Nancy Pollard
Professor
Studies robotic manipulation and human hand dexterity using physics-based animation and motion capture.
Nancy Pollard's lab at CMU works on manipulation & robot learning and physics-based simulation & animation. 11 papers since 2023, 1 at top venues, mostly TOG. 3 PhD students and 1 master's student. 8 alumni. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 3/ year
- at T1 venues
- 9%
- PhD students
- 3
- MS students
- 1
- alumni listed
- 8
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 1 papers2026 · T1 0 · collecting
- 5 papers2025 · T1 1
- 1 papers2024 · T1 0
- 4 papers2023 · T1 0
T1 venuesOtherVenues: TOG
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Manipulation & robot learning4 papers
- Physics-based simulation & animation2 papers
- hand2 papers
- robotic manipulation0 papers
- studies robotic0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20261 paper
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Kanazawa, Japan, April .Learning-based State and Contact Estimation for Tendon-Driven Soft Robot Fingers using Multimodal Sensing
20255 papers
- Proceedings of the International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER), Santa Fe, NM, July .DexKit: A Hardware Platform for Multi-Finger Dexterous Robotics
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Seoul, Korea, September 30, .Fast Estimation of Globally Optimal Independent Contact Regions for Robust Grasping and Manipulation
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Seoul, Korea, September 30, .Geodesic Tracing-Based Kinematic Integration of Rolling and Sliding Contact on Manifold Meshes for Dexterous In-Hand Manipulation
- TOG (T1)Kinematic Motion Retargeting for Contact-Rich Anthropomorphic Manipulations
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Seoul, Korea, September 30, .The Foundational Pose as a Selection Mechanism for the Design of Tool-Wielding Multi-Finger Robotic Hands
20241 paper
- RoboSoftDesign and Control Co-Optimization for Automated Design Iteration of Dexterous Anthropomorphic Soft Robotic Hands
20234 papers
- ACM Transactions on Graphics SIGGRAPH Proceedings, August .Contact Edit: Artist Tools for Intuitive Modeling of Hand-Object Interactions
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics (Humanoids), Austin, TX, December .Designing Anthropomorphic Soft Hands through Interaction
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robotics (Humanoids), Austin, TX, December .Human-Informed Robot Agility: Understanding Human Pushing Interactions for Skill Transfer to Humanoids
- AI for Agriculture and Food Systems (AAIAFS) Workshop, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Washington, DC, February .Soft Robotic End-Effectors in the Wild: A Case Study of a Soft Manipulator for Green Bell Pepper Harvesting
Where alumni went8 listed
Apply to CMUFall 2027
CMU SCS Computer Science PhD
- Round
- Single round
- Opens
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- English
- TOEFL / IELTS / Duolingo (F-1/J-1 non-native speakers)
- Fee
- USD 100 (USD 80 by early deadline)
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