Dr. Zackory Erickson

Biography

Zackory Erickson is an Assistant Professor at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, focusing on healthcare robotics. His research emphasizes empowering older adults and individuals with disabilities to live independently and maintain a higher quality of life. He explores topics at the intersection of physically assistive robotics, learning, physics simulation, haptic perception, and human-robot interaction. Particularly, he is interested in physical human-robot interaction and is dedicated to developing methods that enable robotic caregivers to intelligently interact with people. His work investigates how robots can leverage physics-based simulation, perception, and learning to efficiently and safely assist individuals with physical impairments in performing activities of daily living. He aims to develop new sensors and techniques that allow robots to track and interact with the human body while taking a human-centric perspective, with goals inspired by enabling robots to learn and exhibit common sense in understanding human behavior.

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