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1st Annual RAD Lab BBQ
A. LaViers
Blog, 2014
2025 AiR Posting
2nd Annual RAD Lab BBQ
A. LaViers
Blog, 2015
2nd VASEM Summit
A. LaViers
Blog, 2012
4th Year Capstone
A. LaViers
Blog, 2013
4th year Capstone: Robots and Children
A. LaViers
Blog, 2014
A Comparison of Descriptive and Emotive Labels to Explain Human Perception of Gait Styles on a Compass Walker in Variable Contexts
J Lambert, U Huzaifa, W Rizvi, A LaViers
Article, 2019
A Design Methodology for Abstracting Character Archetypes onto Robotic Systems
I. Pakrasi, N. Chakraborty, A. LaViers
Article, 2018
A Formal Approach to the Automatic Generation of Balletic Motions
A. LaViers, Y. Chen, C. Belta, M. Egerstedt
Article, 2011
A Formal Approach to the Automatic Generation of Balletic Motions
A LaViers, M Egerstedt, Y Chen, C Belta
Article, 2011
A Formal Model for Human Motion
A. LaViers, M. Egerstedt
Article, 2011
A Machine
A. LaViers, A. Bushman, M. Asselmeier, J. Won, Y. Zhou, A. Jang Sher, U. Huzaifa, J. Li, V. Jain, A. Zurawski, A. Nilles, C. Gladish, M. Meckman
Project, 2016 – 2018
A Machine 2018
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
A paper and a performance at The Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
Abstractions for Design-by-Humans of Heterogeneous Autonomous Behaviors
A. LaViers, A. Bashiri, Y. Sheng, J. Heddy, L. Bai
Book, 2015
Accepting applications for Artist-in-Residence
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
Accepting applications for Postdoctoral Researcher
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
Adaptive Multi-Scale PHM for Robotic Assembly Processes
B. Choo, P. Beling, A. LaViers, J. Marvel, B. Weiss
Article, 2017
Advanced Manufacturing
A. LaViers
Project, 2015 – 2019
Allison Bushman, M.S.
A. LaViers
Thesis, 2020
An Embodied, Platform-invariant Architecture for Connecting High-level Spatial Commands to Platform Articulation
A Jang Sher, U Huzaifa, J Li, V Jain, A Zurawski, A LaViers
Article, 2019
An Open Data Infrastructure for Bodily Expressed Emotion Understanding
National Science Foundation
Grant, 2023 – 2026
Anum Jang Sher, M.S.
A. LaViers
Thesis, 2017
April 2026 Newsletter: Looking Forward to Summer
Newsletter, 2026
Article in American Scientist
A. LaViers
Blog, 2020
Article on lab outreach
A. LaViers
Blog, 2016
Automatic Sequencing of Ballet Poses: A Formal Approach to Phrase Generation
A LaViers, Y Chen, C Belta, M Egerstedt
Article, 2011
Automation Supporting Prolonged Independent Residence for the Elderly
T. Marino, C. Widdowson, A. Oetting, A. Lakshamanan, H. Cui, N. Hovakimyan, R. Wang, A. Kirlik, A. LaViers, D. Stipanovic
Project, 2015 – 2018
Automation Supporting Prolonged Independent Residence for the Elderly (ASPIRE)
National Science Foundation
Grant, 2015 – 2018
Automaton
A. LaViers
Blog, 2013
Babyface
K. Ladenheim, A. LaViers, C. Maguire, R. McNish, W. Rizvi
Project, 2019 – 2021
Babyface 7th International Conference on Movement and Computing (MOCO)
K. Ladenheim, A. LaViers
Article, 2020
Babyface: Performance and Installation Art Exploring the Feminine Ideal in Gendered Machines
K Ladenheim, A LaViers
Article, 2021
Berkeley Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium
A. LaViers
Blog, 2020
Best Talk in Decision and Control + Preliminary Exam Passed
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
Biomimicry at University of Akron
A. LaViers
Blog, 2015
Bipedal Gait Styles
A. LaViers, U. Huzaifa, C. Fuller, J. Schultz, C. Maguire
Project, 2015 – 2019
Blog: Inaugural Post
A. LaViers
Blog, 2017
Breathing With Robots: Notating Performer Strategy, Alongside Choreographer Intent and Audience Observation, In Breath-driven Robotic Dance Performance
K Ladeneheim, C Maguire, A LaViers
Book, 2023
Brown Residency
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
Can a Robot Do a Trust Fall? Absurdity as a Component of Human Intelligence and Embodiment
A LaViers, I Vidrin
Article, 2020
Carebots: Prolonged Elderly Independence Using Small Mobile Robots
