Robotics research at Baskin Engineering leverages cutting-edge technologies to solve real-world challenges across agriculture, aerospace, aviation, healthcare, autonomous systems, and beyond. We are developing intelligent, adaptable systems that improve efficiency, enhance safety, and drive sustainability—creating solutions that transform industries and support communities.
UC Santa Cruz engineers join major transportation cybersecurity project
Researchers from UC Santa Cruz will play an important role in protecting the United States’ transportation systems against cybersecurity threats as part of a new national center.
UCSC researchers will focus on improving the artificial intelligence systems that power autonomous vehicles such as driverless cars.
Research in action
Leveraging robotics sensors for ecological assessment
A new project aims to enhance the understanding of the future of our ecosystems in a changing climate, by improving the operational tempo and accuracy of vegetation assessments.
~$6M NSF grant for cyber-physical systems project will enable engineers to explore the next generation of transportation systems
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz will lead a five year, multi-institutional project to explore a new vision of engineering cyber-physical systems.
New guidance for using autonomous vehicles to monitor sensors on farms
A team will use autonomous aerial and ground vehicles to enable future agricultural methods based on gathering data from sensors more effectively.
Grant will establish UCSC hybrid robotic systems experimental testbed
Autonomous systems such as drones, self-driving vehicles, and walking robots, are designed to achieve a set of goals in changing environments without human intervention. A group of researchers will create a more efficient testing system for autonomous systems through the use of hybrid robotics.
Innovating agriculture for a greener world
Undergraduate student Eric Vetha is bridging his robotics expertise to find sustainable methods to better Earth’s future. His interdisciplinary research aims to revolutionize agriculture and environmental sustainability.
Game theory used to understand how driverless vehicles can navigate complexities of the road
To understand how driverless vehicles can navigate the road, researchers often use game theory — mathematical models representing the way rational agents behave strategically to meet their goals. Now, researchers have solved a nearly 60-year-old game theory dilemma.
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Nobuhiko Kobayashi
Steve McGuire
Dejan Milutinović
Tae Myung Huh
Katia Obraczka
Leila Parsa
Ricardo Sanfelice
Holger Schmidt
Mircea Teodorescu
John Vesecky
Xin (Eric) Wang
Yu Xhang
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Innovating autonomous vehicles, space exploration, and robots
Ricardo Sanfelice, professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is pushing the boundaries of cyber-physical systems, developing new innovations with positive social impact.
Bold new solutions to society’s most complex issues
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