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Robert J. Wood
- Charles River Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Contact Information
| Nickname: | Rob |
| Office: | Maxwell Dworkin Building 149 |
| Email: | rjwood [ AT ] seas [ DOT ] harvard [ DOT ] edu |
| Office Phone: | (617) 496 - 1341 |
| Office Fax: | (617) 495 - 8612 |
| Lab Name: | Microrobotics Lab |
| Lab Room: | 60 Oxford St. 401 |
| Lab Phone: | (617) 384-7892 |
Education
- M.S., 2001, Electrical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley,
- Ph.D., 2004, Electrical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley
Research Interests
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- Computer Science
- Intelligent Systems and Computer Vision
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- Electrical Engineering
- Robotics and Control
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- Marriage of Biological & Artificial Systems
- Bio-Inspired Robotics and Computing
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- Biomechanics and Motor Control
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Profile
Robert Wood is an Associate Professor in Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and a core faculty member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Prof. Wood completed his M.S. (2001) and Ph.D. (2004) degrees working with Professor Ron Fearing in the Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the U. C. Berkeley. He is founder of the Harvard Microrobotics Lab which contains facilities for rapid development and evaluation of robots with feature sizes on the micron to centimeter scale. His current research interests involve the creation of biologically-inspired aerial and ambulatory microrobots, fluid mechanics of low Reynolds number flapping wings, minimal control of under-actuated computation-limited systems, new micro- and meso-scale manufacturing techniques, and morphable soft-bodied robots. He is the winner of a 2007 DARPA Young Faculty Award, a 2008 NSF Career Award, a 2008 ONR Young Investigator Award, a 2009 Air Force Young Investigator Award, multiple best paper and best video awards, is a member of the 2008 class of Technology Review’s top 35 innovators under the age of 35, and in 2010 received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President Obama. Wood has served as PI or co-PI on multiple sponsored research projects including the NSF-sponsored Expeditions in Computing 'RoboBees' project.
Positions & Employment
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Jan 2010-Present: Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
- Jan 2006-Jan 2010: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Honors
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 2010
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award, 2009
- Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 2008
- National Science Foundation Career Award, 2008
- Named to Technology Review's annual list of top young technologists and scientists, 2008
- DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2007