T Marino, C Widdowson, A Oetting, A Lakshmanan, H Cui, N Hovakimyan, R Wang, A Kirlik, A LaViers, D Stipanovic
Article, 2016
CCAM Annual Review Presentation
A. LaViers
Thesis, 2014
CCAM Site Visit
A. LaViers
Blog, 2014
CCAM Visit
A. LaViers
Blog, 2014
Celebratory Ice Cream
A. LaViers
Thesis, 2014
Center-of-Mass Control for Expressive and Effective Movement in Bipedal Robots
National Science Foundation
Grant, 2017 – 2018
Character Design and Validation on Aerial Robotic Platforms Using Laban Movement Analysis
A. Bacula, A. LaViers
Book, 2018
Character Recognition on a Varied Robotic Platforms via a Laban Movement Analysis in Expert and Lay Groups
A Bacula, A LaViers
Article, 2020
Choreographic and Somatic Approaches for the Development of Expressive Robotic Systems
A LaViers, C Cuan, M Maguire, K Bradley, K Brooks Mata, A Nilles, I Vidrin, N Chakraborty, M Heimerdinger, U Huzaifa, R McNish, I Pakrasi, A Zurawski
Article, 2018
CMA with LIMS
A. LaViers
Blog, 2016
CMBBE 2019
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
CODAME 2018
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
Collaboration with East KY Science Center
A. LaViers
Blog, 2016
Commercialization with NSF
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
Congrats Umer!
A. LaViers
Thesis, 2019
Control Design for Planar Model of a Core-located Actuation Walker
U. Huzaifa, A. LaViers
Article, 2016
Controls and Art
A LaViers, M Egerstedt
Book, 2014
Controls and Art: The Book
A. LaViers, M. Egerstedt
Blog, 2014
Core-centered actuation for Biped Locomotion of Humanoid Robots
C Fuller, U Huzaifa, A LaViers, J Schultz
Article, 2020
Counts of Mechanical, External Configurations Compared to Computational, Internal Configurations in Natural and Artificial Systems
A LaViers
Article, 2019
CRCI 2017
A. LaViers
Blog, 2017
CRCI 2020
A. LaViers
Blog, 2020
Creating Context Through Performance: Perception of the ‘DD’ Robotic Platform in Variable Valence Interactions in Distinct Office Environments
E Berl, I Pakrasi, A LaViers
Article, 2019
Ctrl-Z Outreach
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
CURTAIN and Time to Compile: A Demonstration of an Experimental Testbed for Human-robot Interaction
C. Cuan, I. Pakrasi, E. Berl, A. LaViers
Article, 2018
DANC3559 / ENGR3501: Electronic Identity and Embodied Technology Atelier
A. LaViers
Course, 2014
Dance Notations and Robot Motion Workshop
A. LaViers
Blog, 2014
Dance NOW Festival 2019
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
Dance/USA 2019
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
Dancers and CMAs Wanted
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
Dancing Droids: An Expressive Layer for Mobile Robots Developed Within Choreographic Practice
I. Pakrasi, N. Chakraborty, C. Cuan, E. Berl, W. Rizvi, A. LaViers
Article, 2018
DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials
A. LaViers
Blog, 2013
DARPA YFA Director's Award
A. LaViers
Blog, 2017
DARPA Young Faculty Award
A. LaViers
Blog, 2016
Data-driven Design of Sound for Enhancing the Perception of Expressive Robotic Movement
L. Dahl, J. Bellona, L. Bai, A. LaViers
Article
DreamWakers Flash Chat
A. LaViers
Blog, 2014
Dynamic Spectral Clustering
A. LaViers, A. Rahmani, M. Egerstedt
Article, 2010
Dynamic Walking Conference
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
EKSC workshops
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
Electronic Identity and Embodied Technology Atelier
A. LaViers, C. Cuan, I. Pakrasi, U. Huzaifa
Project, 2013 – 2022
Embodied Movement Strategies for Development of a Core-located Actuation Walker
U. Huzaifa, C. Bernier, Z. Calhoun, C. Kohout, J. Heddy, B. Libowitz, A. Moenning, J. Ye, C. Maguire, A. LaViers
Article, 2016
Empirically Informed Sound Synthesis Application for Enhancing the Perception of Expressive Robotic Movement
J. Bellona, L. Bai, L. Dahl, A. LaViers
Article, 2017
EOH 2017
A. LaViers
Blog, 2016
Event Moving Virtual — IPRH-sponsored Participatory Performance Cancelled
A. LaViers
Blog, 2020
