal Human Intent Recognition and Understanding for Human-Robot Interaction

The research objective of this project is to apply fundamental theories at the intersection of artificial intelligence, deep learning, human-robot interaction, and multi-modal signal processing to develop new solutions for human intent recognition and understanding for assistive devices.
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RP1: From Verbal Intent to Robotics Action Through Large Language Models (LLMs) and Natural Language Processing (NLP)

The research objective is to explore the feasibility of deploying LLMs and NLP for intuitive human-robot interaction, focusing on enabling mobile robots and assistive robotic arms to understand and execute complex commands in real-time, even in edge computing environments with limited or no cloud connectivity.
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Publications and Awards

Publications and awards that the Mecharithm lab published or rewarded.

PUBLICATIONS

OUTREACH & AWARDS

From Wizard-of-Oz Human–Robot Dialogue Collection to a Taxonomy of Robot Response Decisions: A Retrospective Analysis of Assistive Pilot Interactions.

Liu, G., Hawkins, N., Sultan, T., Esposito, F., and Babaiasl, M., 2026
Accepted in Human-Robot Dialogue Workshop at the 2026 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
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2026

Toward Conversational VLMs: A Pilot Taxonomy of Robot Response Decisions from Wizard-of-Oz Assistive Interaction

Liu, G., Hawkins, N., Sultan, T., Esposito, F., and Babaiasl, M., 2026
Late Breaking Results Poster at IROS 2026
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2026

TriSaFe-Trans: A Safety-Aware Multimodal Intent Recognition Pipeline for Assistive Robotics.

Sultan, T., Cool, K., Liu, G., Tamilselvan, G., and Babaiasl, M., 2026
Biorob 2026
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2026
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Dr. Madi has been recognized as the Finalist, Outstanding WiRA Early Career Contribution Award in Women in Robotics and Automation (WiRA), IROS 2026, Pittsburgh, October 2026. Tipu received the recognition on her behalf.

Mecharithm lab has welcomed a new SURGE student (Kevin Mueller) for Fall 2026, and Spring 2027.

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PUBLICATIONS

From Wizard-of-Oz Human–Robot Dialogue Collection to a Taxonomy of Robot Response Decisions: A Retrospective Analysis of Assistive Pilot Interactions.

Liu, G., Hawkins, N., Sultan, T., Esposito, F., and Babaiasl, M., 2026
Accepted in Human-Robot Dialogue Workshop at the 2026 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
[C]
2026

Toward Conversational VLMs: A Pilot Taxonomy of Robot Response Decisions from Wizard-of-Oz Assistive Interaction

Liu, G., Hawkins, N., Sultan, T., Esposito, F., and Babaiasl, M., 2026
Late Breaking Results Poster at IROS 2026
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2026
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AWARDS

Dr. Madi has been recognized as the Finalist, Outstanding WiRA Early Career Contribution Award in Women in Robotics and Automation (WiRA), IROS 2026, Pittsburgh, October 2026. Tipu received the recognition on her behalf.

Mecharithm lab has welcomed a new SURGE student (Kevin Mueller) for Fall 2026, and Spring 2027.

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Outreach and Collaborators

Nanobioelectronics is a truly transdisciplinary field, and we actively collaborate with researchers across the biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering domains.

Mikhail Lukin

Quantum Physicist University Professor

Mikhail Lukin

Quantum Physicist University Professor

Mikhail Lukin

Quantum Physicist University Professor

Mikhail Lukin

Quantum Physicist University Professor

Mikhail Lukin

Quantum Physicist University Professor

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Meet the Team

The Mecharithm Lab team is comprised of some of the brightest graduate and undergraduate students from around the globe, particularly from the Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science backgrounds. Together, they are dedicated to developing innovative solutions in robotics and technology to leave a lasting legacy for society through their work.
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