Kira Barton
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Professor of Robotics
Professor and Miller Faculty Scholar in Mechanical Engineering, Professor in Robotics, University of Michigan. Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, 2010; M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, 2006; B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, 2001. Research interests include: Control theory and applications; high precision motion control; iterative learning control; high-performance nano-scale printing for electrical and biomedical applications; micro/nano-manufacturing; control for manufacturing; cooperative control; control for autonomous vehicles. 2015 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, 2014 NSF CAREER Award.
Projects
- Resilient Teaming: Fleet Organization and Decision Making in Heterogeneous Vehicle Teams to Meet Energy Requirements in Restricted and Unknown Environments
- Intelligent Reconnaissance: An Energy-Efficient Method for Multi-Robot Reconnaissance in an Unknown Environment
- Hierarchical Game-Theoretic Learning for Mixed Human-Autonomous Vehicle Networks