Exploration of robotic system design in improving the patient experience in physical therapy sessions at the UVA Children’s Hospital
S. Huber, J. McAuliff, K. Monson, T. O’Brien, J. Valdez, A. LaViers
Article, 2015
Feasible Stylized Motion: Robotic Manipulator Imitation of a Human Demonstration with Collision Avoidance and Style in Increasingly Cluttered Environments
R Kaushik, A K Mishra, A LaViers
Article, 2020
February 2026 Newsletter: Focus on Movement Literacy
Newsletter, 2026
First Encounters with Robots Through Embodied Observation, Imagined Narrative, and Choreography
A LaViers
Book, 2022
Fluid handling and environmental management for automated 3-D cell culturing
K. Green, A. Panchang, H. Meng, E. D’Agostini, R. Bates, R. Bailey, A. LaViers
Article, 2014
GA Tech 2013 Graduation
A. LaViers
Thesis, 2013
Girl Scouts, Champaign, IL
A. LaViers
Blog, 2016
Group Photo + News
A. LaViers
Blog, 2014
Happy Holidays from SIE!
A. LaViers, J. Weber
Blog, 2013
Home
Hooding Ceremony
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
HRI 2020
A. LaViers
Blog, 2020
Humanoids 2019
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
ICRA 2018
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
ICRA 2020
A. LaViers
Blog, 2020
ICSR 2018.
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
Ideal Mechanization: Exploring the Machine Metaphor Through Theory and Performance
A LaViers
Article, 2019
IEEE BioRob 2016
A. LaViers
Blog, 2016
IEEE Profile
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
IEEE ROMAN 2018
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
Imitating Human Movement Using a Measure of Verticality to Animate Low Degree-of-Freedom Non-humanoid Virtual Characters
R. Kaushik, A. LaViers
Article, 2018
Imitation
A. LaViers, R. Kaushik
Project, 2017 – 2019
Imitation of Human Motion by Low Degree-of-Freedom Simulated Robots and Human Preference for Mappings Driven by Spinal, Arm, and Leg Activity
R Kaushik, A LaViers
Article, 2019
Improv: Live Coding for Robot Motion Design
A. Nilles, C. Gladish, M. Beckman, A. LaViers
Article, 2018
Independent Study Presentations
A. LaViers
Thesis, 2013
Influence of Environmental Context on Recognition Rates of Stylized Walking Sequences
M. Heimerdinger, A. LaViers
Article, 2017
Influence of Variable Environments and Character-Specific Design on Perception of Virtual Robots with Affective Labels
W Rizvi, I Pakrasi, A LaViers
Article, 2019
Internships
A. LaViers
Blog, 2017
Interview for Bio-inspired Design
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
Interview in the Bridge
A. LaViers
Blog, 2020
IPRH event
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
IPRH Mixer
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
IRIS Magazine Celebrates STEM
A. LaViers
Blog, 2015
IROS 2016
A. LaViers
Blog, 2016
IROS 2018
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
IROS 2019
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
Janelia Research Campus
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
January 2026 Newsletter: Opening Our Doors
Newsletter, 2026
Jefferson Trust Award Ceremony
A. LaViers
Blog, 2014
June Workshop 2017
A. LaViers
Blog, 2017
LABAN 2018
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
Laban-Inspired Task-Constrained Expressive, Variable Motion Generation on Aerial Robots
H Cui, C Maguire, A LaViers
Article, 2019
Laban/Bartenieff Movement Workshop
A. LaViers
Blog, 2015
LBMS in the RAD Lab
A. LaViers, C. Maguire
Blog, 2015
LBMS Training
A. LaViers, C. Maguire
Blog, 2015
LBMS Workshop
A. LaViers
Blog, 2016
Learning the Primary Colors of Dance
A. LaViers
Thesis, 2009
Limits of Integration, Fall 2014
A. LaViers
Blog, 2014
LIMS Intensive
A. LaViers
Blog, 2014
Lin Bai PhD Proposal
A. LaViers
Thesis, 2016
Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) Based Monitoring of Smart Manufacturing Systems
G. Heddy, U. Huzaifa, P. Beling, Y. Haimes, J. Marvel, B. Weiss, A. LaViers
Article, 2015
Looking for summer interns
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
Madison Heimerdinger M.S.
