Nima Fazeli
Associate Professor, Robotics
Studies robotic manipulation through contact, including visuo-tactile representation learning, model-based reasoning and planning.
Nima Fazeli's lab at Michigan works on manipulation & robot learning, planning, control & multi-robot systems and reasoning & agents. 10 papers since 2023, 5 at top venues, mostly RSS and CoRL. 5 PhD students. 16 alumni. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 3/ year
- at T1 venues
- 50%
- PhD students
- 5
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- 16
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 0 papers2026 · T1 0 · collecting
- 6 papers2025 · T1 1
- 1 papers2024 · T1 1
- 3 papers2023 · T1 3
T1 venuesOtherVenues: RSS, CoRL, ICRA
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Manipulation & robot learning3 papers
- contact3 papers
- Planning, control & multi-robot systems2 papers
- Reasoning & agents0 papers
- robotic manipulation0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20256 papers
- —“AimBot: A Simple Auxiliary Visual Cue to Enhance Spatial Awareness of Visuomotor Policies”
- —“Cross-Sensor Touch Generation”
- —“Hydrosoft: Non-Holonomic Hydroelastic Models for Compliant Tactile Manipulation”
- ICRA (T1)“RACER: Rich Language-guided Failure Recovery Policies for Imitation Learning”
- —“Vib2Move: In-Hand Object Reconfiguration via Fingertip Micro-Vibrations”
- —“ViTaSCOPE: Visuo-tactile Implicit Representation for In-hand Pose and Extrinsic Contact Estimation”
20241 paper
- RSS (T1)“Tactile-Driven Non-Prehensile Object Manipulation via Extrinsic Contact Mode Control”
20233 papers
- RSS (T1)“MultiSCOPE: Disambiguating In-Hand Object Poses with Proprioception and Tactile Feedback.”
- RSS (T1)“Precise Object Sliding with Top Contact via Asymmetric Dual Limit Surfaces.”
- CoRL (T1)Geometric Aliasing-Aware Dynamics for High-Resolution Tactile Control”
Where alumni went16 listed
Apply to MichiganFall 2027
Michigan CSE Computer Science PhD
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