Roberto Horowitz
Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Studies control of mechatronic systems and intelligent transportation.
Roberto Horowitz's lab at UC Berkeley works on planning, control & multi-robot systems and soft, surgical & micro robots. 9 papers since 2023, 2 at top venues, mostly IFAC and CVPR. 4 PhD students. 59 alumni, most often to Apple and Meta. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 2/ year
- at T1 venues
- 22%
- PhD students
- 4
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- 59
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 0 papers2026 · T1 0 · collecting
- 1 papers2025 · T1 0
- 3 papers2024 · T1 2
- 5 papers2023 · T1 0
T1 venuesOtherVenues: IFAC, CVPR, IROS, RA-L
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Planning, control & multi-robot systems5 papers
- Soft, surgical & micro robots0 papers
- studies control0 papers
- transportation0 papers
- mechanical engineering0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20251 paper
- International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems 23.5 : 1271-1306.SE(3)-Equivariant Robot Learning and Control: A Tutorial Survey (opens in a new tab)
20243 papers
- IROS (T1)Deep Geometric Potential Functions for Tracking on Manifolds (opens in a new tab)
- CVPR (T1)Diffusion-edfs: Bi-equivariant denoising generative modeling on se (3) for visual robotic manipulation (opens in a new tab)
- IFACVariable impedance control using deep geometric potential fields (opens in a new tab)
20235 papers
- IFACClustering Techniques for Stable Linear Dynamical Systems with applications to Hard Disk Drives (opens in a new tab)
- RA-LContact-rich SE (3)-Equivariant Robot Manipulation Task Learning via Geometric Impedance Control (opens in a new tab)
- IFACGeometric impedance control on SE (3) for robotic manipulators (opens in a new tab)
- RSS WorkshopRobotic manipulation learning with equivariant descriptor fields: Generative modeling, bi-equivariance, steerability, and locality (opens in a new tab)
- Transportation research part B: methodological 171 : 29-43Submodularity of optimal sensor placement for traffic networks (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went59 listed, 42% to industry
Industry 11Academia 15
Most often to
- Apple
- Meta
- Multibeam Corporation
Also to
- UC Berkeley
- Georgia Tech
- Kookmin University in Korea
Apply to UC BerkeleyFall 2027
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