Mechanical Systems Control Lab

About Us

The recent research of MSC lab has focused on intelligent/autonomous mechanical systems and their interaction with humans from manufacturing (industrial robots) to transportation (autonomous driving) with synergies between model-based control methodologies with machine learning.

News and Updates

  • Research Booklet 2013

    We have a new research booklet for the lab, which can be downloaded here!

    September 19, 2013

  • Graduation 2013

    Congratulations to the new Doctors from the MSC Lab: Mike Chan, Evan Chang-Siu, and Xu Chen. Also congratulations to Junkai Lu and Hiroshi Niki for their completion of the Masters program. (Photo credits: Xu Chen and Zhanzhan Jia)

    graduation 2013

    May 19, 2013

  • Cal Day 2013

    The MSC Lab welcomed many visitors on Cal Day! (Photo credits: Chen-Yu Chan)

    2013 cal day

    April 19, 2013

  • Lifetime Achievement Award

    We are very pleased to announce that Prof. Tomizuka has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the IFAC Technical Committee on Mechatronic Systems! Additionally, our lab has two best student paper finalists at the 6th IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems. Congratulations to Prof. Tomizuka, Cong Wang, Chung-Yen Lin, Junkai Lu, and Wenjie Chen!

    The Tomi "family" at the conference:

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    (Pictured from left to right. Front row: Kyoungchul Kong, Bin Yao, Tsu-Chin Tsao, Jun Ho Oh, Masayoshi Tomizuka, Roberto Horowitz, Doyoung Jeon, George T.-C. Chiu. Middle row: Hyunjin Choi, Eunyoung Baek, Wenjie Chen, Xu Chen, Taejin Jung. Back row: Cong Wang, Kan Kanjanapas, Junkai Lu, Wenlong Zhang, Yizhou Wang. Photo credit: Kan Kanjanapas.)

    April 14, 2013

  • DSCC 2012 Best Papers

    We are pleased to announce that Wenjie Chen, Xu Chen, and Yizhou Wang have all had their papers selected as "Best Paper in Session" from DSCC 2012. Congratulations to Wenjie, Xu, and Yizhou!

    March 13, 2013


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