The Robotic Intelligence Lab is a robotics group in the Division of Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge, opening in January 2027. We aim to give robots the intelligence and agility they need to do useful physical work in the real world.
Our current focus is aerial manipulation: developing robot learning methods that let teams of flying robots grip, lift, carry and rotate objects together, relying only on their own onboard sensors. In parallel, we continue to design new multi-modal robots whose bodies are shaped by the tasks they perform and the physics of the environments they work in. More on the Research page.
We are recruiting PhD students for October 2027. See Openings.
Robots that fly and drive with the same body. We design morphobots that reuse one set of actuators across locomotion modes and transform in mid-air to land on their wheels, and we study the aerodynamics that make such transitions possible: ground effect close to touchdown, and rotor wake that can be redirected rather than lost.
The Robotic Intelligence Lab opens at the University of Cambridge
Dr. Mandralis joins the Department of Engineering as University Assistant Professor in Robotics. We are recruiting PhD students for October 2027; see Openings.
Hans G. Hornung Prize
Dr. Mandralis' PhD defense at Caltech received the Hans G. Hornung Prize, given for the best oral PhD defense presentation by a student advised by Aeronautics faculty.
Invited talk at the University of Cambridge
Dr. Mandralis gave an invited talk in the Division of Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge, titled “From ground–aerial robotics to advanced aerial–physical interaction”.
Invited seminars at McGill, UW–Madison and Vanderbilt
Talks on ground–aerial morphing robots and learning-based control at McGill University, the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Vanderbilt University.
