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Holds the Toyota Professorship at MIT across EECS, Mechanical Engineering, and Aero/Astro, and is a CSAIL member. Leads the Large Behavior Models division at Toyota Research Institute, building foundation models for dexterous robotic manipulation. His open-source textbook "Robotic Manipulation" is widely used. Won the 2024 MIT School of Engineering Distinguished Educator Award. Collaborating with Boston Dynamics on next-generation robot learning.
BSE, Computer Engineering — University of Michigan
PhD, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science — MIT
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Focuses on building reliable and safe robotic systems through rigorous simulation and verification. Emphasizes the gap between demos and deployable robots.
Focuses on building reliable and safe robotic systems through rigorous simulation and verification. Emphasizes the gap between demos and deployable robots.
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Dossier last updated: 2026-03-10