Dylan Losey
Assistant Professor
- Thrust Area Specialty: Robotics, Autonomous, and Dynamical Systems
213D Goodwin Hall
635 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
635 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Research Interests
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Machine Learning
- Control Theory
My research develops learning and control algorithms for robots that collaborate with people.
My goal is to create intelligent robots that understand — and are understood by — their human partners. These robots personalize their behavior: continually adapting to what the human wants and proactively helping them to achieve their goals. Overall, my research group explores the intersection of human-robot interaction, machine learning, control theory, and cognitive science, with applications in personal, interactive, and assistive robots.
See Dr. Losey's publications on Google Scholar.
- 2020 – Present, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
- 2019 – 2020, Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
- 2017, Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley
- 2014 – 2018, NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Rice University
- 2020 - Best Student Paper Finalist, Robotics: Science and Systems
- 2020 - Best Paper Finalist, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
- 2019 - Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award, Rice University
- 2017 - Best Paper Award, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
- 2014 - National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, 2018
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, 2016
- B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 2014