Regular biography
Michael Posa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. His primary affiliations include Computer and Information Science and Electrical and Systems Engineering. Posa's research group is based in Towne 170B, and his office is located in Towne 276. His personal and research websites provide additional information on his work and publications.
Scholar-generated biography
Michael Posa is an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in Robotics, Control, Optimization, Contact dynamics, and Machine Learning. His research focuses on developing advanced control strategies for dynamic legged robots, trajectory optimization for rigid-body systems through contact, and modeling discontinuous contact dynamics. He explores stability analysis, real-time multi-contact model predictive control, and the integration of machine learning for simulators. His work addresses challenges in bipedal locomotion, impact invariant control, and hybrid model reduction for dexterous manipulation, emphasizing the interplay between optimization and physical constraints in robotic systems.