A. LaViers
Thesis, 2017
Magnus Visits!
A. LaViers, M. Egerstedt
Blog, 2015
Making Meaning With Machines
A LaViers, C Maguire
Book, 2023
March 2026 Newsletter: Expanding Our Team
Newsletter, 2026
May 2026 Newsletter: Pressing the Buttons on Word Calculators
Newsletter, 2026
MDPI Arts Article
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
Measuring Human Perceptions of Expressivity in Natural and Artificial Systems Through the Live Performance Piece "Time to Compile"
C Cuan, E Berl, A LaViers
Article, 2019
MechSE GAMES Camp
A. LaViers
Blog, 2016
Midwest Robotics Conference
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
MOCO 2019
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
MOCO 2020
A. LaViers
Blog, 2020
Modeling the Interactions of Context and Style on Affect in Motion Perception: Stylized Gaits Across Multiple Environmental Contexts
M Heimerdinger, A LaViers
Article, 2019
Motion-activated Wearable Robot for Live Dance Performance Investigating the Feminine Cyborg Metaphor
K Ladenheim, R McNish, W Rizvi, A LaViers
Article, 2020
Movement and Computing 2018
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
Movement Design of Virtual Aerial Robots with Distinct Affective Labels
W. Rizvi, I. Pakrasi, A. LaViers
Article, 2019
NAO Unboxing
A. LaViers
Blog, 2015
New journal paper
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
New journal paper analyzing human motion and robot imitation
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
New journal paper poses new metric for mechanical systems.
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
New journal paper with artist-in-residence
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
New publication: Contexts affects affect
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
New publication: Nature comment
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
New RAS Journal Paper
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
News Feature: Wired In
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
NRI 2018
A. LaViers
Blog, 2017
NSF NRI ASPIRE
A. LaViers
Blog, 2015
NSRDEC and USMA Site Visits
A. LaViers
Blog, 2015
Open House!
A. LaViers
Blog, 2014
Perception of Control in Artificial and Human Systems: A Study of Embodied Performance Interactions
C. Cuan, I. Pakrasi, A. LaViers
Article, 2018
Postdoc Position Available
A. LaViers
Blog, 2017
Presidential Fellowship in Data Science
A. LaViers, L. Bai, L. Dahl, J. Bellona
Thesis, 2015
Producing Multiple Movement Executions Leveraging Embodied Movement Strategies and Platform Symmetry
U. Huzaifa, A. LaViers
Article, 2019
Programmed Improvisation Inspired From Autonomous Humanoids
A LaViers
Book, 2019
Public Showing
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
Public Showing in Toronto
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
Quantifying Coordination in Human Dyads via a Measure of Verticality
R. Kaushik, I. Vidrin, A. LaViers
Article, 2018
RAD Lab Feature
A. LaViers
Blog, 2014
RAD Lab in the Theater: DANCE 3559/ENGR 3501 Final Performance
A. LaViers
Blog, 2013
RAD Lab Open House
A. LaViers
Blog, 2016
RAD Lab Summer Experience
A. LaViers
Blog, 2014
RAD Lab x Catie Cuan
A. LaViers
Blog, 2017
RO-MAN 2019
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
RO-MAN 2019 Workshop: Schedule and Event Images
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
Robot Card Game
A. LaViers
Blog, 2017
Robot Opera.
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
Robots and Dance: A Promising Young Alchemy
A LaViers
Article, 2025
Roshni Kaushik, M.S.
A. LaViers
Thesis, 2019
RSS 2016 Workshop
A. Laviers
Blog, 2016
RSS 2020
A. LaViers
Blog, 2020
Showing at the Mountain Arts Center
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
SMC 2014
A. LaViers
Thesis, 2014
SMU Visit
A. LaViers
Blog, 2015
Soccer and Robotics: Internship Reflections
M. Asselmeier
Blog, 2016
Stories About the Future: An Initial Dataset Exploring How Co-movement with Robots Affects Perceptions About Robot Capability
C Cuan, J Hoffswell, A LaViers
Article, 2020
Style-based Abstractions for Human Motion Classification
A. LaViers, M. Egerstedt
Article, 2014
Style-based Robotic Motion
A. LaViers, M. Egerstedt, L. Teauge, Y. Sheng
Project, 2013 – 2015
Style-based Robotic Motion in Contemporary Dance Performance
A LaViers, L. Teauge, M. Egerstedt
Book, 2014
Style-based Segmentation of Human Motion
Y. Sheng, A. LaViers
Article, 2014
Summer Kickoff!
