Nadia Figueroa

Nadia Figueroa is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, affiliated with the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She holds the title of Shalini and Rajeev Misra Presidential Assistant Professor. Her research interests span Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, with a primary affiliation in Computer and Information Science and Electrical and Systems Engineering. Dr. Figueroa's work is reflected on her personal website, and she can be contacted via email at nadiafig@seas.upenn.edu.

Nadia Figueroa is a Presidential Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in Robotics, pHRI (physically human-robot interaction), Learning for Control, Dynamical Systems, and Collaborative Robots. Her research focuses on developing advanced control strategies for robots, particularly in dynamic and uncertain environments. She explores methods for motion planning, collision avoidance, and adaptive control using dynamical systems and machine learning. Her work also addresses human-robot collaboration, emphasizing safety, efficiency, and real-time performance. Key contributions include frameworks for multi-arm motion planning, Bayesian non-parametric models for dynamical system learning, and safe motion planning with uncertain human dynamics.