A. LaViers
Blog, 2014
Summer Outreach Activities
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
Summer Presentations
A. LaViers
Blog, 2020
SYS 2202 Spring 2015
A. LaViers
Course, 2015
SYS 6012/MAE 6620/ECE 6852 Linear Systems
A. LaViers
Course, 2013
SYS2202 Data and Information Engineering
A. LaViers
Course, 2014
System Interdependency Modeling in the Design of Prognostic and Health Management Systems in Smart Manufacturing
M. Malinowski, P. Beling, Y. Haimes, A. LaViers, J. Marvel, B. Weiss
Article, 2017
TED Talk
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
The BESST System
A. LaViers, C. Maguire
Project, 2015 – 2019
The BESST System: Explicating a New Component of Time in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies Through Work With Robots
A LaViers, C Maguire
Article, 2022
The Body in Affective Robotics: A Survey and Conceptual Positioning Using the Performing Arts as a Scaffold for Understanding Bodily Expressed Emotion
D. Herath, A. LaViers, S. Zhang, N. Hansika Wijesinghe, S. Konrad, Stelarc, J. Busby Grant, J. Wang
Article, 2025
The People Movers x The RAD Lab
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
The Performance Arcade 2020
A. LaViers
Blog, 2020
The RAD Lab in the Daily Illini
A. LaViers
Blog, 2016
The RAD Lab is moving!
A. LaViers
Blog, 2015
Time to Compile
A. LaViers, C. Cuan, I. Pakrasi, E. Berl, J. Hoffswell, W. Rizvi, N. Chakraborty
Project, 2017 – 2019
Time to Compile 2.0
A. LaViers
Blog, 2017
Time to Compile Blog
A. LaViers
Blog, 2017
Time to Compile: A Performance Installation as Human-Robot Interaction Study Examining Self-Evaluation and Perceived Control Through the Lenses of Movement and Technology Literacy and Valence
C Cuan, E Berl, A LaViers
Article, 2019
TLDNE Podcast
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
TOMTOM Festival 2014
A. LaViers
Blog, 2014
Toward a Bipedal Robot with Variable Gait Styles: Sagittal Forces Analysis in a Planar Simulation and a Prototype Ball-Tray Mechanism
U Huzaifa, C Fuller, J Schultz, A LaViers
Article, 2019
Toward an Expressive Bipedal Robot: Variable Gait Synthesis and Validation in a Planar Model
U Huzaifa, C Maguire, A LaViers
Article, 2019
Toward Expressive Multi-Platform Teleoperation: Laban-Inspired Concurrent Operation of Multiple Joints on the Re-think Robotics Baxter Robot in Static and Dynamic Tasks
Y Zhou, M Asselmeier, A LaViers
Article, 2019
Toward Human-like Teleoperated Robot Motion: Performance and Perception of a Choreography-inspired Method in Static and Dynamic Tasks for Rapid Pose Selection of Articulated Robots
A Bushman, M Asselmeier, J Won, A LaViers
Article, 2020
transparency.
A. LaViers
Blog, 2020
Tuesdays at Ten
A. LaViers
Blog, 2017
Umer Huzaifa, M.S.
A. LaViers
Thesis, 2016
UVA ARI Profile
A. LaViers, M. Henriksen
Blog, 2015
UVA Arts Mentors
A. LaViers, K. Mata
Blog, 2015
Verified Planar Formation Control Algorithms by Composition of Primitives
L. Bobadilla, T. T. Johnson, A. LaViers, U. Huzaifa
Article, 2015
Visit to University of Maryland
A. LaViers
Blog, 2016
Visit to UW
A. LaViers
Blog, 2019
Visits to IN and KY
A. LaViers
Blog, 2016
Welcome.
A. LaViers
Blog, 2015
What Does it Mean? On Platform-Invariant “Body-Language” Dictionaries. Cultural technologies of robots and AI in the Performing Arts
A. LaViers, Y. Stone, R. Savery
Article, 2025
Work-in-progress Dance+Robotics Showing
A. LaViers
Blog, 2018
Workshop on Movement Studies
A. LaViers
Blog, 2013
Yu Sheng Proposal
A. LaViers
Blog, 2014